Orc Horde

Every mass-battle game of this shape puts you behind the guns. Orc Horde puts you in front of them.

You command thousands of orcs pushing into a static, heavily-armed emplacement — a gun line of cannons, walls and garrisoned defenders — and you break it open. You do not place units. You do not issue orders. The horde arrives on its own and walks toward the base, and everything you do is a gesture on a live crowd.

Your mass is your weapon and your liability at once. The emplacement answers concentration with area denial, so "clump up or thin out" is the decision you are making every second. The base is not passive either: its barracks are its economy, pumping defenders out to meet you, so the fight is troop-on-troop at a real front line rather than a siege against inert buildings. Raze a barracks and that stretch of wall goes quiet for good.

FEATURES

• You are the horde — thousands of bodies, shaped by hand, not commanded

• Gesture combat — every input is a gesture on a live crowd

• A base that fights back — barracks pump out defenders, so there is a real front line

• Raze to silence — every building you break permanently quiets what it was feeding

• Build your own village between raids, and defend it from raids of your own

• Portrait, one-handed, quick sessions

• Free to play, no purchases