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Defend magical rifts from organized orc hordes with hero combat, trap-building, three-player co-op, or rival-team sabotage.
Released 19 Apr 2017
Build Orc-Slaying Gauntlets
Defend Magical Rifts
Send Bosses to Rivals
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!
Developed by Robot Entertainment · Published by Robot Entertainment









Set after the events of Orcs Must Die! 2, the game casts players as heroes defending magical rifts from the organized Unchained army and its invading monsters.
Fight enemies directly while building trap gauntlets through fortresses. Choose from distinct heroes, then combine traps and abilities to shape a defense against each wave.
Play co-op Survival or Endless with up to three players, or face another team in Sabotage, where teams defend their own rifts and send spells, minions, and bosses against their rivals. Daily quests and weekly challenges offer rewards used to unlock and upgrade traps.
In this review sample, players who enjoyed the game often praise its blend of direct combat and trap-based defense, along with the variety of heroes, traps, and maps; some also recall playing co-op with friends or family. Several reviews lament the shutdown of the official servers and say the game became inaccessible, while others felt its multiplayer focus or free-to-play elements detracted from the experience, or that matches grew repetitive.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 132 |
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| Players | 1–10 |
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| Multiplayer | The game supports solo play and online multiplayer. Official marketing states 3-player team-based co-op for Survival and Endless, and Sabotage as two teams of three for 6-player online PvP. Reviews indicate earlier versions also had 5-player co-op Survival and 5v5 Siege PvP, and later updates removed or replaced some PvP modes. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Reviews mention a fan-made single-player launcher/mod after shutdown. Reported limitations indicate no co-op in that mod. No evidence of official multiplayer mod support. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
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| Metacritic | 87/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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