Orcs Must Die! 3

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Orcs Must Die!
Orcs Must Die!	2011
Orcs Must Die! 2	2012
Orcs Must Die! Unchained	2017
Orcs Must Die! 3	2021

Orcs Must Die! 3 is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action and tower defense game in the Orcs Must Die! series.

The game was originally released as a Google Stadia exclusive on July 14, 2020. It was then released on Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox ONe/Series on July 23, 2021.

General information

Official Discord server for game series

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate

Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam		DRM-free in creating a `steam_appid.txt` file containing its Steam App ID number `1522820` in `<path-to-game>`.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Cold as Eyes
Tipping the Scales

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip Intro^[2]
Go to `<path-to-game>\OMD\Content\Movies`. Delete or rename `RobotEntertainment_Logo_6_Seconds.mp4`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Robot Entertainment\Orcs Must Die! 3\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1522820/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Robot Entertainment\Orcs Must Die! 3\Saved\SaveGames
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1522820/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics calibration settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Vert- gameplay in borderless windowed, stretched FOV when fullscreen. See the related WSGF post for a workaround, or see the FOV section below.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		60° - 100° via in-game slider, (Default 80°). This value can go beyond 100 with config file tweaks.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Scales with Textures setting.^[3]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate may optionally be limited to 30, 60, or 120 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR disabled in recent patch due to technical issues reported.
Ray tracing (RT)

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Field of view (FOV)

Change the Field of View (FOV) with Engine.ini

Set this higher to negate the vert- ultra-wide scaling behavior.

Using AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV will not persist through cutscenes, resulting in inconsistent results between the same FoV value applied before and after.

Navigate to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Robot Entertainment\Orcs Must Die! 3\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Locate the line FieldOfView and set to the desired value.
Save and close.

Input

Gameplay settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Slight negative acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity		X-axis, Y-axis, and Zoom/War Machine sensitivity can be independently adjusted.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		X-axis can also be inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		X-axis, Y-axis, and Zoom/War Machine sensitivity can be independently adjusted.
Controller Y-axis inversion		X-axis can also be inverted.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Keyboard and mouse remapping
Controller remapping

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Effects, Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions		Closed Captioning option is actually for subtitles only.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

General settings

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Czech
Danish
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play	2	Co-op

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	DirectX 12 can be enabled using the `-d3d12` command line argument.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2300 AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel Core i5-9600K AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 3 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1522820/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1522820) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ 'Orcs Must Die! 3' Frequently Asked Questions — ROBOT ENTERTAINMENT - last accessed on 2021-06-19
"Orcs Must Die! 3 is being made on the Unreal Engine 4."
↑ Verified by User:Zach_Fett on 2021-07-27
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-05-15
r.MaxAnisotropy is set from 0 to 8 depending on the setting, as seen in the console.

[Proton_path_note-3] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1522820/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1522820) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] 'Orcs Must Die! 3' Frequently Asked Questions — ROBOT ENTERTAINMENT - last accessed on 2021-06-19
"Orcs Must Die! 3 is being made on the Unreal Engine 4."

[Zach_Fett-2] Verified by User:Zach_Fett on 2021-07-27

[4] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-05-15
r.MaxAnisotropy is set from 0 to 8 depending on the setting, as seen in the console.

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[Note 1]

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Developers

	Robot Entertainment
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^[1]
Release dates
Windows	July 23, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	77
OpenCritic	77
IGDB	76
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives	Third-person
Genres	Action, Tower defense
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Orcs Must Die!