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PS4Blog.netOrcs Must Die! Deathtrap Review
Published 8/12/2025
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Series X|S / PC / PS5 - 1/28/2025
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is an action-packed third-person shooter and trap defense game. Evolve as an orc-slaying War Mage through rogue-lite choices and obliterate, eviscerate, and incinerate massive hordes with up to four players.
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- Robot Entertainment
- Publisher
- Robot Entertainment
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Critic avg
69
13 scored reviews
Total coverage
13
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50–80
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Mixed response
Score range is 21–30 points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 69 across 13 scored reviews, with a 30-point spread. That suggests a mixed critic response rather than a single clear read.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 70–79 band.
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70–796 reviews · 46%
Below 704 reviews · 31%
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Terrence Johnson
ZTGDOrcs Must Die! Deathtrap (XSX) Review
Published 2/4/2025
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60
-9 vs critic avg
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Read originalJade Garrett
WellPlayedOrcs Must Die! Deathtrap Review
Published 2/1/2025
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65
-4 vs critic avg
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Read originalElliot Attard
Checkpoint GamingOrcs Must Die! Deathtrap Review - Outlandish orc onslaught - Checkpoint
Published 1/30/2025
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65
-4 vs critic avg
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Read originalRavi Sinha
GamingBoltOrcs Must Die! Deathtrap Review – Rogue-Lite Orc-estry
Published 1/28/2025
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70
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Read originalJeremy Peel
EurogamerOrcs Must Die! Deathtrap review - a tempered return for this tower defence titan
Published 1/27/2025
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70
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Read originalOrcs Must Die! Deathtrap Review
Published 1/27/2025
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70
+1 vs critic avg
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Read originalJustin Wagner
PC GamerOrcs Must Die: Deathtrap review
Published 1/27/2025
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72
+3 vs critic avg
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Read originalJordan Biordi
CGMagazineOrcs Must Die! Deathtrap (PC) Review
Published 1/27/2025
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80
+11 vs critic avg
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Read originalLexi Luddy
ShacknewsOrcs Must Die! Deathtrap review: Sisphyian tower defense
Published 1/27/2025
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50
-19 vs critic avg
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