Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap

Robot Entertainment · 2025 · $29.99 · Action · deal grade A

Measured on 2026-09-24 10:51 UTC, 11 days ago. The whole catalog is re-measured daily; a game that just launched can move fast between passes.

Estimated net residual revenue: $7.8k to $11.7k per month
Opportunity: $13.1k per month at x1.35 dormancy
Estimated lifetime owners: 162.0k
70% positive across 4710 reviews · 38.7 reviews/month

Why it's flagged

Developer silent for 12 months
Studio quiet across its whole catalog
Last discounted 0 months ago, 10 sales in the last 12 months

Analyst notes (AI-assisted)

Note written 2026-09-20; the live figures above take precedence over any numbers in it.

A 2025 roguelite tower-defense co-op action game from Robot Entertainment that remixes the Orcs Must Die franchise with procedural mechanics and 4-player scaling.

Deathtrap sits in an odd place: it has solid core engagement (median playtime near 50 hours, 70% positive reviews), pulls steady four-figure monthly residuals, and retains a loyal mid-sized owner base, but the studio has been radio-silent for a full year and the game's departure from series formula has fractured the fanbase. It is too recent and too live (active monthly reviews, low neglect score) to be a catalog deep-cut, but too quiet and underfunded to be a breakout. The real opportunity is platform licensing or a targeted content refresh from a publisher willing to resurrect the IP with modest investment. Most realistic play: publishing.

Risk: Roguelite design alienated core franchise players who expected deterministic trap-building; review sentiment shows a clear schism between casual co-op fans and veterans.
Risk: Single-player scaling is broken (maps too large, barricade caps too tight), pushing players toward co-op they cannot always find; review 13 directly cites dead matchmaking.
Risk: Zero patches or content in 12 months; text rendering bugs, texture polish issues, and balance complaints remain unaddressed, signaling institutional abandonment.
Risk: Robot Entertainment is listed as fading with only four titles in portfolio; unclear whether studio has bandwidth or appetite to revive Deathtrap internally.

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