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Orcs Must Die! 3 cover art

Orcs Must Die! 3

Robot Entertainment · 2021-07-23

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ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Orcs Must Die! 3 is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 14914 reviews).

101
playing now
86%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
63
Nexus mods (49k downloads)
4.13★
PlayStation Store rating (2,054 ratings)
33h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 24h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

101 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Orcs Must Die! 3 trailer thumbnail

Orcs Must Die! 3 - Launch Trailer

≈413,128 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 101 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 4% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 299k–672k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,930 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 37 of 64 observed days (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

329682026-09-15 12:00 — 126 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 134 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 82 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 146 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 189 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 68 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 85 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 209 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 139 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 235 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 216 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 145 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 127 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 262 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 215 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 135 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 228 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 152 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 99 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 189 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 191 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 81 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 101 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.3k122Jul 2021Aug 2026Jul 2021 — avg 7,347 · peak 13,129Sep 2021 — avg 943 · peak 2,333Nov 2021 — avg 658 · peak 2,420Jan 2022 — avg 495 · peak 1,159Mar 2022 — avg 231 · peak 460May 2022 — avg 365 · peak 837Jul 2022 — avg 443 · peak 995Sep 2022 — avg 1,059 · peak 4,358Nov 2022 — avg 261 · peak 626Jan 2023 — avg 780 · peak 2,344Mar 2023 — avg 297 · peak 725May 2023 — avg 220 · peak 449Jul 2023 — avg 465 · peak 1,013Sep 2023 — avg 284 · peak 848Nov 2023 — avg 251 · peak 736Jan 2024 — avg 364 · peak 1,204Mar 2024 — avg 227 · peak 539May 2024 — avg 385 · peak 882Jul 2024 — avg 512 · peak 1,546Sep 2024 — avg 301 · peak 716Nov 2024 — avg 232 · peak 1,335Jan 2025 — avg 442 · peak 960Mar 2025 — avg 269 · peak 684May 2025 — avg 176 · peak 427Jul 2025 — avg 164 · peak 389Sep 2025 — avg 187 · peak 509Nov 2025 — avg 173 · peak 383Jan 2026 — avg 160 · peak 389Mar 2026 — avg 218 · peak 731May 2026 — avg 144 · peak 371Jul 2026 — avg 136 · peak 317Aug 2026 — avg 177 · peak 465
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$4.892021-06-142026-10-092021-06-14 — 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 $29.992026-09-18 — best price $29.992026-10-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

36102026-06-01 — 30 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 19 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 20 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-25 — 20 pageviews2026-06-29 — 27 pageviews2026-07-03 — 24 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-11 — 18 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-19 — 21 pageviews2026-07-23 — 16 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 19 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-08 — 18 pageviews2026-08-12 — 17 pageviews2026-08-16 — 24 pageviews2026-08-20 — 25 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-28 — 18 pageviews2026-09-01 — 24 pageviews2026-09-05 — 16 pageviews2026-09-09 — 16 pageviews2026-09-13 — 20 pageviews2026-09-17 — 11 pageviews2026-09-21 — 18 pageviews2026-09-25 — 21 pageviews2026-09-29 — 27 pageviews2026-10-03 — 23 pageviews2026-10-07 — 19 pageviews2026-10-11 — 20 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…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-07-23, latest 2022-04-07 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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