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ShakyHand · Published by ShakyHand
9 user reviews — 33% positive (9 reviews)
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Hold the line against the orc horde in this side-scrolling incremental strategy game. Recruit humans and mercenaries, master active abilities, and survive escalating waves of orcs, dragons, and bosses. Every run gets harder — and you get stronger.
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Indie, Casual · 2026 · More under £5 games
About this game
The orc horde marches on your kingdom. Your walls are all that stand between them and ruin.
Humans vs Orcs is a fast-paced incremental strategy game where you recruit units, upgrade your forces between waves, and unleash devastating abilities to push back an ever-growing orc invasion. Each run sharpens your army with permanent upgrades, unlocks new mercenaries, and pushes you deeper into a campaign that escalates from goblin skirmishes to dragon-led sieges.
Easy to pick up, brutal to master.
BUILD YOUR ARMY
Recruit a varied roster of human soldiers and elite mercenaries — swordsmen, archers, knights, wizards, priests, werewolves, vampires, and more. Each unit has distinct abilities like blocking, charging, cleaving, healing, and lifesteal. Build the perfect composition to counter every threat.
SURVIVE THE ORC HORDE
Battle a wide range of orc enemies across multiple themed factions — green orcs, frost raiders, infernal warriors, and elite bosses. Every wave hits harder. Every boss demands a new strategy. Special wall waves force you to adapt or die.
CONQUER DRAGONS
Devastating dragon attacks soar across the battlefield raining fire on your troops. Unlock Dragon Wards to survive their onslaught, or use the Dragon Horn to delay the inevitable.
EXPLORE EVOLVING BATTLEFIELDS
Fight across hand-crafted pixel art maps that shift as the campaign deepens — green fields, murky swamps, frozen wastes, scorched warzones, hellscapes, and arcane moonlit ruins.
PRESTIGE AND GROW
Earn Skulls each run and spend them in the War Council on Legacy upgrades and unit recruitment. Every defeat makes you stronger. Unlock new units, boost your economy, and push deeper into the orc onslaught.
ACTIVATE ABILITIES
Trigger powerful active abilities mid-battle — Rain of Arrows, Rally Cry, Dragon Horn, and Gold Rush. Time them right to turn the tide.
KEY FEATURES
- Recruit a roster of human and mercenary units, each with unique combat roles
- Battle a wide range of orc enemies across multiple themed factions
- Survive escalating waves featuring epic bosses and counter-chain wall fights
- Face devastating dragon attacks that can wipe out your kingdom
- Prestige system with Skulls and Legacy upgrades
- Hand-crafted pixel art battlefields that evolve as you progress
- Combo system and active battlefield abilities
- Retro pixel art style with original soundtrack
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-7100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Graphics: Any GPU with Vulkan or DirectX 12 support
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 / AMD equivalent
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 8GB
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 0.24 "Rally the Ranks"
🛡️ Field a bigger army You start with 5 active unit slots now (up from 3), and newly recruited units no longer vanish onto the bench without a word. When a unit can't fit your active roster you'll be told to equip it in War Council ▸ Army — drag it from the Bench to Active and send it to the front. No more wondering why your shiny new unit won't deploy. 💰 Chests that actually pay Boss chests used to pop open to a useless "BOSS DEFEATED!" message. Now they hand you a real gold bounty that scales with the wave. Crack the chest, take the coin. ⚖️ Winning finally beats dying Skulls used to only come from losing units — so the smart play was to feed your army to the grinder. No more. Clearing a wave now earns Skulls (with a bigger bounty on boss waves), so pushing forward is the best way to grow your legacy. Starting gold is up too, so the opening waves are winnable instead of a grind. 🌍 Now in your language Humans vs Orcs is now fully playable in 6 languages: English Español Deutsch Français Italiano Português (Brasil) Pick yours in Options ▸ Language. Menus, the War Council, abilities, upgrades, legacy perks and all 42 unit names are translated. Polski, Русский, 日本語, 한국어 and 简体中文 are translated and coming next (pending font work). 🐛 Polish & fixes Fixed the Vampire Archer and several other units rendering oversized and floating off the ground — they now stand at the right scale on the lane Clearer "spend your Skulls in Main Menu ▸ Legacy" guidance after a defeat Main-menu Legacy button now reads Legacy Upgrades so you know where your permanent power lives 100% save-compatible — your best wave, Skulls and unlocks all carry over. Thanks to everyone who left a review — this patch is built straight from your feedback. Keep it coming. 🪓Read full article on Community Announcements (krabi)
