Games like Orcs Must Die! 3
If Orcs Must Die! 3 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Orcs Must Die! 2, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap and Tavernacle! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its elemental weaknesses dictate strategy, challenging and epic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Orcs Must Die! 3 is a tower defense shooter from Robot Entertainment released in 2021. Players defend war rooms against waves of orcs using traps and weapons, with a focus on co-op-synergy where teamwork amplifies strategic options. The game emphasizes elemental-weakness-exploitation and trap-route-design as core mechanics, requiring players to think carefully about where and how they place defenses. Players describe the experience as challenging, epic, funny, and intense, with loadout-spaghetti-code providing varied equipment choices. Scramble-mode rewards high scores on the leaderboards. Reviewers note that elemental weaknesses dictate strategy throughout each level. The game supports local co-op for two players and runs verified on Steam Deck, with sessions designed for short_bursts play. It holds an 86% positive rating from over 4,900 Steam reviews and is priced at $29.99.
About Orcs Must Die! 3: 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.
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Orcs Must Die! 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Top pick for Orcs Must Die! 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Second-strongest match for Orcs Must Die! 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
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.
Tavernacle!
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Orcs Must Die! 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Grab your hammers and start to craft in this co-op Tavern Defense for one to four players. As a team of Dwarves, you must gather supplies and build towers to protect your beloved brewery. Learn to cooperate to achieve victory in this chaotic multiplayer game!
Chronocide
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Orcs Must Die! 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
A physics-driven game where you defend the portal with traps and weapons. Stop the undead from entering the temporal portals with traps and your weapons. Play the campaign solo or in co-op mode up to 4 players.
Orcs Must Die!
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Ranked #5 for Orcs Must Die! 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
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.
Timemelters
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Shares a challenging mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Ranked #6 for Orcs Must Die! 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Prevent Doomsday AFTER it happened! Designed by the co-creator of Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves and featuring both a single-player and co-op campaign, TimeMelters is a strategy hero defense where you go back in time and fight alongside your past selves.
Anathyma
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Orcs Must Die! 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Control a mighty champion in a cursed medieval realm from a top-down view while building and upgrading towers to fight back waves of enemies. Play solo or in online co-op in this hero tower-defense.
Soul Chained
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Orcs Must Die! 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Bound by the Soul Chain, fight through purgatory with your rival warlords using chain magic, teamwork, and terrible decision-making. Trip enemies, accidentally drag your partner to their death, and survive brutal bosses armed with suspicious amounts of jiggle physics.
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Orcs Must Die! 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Orcs Must Die! Unchained
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Orcs Must Die! Unchained takes the award-winning Orcs Must Die! action tower defense game to a whole new level with team-based gameplay! Bust skulls with your best pals in PvE co-op Survival, or put your teamwork to the real test in Sabotage Mode!
Deathtrap
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Deathtrap is a Tower Defense game with strong action-RPG elements, a game of vicious tricks, killing machines, rotating blades and splattering blood.
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
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!
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
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.
ArcheAge: Unchained
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
ArcheAge: Unchained removes the barrier between you and the ultimate MMO experience.
Dungeon Defenders
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
Warframe
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Orcs Must Die! 3 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Orcs Must Die! 3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Orcs Must Die! 3 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Orcs Must Die! 3.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Orcs Must Die! 3 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Orcs Must Die! 3.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Orcs Must Die! 3 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~53% under Orcs Must Die! 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Orcs Must Die! 3 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Orcs Must Die! 3 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Orcs Must Die! 3.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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More from Robot Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Robot Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Orcs Must Die! 2
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Orcs Must Die! 3. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Orcs Must Die!
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Orcs Must Die! 3. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
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.
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Orcs Must Die! 3. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
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.
Hero Academy
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Orcs Must Die! 3. Shares Strategy and Indie with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Test your skills in this light-hearted battle between friends! Heroic teams have gathered to engage in friendly contests on the Academy playfields. Will your team emerge triumphant?
Orcs Must Die! Unchained
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Orcs Must Die! 3. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! 3.
Orcs Must Die! Unchained takes the award-winning Orcs Must Die! action tower defense game to a whole new level with team-based gameplay! Bust skulls with your best pals in PvE co-op Survival, or put your teamwork to the real test in Sabotage Mode!
Frequently asked about Orcs Must Die! 3
- Is Orcs Must Die! 3 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Orcs Must Die! 3 is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Orcs Must Die! 3 cost?
- Orcs Must Die! 3 is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Orcs Must Die! 3 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Orcs Must Die! 3 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Orcs Must Die! 3?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Orcs Must Die! 3 are Orcs Must Die! 2, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, Tavernacle!.
- Who developed Orcs Must Die! 3?
- Orcs Must Die! 3 was developed by Robot Entertainment.
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