Games like Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
If Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is your kind of game, the closest matches are Orcs Must Die! 3, Tavernacle! and Chronocide — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its clever design choices, brutal and challenging. 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! Deathtrap is a 2025 action-strategy indie title from Robot Entertainment that blends third-person combat with tower defense mechanics. Players face relentless orc hordes either solo or through online co-op for up to four participants, navigating dynamic missions that shift objectives and enemy types across lengthy sessions. The game features roguelite character progression with skill customization and multiple character roles, allowing build variety as players construct trap combinations and engage in combo-based combat. Reviewers highlight the competitive and intense nature of the gameplay, while players describe it as brutal and challenging with grind-based progression rewarding strategic trap placement and character development. The title is priced at $29.99 USD and runs at a playable level on Steam Deck.
About Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: 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.
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Orcs Must Die! 3
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Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Top pick for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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.
Tavernacle!
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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
Third-strongest match for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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.
Sci-Fantasy Defence
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Ranked #4 for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Combine physics-based traps, weapons and magic to defend against horde of thousands enemies in this roguelike tower defense with procedurally generated levels and switching between building/combat. Do it solo in VR or with up to 4 players in one PC through local co-op.
Freedome Farmers
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Ranked #5 for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Freedome Farmers is a third person coop horde defense game with up to 4 players. You use the resources you have harvested to build defenses and weapons. At night, you defend against waves of alien possessed farm animals. Will you make it through 10 days ?
Pillars Of Protection
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Ranked #6 for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Pillars of Protection is a team-based tower defense game. Towers can take on complex movement paths. You can play online multiplayer in PvP or PvE modes. Build a base to protect your core from the onslaught of incoming monsters. Play as a shooter, melee, mover, or healing hero.
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™
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Shares a competitive mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Ranked #7 for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Kick some grass in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, the wackiest shooter yet!
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Ranked #8 for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you've always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!
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Orcs Must Die! 2
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Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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! 3
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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! Unchained
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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!
DG2: Defense Grid 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
ArcheAge: Unchained
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Shares a challenging mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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ArcheAge: Unchained removes the barrier between you and the ultimate MMO experience.
Orcs Must Die!
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Shares a challenging mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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.
Warframe
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Shares a challenging mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
Dungeon Defenders
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Shares a challenging mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Reviewers of Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~83% under Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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
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Priced ~50% under Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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
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Priced ~67% under Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~67% under Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap on Steam right now. Shares Action with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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! Deathtrap on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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
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Priced ~50% under Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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
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Priced ~67% under Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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! Deathtrap.
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Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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?
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! Deathtrap.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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.).
The Expendabros
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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! Deathtrap.
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Iron Snout
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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! Deathtrap.
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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! Deathtrap.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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! 3
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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!
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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.
Hero Academy
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. Shares Strategy and Indie with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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 a competitive mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Another title from Robot Entertainment, the studio behind Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Orcs Must Die! 3
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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.
Tavernacle!
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
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!
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.
Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you've always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!
Frequently asked about Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
- Does Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap run on Steam Deck?
- Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap cost?
- Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap are Orcs Must Die! 3, Tavernacle!, Chronocide.
- Who developed Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap?
- Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap was developed by Robot Entertainment.
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