ORX

Roguelike tower defense built from cards and connected tiles

johnbell · Published by CRITICAL REFLEX · Released Aug 30, 2022 · Early Access

Casual Indie RPG Simulation Strategy Early Access

Reviews: Mixed; 69% of 684
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 1; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 week ago; Sep 14, 2026

What is ORX?

A single-player tower defense and deckbuilding game set in Medea, where you place cards to build roads, castles, and defenses against invading ORX. Choose a faction, customize your deck, and move through campaign nodes toward boss fights as missions change between runs.

For you if...

+you enjoy fitting tiles together to build defenses
+you like customizing decks around different faction strategies
+you want challenging battles in changing campaign runs

Not for you if...

−you prefer direct action combat to defensive planning
−you want a fixed campaign with predictable missions

What players say

69% of 684 reviews are positive

Players praise the tile-building defense loop and art style. They criticize changes to starting decks and poorly explained campaign mechanics, and report bugs that freeze combat or block progress.

Screenshots and trailer

ORX system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 or later
Processor: Intel Core i5 4670 or AMD FX-6350
Graphics: NVidia GTX 670 or AMD Radeon HD 6570
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 3 GB available space
DirectX: Version 10
Notes: Requires a discrete graphics card. Performance on Intel UHD graphics not guarantied.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 2
Steam features: Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Polish, Korean, Traditional Chinese.