Orcs Must Die! 3
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (38%); after 10h it's 1 in 8 (12%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 44% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “War Lord” (Beat the first war scenario) and “War Mage” (Complete the main campaign): from 80% to 44% of starters.
- 95% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 15,066 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 17.8h for positive, 8.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (94.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- War Lord Beat the first war scenario. 80% −20
- War Mage Complete the main campaign. Most players quit here 44% −36
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (38)
story milestone ending side
- Assassin Kill 100 minions. 100%
- Tinkerer Upgrade a piece of gear. 96%
- Fair Trade Purchase a new piece of gear. 90%
- Moneybags Earn 100,000 coin. 84%
- War Lord Beat the first war scenario. 80%
- Well Equipped Unlock all gear slots. 62%
- Combo Apprentice Score 500,000 in any campaign scenario. 61%
- Upgraded Purchase all upgrades for a single trap. 56%
- Warpath Kill 10,000 minions. 45%
- War Mage Complete the main campaign. 44%
- Millionaire Earn 1,000,000 coin. 41%
- Golden Monocle Purchase all 3 pieces of "Cold as Eyes" gear 38%
- Survivor Survive 10 waves in a single endless match. 33%
- Shedding Skin Purchase one upgrade for any "Tipping the Scales" gear 28%
- First Flight Complete the Drastic Steps campaign. 24%
- Can't Stop Me Now Survive 25 waves in a single endless match. 23%
- Challenge Accepted Complete any Weekly Challenge. 19%
- Combo War Mage Score 5,000,000 in any endless match. 17%
- Cracking Eggs Complete Tier 2 in Scramble. 16%
- Poke in the Eye Kill 250 Cyclopes 14%
- Scrambled Eggs Reroll a debuff in Scramble. 14%
- Scale Necklace Kill 250 Tuatara 13%
- Ice Breaker Beat all "Cold as Eyes" scenarios 12%
- Perfect Balance Beat all "Tipping the Scales" scenarios 9.9%
- Making an Omelet Complete Tier 5 in Scramble. 9.8%
- Collecting Tails Kill 1000 Tuatara 7.9%
- Collector Acquire every item in the game. 7.7%
- Close Their Eyes Kill 1000 Cyclopes 4.9%
- Rifts Protected Complete all acheivements. 4.9%
- Rift Lord Complete the story campaign on Rift Lord difficulty. 4.4%
- The Landing Complete the Drastic Steps campaign on Rift Lord difficulty. 4.2%
- Combo Rift Lord Score 5,000,000 total in Scramble. 3.2%
- Valedictorian Earn 5 skulls on every scenario of the story campagin on Rift Lord difficulty. 3.2%
- Top Floor Earn 5 skulls on every scenario of the Drastic Steps campagin on Rift Lord difficulty. 2.7%
- Heads and Tails 5 Skull one "Tipping the Scales" scenario on Endless 2.3%
- Thumb on the Scale 5 Skull all "Tipping the Scales" scenarios on Rift Lord 2.3%
- Willing to Sacrifice 5 Skull all "Cold as Eyes" scenarios on Rift Lord 2.2%
- The Eyes Have It 5 Skull one "Cold as Eyes" scenario on Endless 2.1%