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Orcs Must Die! 3

Robot Entertainment · 2021-07-23

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 07, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jul 23, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 23, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jul 23, 2021 (Xbox One), Jul 14, 2020 (Google Stadia), Jul 23, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.

243
playing now
86%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
33h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 24h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

243 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Orcs Must Die! 3 is an action-tower defense video game developed and published by Robot Entertainment. It is the fourth installment in the Orcs Must Die! series, and the direct sequel to Orcs Must Die! 2. It was released as a timed exclusive on Stadia on July 14, 2020, and for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on July 23, 2021.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 243 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 354 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,248 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 298k–670k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,893 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.34-76%
Gamesplanet$7.63-75%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-11-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 38 of 62 observed days · $27.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20212026Week of 2021-07-01: 1,846 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 402 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,069 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

410542026-08-06 21:00 — 100 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 54 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 166 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 153 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 95 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 153 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 147 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 124 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 238 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 167 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 90 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 154 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 107 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 69 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 174 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 109 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 74 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 243 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 317 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 142 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 226 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 323 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 214 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 309 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 349 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 150 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 130 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 201 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 146 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 243 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$4.892021-06-142026-08-282021-06-14 — best price $29.992021-08-30 — best price $25.482021-10-13 — best price $23.952021-12-03 — best price $26.882022-01-19 — best price $22.982022-04-05 — best price $29.992022-05-15 — best price $29.992022-07-06 — best price $14.982022-08-19 — best price $15.002022-09-13 — best price $23.892022-11-03 — best price $23.892022-12-15 — best price $7.492023-02-04 — best price $23.892023-03-17 — best price $22.982023-05-08 — best price $24.852023-06-19 — best price $15.002023-07-30 — best price $12.132023-09-05 — best price $29.992023-11-11 — best price $10.692024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-02-18 — best price $29.992024-04-03 — best price $21.412024-06-17 — best price $29.992024-07-17 — best price $5.992024-09-25 — best price $8.702024-10-24 — best price $11.992024-12-10 — best price $29.992025-01-13 — best price $7.952025-02-23 — best price $8.992025-04-11 — best price $8.992025-06-04 — best price $29.992025-07-21 — best price $21.412025-09-29 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $5.232026-03-09 — best price $5.992026-04-30 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-28 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4882026-06-01 — 30 pageviews2026-06-04 — 17 pageviews2026-06-07 — 36 pageviews2026-06-10 — 13 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 19 pageviews2026-06-19 — 15 pageviews2026-06-22 — 48 pageviews2026-06-25 — 20 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-01 — 12 pageviews2026-07-04 — 19 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 17 pageviews2026-07-19 — 21 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-25 — 17 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 19 pageviews2026-08-03 — 29 pageviews2026-08-06 — 23 pageviews2026-08-09 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 17 pageviews2026-08-15 — 28 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 23 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews2026-08-29 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
94.8%
earned "Assassin"
13.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TV3 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,4304%38
Xbox One (Xbox)9,4322%38
PS5 (PlayStation)5,2224%38
PS4 (PlayStation)2,6206%38

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DPvECo-opFunnyActionCombatFantasyStrategyAdventureMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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