Great with friends in co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Playing with friends has been a blast!”
Steam review · 116.3 h played ↗
Orcs Must Die! Unchained
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 66%Mixed · 66%Robot Entertainment2017Tower Defense · Action · Strategy
The verdict
A fun action tower-defense with a wide hero roster, but the servers are shut down, so the game is unplayable without a fan-made mod. Don't buy it expecting official play.
Great for
Orcs Must Die fans willing to install the community Rechained mod for hero-based trap-and-fight co-op
Main risk
Official servers are offline, so the game won't launch or play without a third-party mod
What players love
Fun trap-and-combat gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“it's a pretty damn fun and satisfying Tower Defense.”
Steam review · 24.6 h played ↗
Fair free-to-play, not pay to win
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“this isn't the case. You can purchase new characters, skins, chests etc, but this isn't giving the purchaser any benefits other than looking cool.”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗
Great variety of heroes
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“What made Unchained so good was the variety of Heroes.”
Steam review · 69.3 h played ↗
Lots of content, maps and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“good progression system, HUGE CONTENT!!!”
Steam review · 70.2 h played ↗
Returned to classic OMD roots
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Everything about this game is excellent now. It looks like OMD. It feels like OMD.”
Steam review · 177.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Servers shut down, game unplayable
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Without servers there is no game, whatever this once was is now nothing but a failing launch screen.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Free-to-play monetization and pay-to-win feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Forced grind, RNG progression, and pay to win mechanics really screw this game and keep it from being good.”
Steam review · 21.9 h played ↗
Grindy progression and RNG loot
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“After 30 hours I unlocked 3 heroes out of 13.”
Steam review · 30 h played ↗
Not a true Orcs Must Die successor
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“If you expected something like Orcs Must Die 2, you've come to the wrong place.”
Steam review · translated · 7.9 h played ↗
Removal of Siege PvP and constant resets
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“they removed the most popular game mode, and made it not worth playing. So people stopped playing.”
Steam review · 119.4 h played ↗
Trolls, long queues and small playerbase
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“Join a game with a level 1 player who removes all traps from their bar and goes afk”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP3
ProcessorIntel Core2Duo 2.66GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4000
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows XP SP3
ProcessorIntel Core2Duo 2.66GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4000
Storage8 GB available space
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