Orcs Must Die!

Orcs Must Die! is the original 2011 entry in the franchise, developed by Robot Entertainment. It launched on October 11, 2011 as a complete, self-contained action strategy game featuring 24 levels, a story campaign, and multiple difficulty modes. Two DLC packs — Lost Adventures and Artifacts of Power — were released to add extra content, and both have been fully shipped with no unreleased DLC remaining on the store. The developer's news activity for this specific game has been minimal and franchise-focused rather than content-focused. Posts from 2017 and 2021 announced and celebrated launches of related games in the series (Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Orcs Must Die! 3), not new content for the original. The most recent post, from March 31, 2025, was a bug fix addressing a compatibility issue introduced by a Windows Update — a sign that Robot Entertainment still supports the game technically, but not an indicator of new content development. With both DLC packs fully released, no announced future content, and no post-launch content cadence beyond the original DLC additions, the game launched and was completed as a packaged product. It has been in a stable, content-complete state for many years. The 2025 bug fix demonstrates that the developer still cares about keeping it playable, but the game's content has been final for well over a decade.