Summary
- Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap offers a fresh take on the popular series with new abilities, traps, and co-op support for up to 4 players.
- Developer Robot Entertainment promises improvements like Rogue-lite Build Options for character progression and randomized buffs for variety.
- With dynamic challenge adjustments and a mix of action combat and tower defense, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap has excited long-time fans.
Developer Robot Entertainment has announced Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, a new entry in its popular Orcs Must Die! Series of horde-based action games. Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap will be released on PC and Xbox Series X/S consoles.
First released in 2012 on PC and the Xbox 360, the Orcs Must Die! Series caught players' attention thanks to its unique mix of action combat and strategic tower defense gameplay. In the games, player-controlled War Mages defend magical rifts against seemingly endless hordes of hostile orcs. Using weapons and magical powers, they can fight in direct combat but can also set up elaborate and deadly gauntlets of traps and defenses to hold the line against the orcs. The most recent game in the series, Orcs Must Die! 3, first launched as a timed Google Stadia exclusive and joined the Xbox Game Pass library in April 2024.
Orcs Must Die! 3: Every Hero, Ranked
These heroes in Orcs Must Die 3 can help players take down waves of enemies with ease.
Now, four years after the release of the previous game, Robot Entertainment is working on a new entry called Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. According to the developer's announcement and accompanying trailer, the game once again features players in the role of War Mages fighting against the orc legions. It'll debut in 2025 on Xbox Series X/S and on PC via the Epic Games Store and Steam. As a title with integral co-op support, Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap may attract the growing contingent of co-op game fans on Steam.
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap Supports 4-Player Co-Op
The Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap reveal trailer focuses on the different abilities the playable War Mages can bring to the table when it comes to slaughtering orcs as a team. After setting up a trap gauntlet, the War Mage team goes to work on thinning out the crowd of foes. They unleash magical weapons like lightning blunderbusses and use mechanized defenses to defat enemies with fire, lightning, and razor-sharp saw blades. The War Mages themselves also have abilities, like a spell that clones the player to improve their volume of fire, or a War Mage with a flying leap that evokes images of a Fortnite shockwave hammer attack.
To keep the experience fresh in a series that is almost 13 years old, Robot Entertainment will also incorporate a number of improvements to the familiar Orcs Must Die! Series gameplay when it launches Deathtrap. It will expand the selection of playable levels and use "Rogue-lite Build Options" to improve character progression. Randomized buffs and debuffs will also add a sense of variety to every run, potentially catapulting Deathtrap into the ranks of the best co-op roguelites, if it proves successful. Alongside four-player co-op support, the game will also dynamically adjust the challenge and balance depending on whether players are playing solo or as a full team.
Though the studio didn't set a specific release date for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, the announcement was met with fanfare from veteran players of the series, who appreciated its unique mix of action combat and tower defense gameplay mechanics.
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
- Released
- January 28, 2025
WHERE TO PLAY
Find your role among new War Mages, each with unique weapons, abilities, traps, and personality. Each hero is tailored to different play styles and can operate independently or work together with complementing heroes, ensuring versatile and mighty orc-smashing.
Enjoy the game solo or in co-op teams of up to four players – each option provides unique challenges and rewards. The game is designed to adjust to the number of players, ensuring a balanced and exciting contest in any combination.
Face intensifying waves of orcs and other hideous beasts with randomized buffs and debuffs that impact your hero, traps, weapons, stats, and the levels themselves. Environmental factors like weather and time of day further influence enemies and your defensive options. As these buffs and debuffs stack, choose to push forward against the growing hordes or return to your castle hub to power up your hero, weapons, and traps before facing a formidable Orc General in a brutal boss fight.
Experience enhanced combat where the combination of heroic prowess and ingenious traps leads to unparalleled orc destruction. Engage in tighter, more responsive third-person shooter and melee combat. Enjoy crazier physics-based interactions and more ridiculous ragdoll effects. Watch with joy as your traps hurl, crush, slice, and incinerate orcs in spectacular fashion.
- Developer(s)
- Robot Entertainment
- Publisher(s)
- Robot Entertainment
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Franchise
- Orcs Must Die!
- Number of Players
- 1-4
- Platform(s)
- PC, Xbox Series X/S
- Genre(s)
- Third-Person Shooter, Tower Defense, Action, Roguelite, Strategy, Indie Games
