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Orcs Must Die!

Peak #21
Current #294
Top 250 95%
Gem Peak #21

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Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment. As a powerful War Mage with dozens of deadly weapons, spells, and traps at your fingertips, defend twenty-four fortresses from a rampaging mob of beastly enemies, including...

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Dates

Released
2011-10-11 (10 years ago)
First review
2011-10-10 (10 years ago)
Age on Steam
3,709 days (10.1 years)

Reviews

Total reviews verified
6,755 5,171 (77%)
Review breakdown
6,520 (96.5%) 235 (3.5%)
Review velocity
1 reviews per day
Days in top 1000
3,708 (99%)
Estimated owners Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
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Pricing

Release price
$14.99 (2011-10-11)
Lowest price (earliest)
$0.99 at 2016-02-24
Average price
$9.55
Average discount
$3.46
Number of discounts
75
Days discounted
455 (12.3%)
Estimated gross sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
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Estimated net sales Based on research by GameDiscoverCo median
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Tags

Tags in descending order of votes. Votes are the number of times a tag has been applied to this game by a Steam user, shown next to each tag name.

  1. Tower Defense 482
  2. Action 292
  3. Strategy 252
  4. Third Person 197
  5. Fantasy 172
  6. Indie 162
  7. Singleplayer 160
  8. Comedy 128
  9. Funny 95
  10. Third-Person Shooter 91
  11. Cartoony 70
  1. Magic 60
  2. Great Soundtrack 50
  3. Multiplayer 48
  4. Score Attack 45
  5. Addictive 42
  6. Shooter 41
  7. Adventure 29
  8. RPG 27
  9. Arcade 24

Tags below the threshold do not have enough votes to be considered valid for this game yet.

Details last updated: December 4, 2021 05:04

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