Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap announced for Xbox Series X/S and PC

The fifth game in Robot Entertainment’s series is coming next year

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap announced for Xbox Series X/S and PC

Robot Entertainment has announced the next game in the Orcs Must Die! series.

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is coming to Xbox Series X/S and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store in early 2025.

According to developer and publisher Robot Entertainment, “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.”

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap key features

  • Four-Player Co-op: We know some of you were forced to split up your friend group to play… no longer! And if you don’t have three friends to play with, we’re making it easier to find games to join. Of course, the solo experience will also be great to play.
  • New Heroes with Unique Abilities: OMDU fans have been passionately reminding us how good unique heroes from that game felt – and we’ve listened. We’re interested to see how people strategize their party makeup around our new War Mages, which come with distinctive abilities, unique character traits, and their own exclusive trap to keep things fresh and tactical. You’ll see Max and Gabby in the hub to guide you along, but they’re not playable. Yet.
  • Expanded, Deeper and Different Progression: You’ll have access to a deep skill tree to progress and grow your heroes, as well as having separate progression paths for weapons and traps. Our new progression systems go well beyond any prior entry in the series.
  • Rogue-lite Runs and Expanded Level Variety: Each run brings new challenges and upgrades. You’ll choose buffs and debuffs that can dramatically change the way you play, and it all stacks as your run progresses. Environmental conditions will additionally alter your interactions with each level. There is no longer one ideal way to solve a given puzzle.
  • Improved Combat: Our third-person shooter combat is tighter and more responsive. We’ve never loved our melee combat so this area has received the most attention. The melee heroes have already become internal favorites during playtests.
  • Enhanced Visuals and Physics: We’ve upped the ante with better graphics and crazier physics. We’re aiming to make physics-based traps not just more exciting, but also more practical as part of the mix for a good trap loadout.

Deathtrap is the fifth entry in the series, which launched with Orcs Must Die! in 2011. It was followed by Orcs Must Die! 2 (2012), Orcs Must Die! Unchained (2017) and Orcs Must Die! 3 (2020).

The most recent series entry was released for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. It has scores of 77 (PS4 and PC) on review aggregation site Metacritic.

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