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Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap

Robot Entertainment · 2025-01-28

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieStrategy

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

Releases: Jan 28, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 28, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 29, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger through roguelite progression. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with up to 4 players.

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is a 2025 Action Indie Strategy game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (70% of 4703 reviews).

130
playing now
70%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
64
Nexus mods (24k downloads)
4.17★
PlayStation Store rating (542 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

130 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap trailer thumbnail

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap - Launch Trailer

≈23,084 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 130 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 70 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,689 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 94k–212k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,703 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.99 at GameBillet (2026-03-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 46 of 84 observed days (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of February 2025 (#17)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20252026Week of 2025-01-28: 1,073 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 616 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 306 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 105 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

245402026-09-14 22:00 — 77 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 44 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 76 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 137 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 93 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 75 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 162 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 67 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 76 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 230 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 131 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 69 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 161 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 93 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 132 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 245 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 101 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 83 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 178 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 169 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 125 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 158 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 124 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 130 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k126Feb 2025Aug 2026Feb 2025 — avg 1,518 · peak 4,894Mar 2025 — avg 543 · peak 1,977Apr 2025 — avg 519 · peak 1,323May 2025 — avg 428 · peak 1,244Jun 2025 — avg 360 · peak 923Jul 2025 — avg 310 · peak 742Aug 2025 — avg 293 · peak 811Sep 2025 — avg 246 · peak 800Oct 2025 — avg 276 · peak 775Nov 2025 — avg 242 · peak 545Dec 2025 — avg 211 · peak 621Jan 2026 — avg 262 · peak 624Feb 2026 — avg 254 · peak 687Mar 2026 — avg 268 · peak 885Apr 2026 — avg 200 · peak 461May 2026 — avg 149 · peak 320Jun 2026 — avg 161 · peak 362Jul 2026 — avg 126 · peak 314Aug 2026 — avg 144 · peak 380
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$12.562025-01-282026-10-092025-01-28 — best price $29.992025-04-16 — best price $22.492025-05-12 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-08-12 — best price $29.992025-09-09 — best price $22.492025-09-15 — best price $14.652025-10-01 — best price $26.882025-10-29 — best price $20.092025-11-20 — best price $29.992025-11-30 — best price $29.992025-12-09 — best price $13.992025-12-17 — best price $20.092025-12-23 — best price $14.282026-01-08 — best price $22.492026-01-13 — best price $22.492026-02-07 — best price $29.992026-02-19 — best price $17.992026-03-04 — best price $22.492026-03-16 — best price $29.992026-03-20 — best price $29.692026-04-07 — best price $12.562026-04-17 — best price $14.992026-04-22 — best price $29.992026-04-27 — best price $12.562026-05-08 — best price $29.692026-05-21 — best price $14.852026-06-02 — best price $29.692026-06-25 — best price $12.562026-07-12 — best price $29.992026-07-15 — best price $17.992026-07-24 — best price $16.892026-08-01 — best price $29.692026-08-25 — best price $14.552026-09-11 — best price $29.992026-10-02 — best price $29.992026-10-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
89%
earned "War Mage School"
34.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-01-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series (Xbox)6,1603%30
Steam (Steam)1,9294%30
PS5 (PlayStation)64017%31

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

PvECo-opFunnyActionCombatFantasyPhysicsStrategyRogue-liteMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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