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We filtered the 50 games similar to Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap down to the 28 that fit the “PC” category. Crab Champions, Risk of Rain 2 and Iron Brigade top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.

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The best games like Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap on PC

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. Each one has been evaluated across 15 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Crab ChampionsClosest overall match

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MultiplayerCo-opSoloMeleeMagicProceduralThird Person

Steam👍 98%· 30K

Year 2020Dev NoisestormPlaytime ~5hOn PC

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and roguelike runs

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, precision platforming and battle royale tension, while skipping tower defense planning

Crab Champions is a solo developed game from the creator of Crab Rave. Each of the 3 main modes offer a different playstyle.Survival (1-4 Players Co-Op PvE)Fight your way through increasingly difficult islands that are populated with hostile enemies.

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#2Risk of Rain 2Closest on visuals

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MultiplayerCo-opSoloOnlineMeleeProceduralThird Person

Steam👍 94%· 347KRAWG👍 85%· 696MC82IGDB87· 6OC86· 34

Year 2020Dev Hopoo Games · Gearbox PublishingPlaytime ~8hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and roguelike runs

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and punishing difficulty, while skipping tower defense planning

Risk of Rain 2 is a 3D roguelite sci-fi third-person shooter developed by Hopoo Games and published by Gearbox Publishing. Hopoo Games is composed of Paul Morse, Duncan Drummond and Jeffrey Hunt. The game released in early access during March of 2019 after it was showcased at PAX East.

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: setting and combat.

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Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 86%· 1.2KRAWG👍 34%· 98MC75

Year 2010Dev Double Fine Productions · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and tower defense planning

≠ Stands apart with ranged combat and historical setting, while skipping roguelike runs

Iron Brigade (formerly Trenched) is a third-person tower defense in the setting of the World War I.

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: combat and setting.

It predates Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMeleeMagicFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 96%· 8.4KRAWG👍 72%· 434MC83IGDB86· 4

Year 2011Dev Robot Entertainment · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and tower defense planning

≠ Stands apart with ranged combat and visual first person, while skipping roguelike runs

Orcs Must Die! is a tower-defense game where you, as the War Mage, need to protect the world from the hordes of evil creatures such as Orcs and Ogres. To complete your mission, you need to keep enemies out from magical Rifts that must not be destroyed.

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: game mode and setting.

Same studio: Robot Entertainment.

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#5Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

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MultiplayerCo-opTacticalThird PersonOffline

IGDB80· 19OC78· 68

Year 2014Dev PopCap Games · Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and tower defense planning

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and offline, while skipping roguelike runs

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: setting and combat.

It predates Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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Co-opOnlineSoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeThird Person

Steam👍 64%· 5.3KRAWG👍 30%· 69IGDB65· 2

Year 2015Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Wishlist GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, racing gameplay and adventure storytelling, while skipping tower defense planning

In Armored Warfare, you become a mercenary commander expanding your private fleet of military vehicles, taking on deadly missions and dealing with opponents with a vast array of war machines at your disposal.

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.

It predates Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7Iron Warriors: T-72 Tank Command Closest on game mode

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opOnlineTacticalMelee

Steam👍 64%· 297MC56IGDB50· 1

Year 2006Dev Strategy FirstPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, turn-based strategy and fighting mechanics, while skipping tower defense planning

The most devastating mechanized armor to ever roll onto a battlefield is brought to life in Iron Warriors: T72-Tank Command. This epic combat simulator allows the player to command an entire platoon of tanks and ALL associated support units, or assume the role of ANY member in a complete tank crew!

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: setting and visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.

It predates Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap by 19 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalThird Person

Steam👍 72%· 5.0KIGDB85· 4

Year 2010Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: stealth mechanics, while skipping tower defense planning

It predates Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

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SoloMultiplayerOnlineCo-opMeleeThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 33KIGDB78· 6

Year 2011Dev Relic Entertainment · THQOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, first-person shooting and action RPG combat, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: setting and combat.

It predates Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Halo: Spartan Assault

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeTacticalThird Person

Steam👍 78%· 4.9KRAWG👍 34%· 216MC70IGDB66· 10OC61· 37

Year 2013Dev 343 Industries · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Xbox · iOS

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with ranged combat, setting scifi and visual isometric, while skipping tower defense planning

Halo is a franchise of first-person shooters that is set in the far future, on the frontiers of colonized planets, in a war with the Covenant. But Halo: Spartan Assault takes the formula and changes one element of the setting.

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: setting and visuals.

It predates Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalThird Person

Steam👍 74%· 26KIGDB85· 1OC75· 17

Year 2020Dev First Watch Games · Hi-Rez StudiosOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with free to play, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: combat.

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#12Century: Age of Ashes

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MultiplayerCo-opOnlineMeleeFantasyThird Person

Steam👍 74%· 18KRAWG👍 36%· 63OC73· 17

Year 2021Dev Playwing · PLAYWINGPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, dark, oppressive atmosphere and ranged combat, while skipping tower defense planning

Century: Age of Ashes, the multiplayer dragon battle game is now available for free! Customize your dragon, dive into the arena and compete to become a legendary Dragoneer. Burn your enemies and rule the skies!

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: combat and setting.

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#13Inversion

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Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeThird Person

Steam👍 62%· 697IGDB54· 7

Year 2012Dev Saber Interactive · Bandai Namco EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings first-person shooting, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting scifi, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: setting and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap.

It predates Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreTPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opThird PersonOffline

IGDB83· 27OC85· 155

Year 2016Dev The Coalition · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and setting scifi, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: setting.

It predates Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#15Gears of War: Ultimate Edition

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opThird PersonOffline

IGDB78· 18

Year 2015Dev Epic Games · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and setting scifi, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap: setting.

It predates Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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