Orcs Must Die! 3 returned last year as a Google Stadia exclusive. It worked on the series' strengths- wacky cartoonish graphics and inoffensive humor. It was more wise-cracking mages killing orcs wave after wave, for better and for worse. If you found the first two games fun, then you might enjoy this one, too. But playing through the third felt like an upgraded graphics continuation of the first two.

Orcs Must Die! 3 Release Date: July 23, 2021

Orcs Must Die! 3 first came out as a Google Stadia exclusive last year. Now, it's coming out on July 23, 2021, on PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and the PS4.

Orcs Must Die! 3 is an action tower-defense game. You play as one of two mages protecting a castle against a horde of orcs. Apart from building traps that will either slow them down or outright kill them, you can also fight them directly. However, your mage powers can only do so much, and you really will have to rely on your traps to fortify your base and prevent them from getting through your defenses.

Just like the second game, Orcs Must Die! 3 allows two-player coop gameplay. This might be a slight downgrade from the free-to-play Unchained that allowed for up to three players in co-op. Regardless, the third game in the mainline series is more of the same. If that's what you're after, then good.