# Orcs & Runes: Tower Defence — Elves, dwarves & wizard heroes

> Elves, dwarves & wizard heroes (iPhone/iPad app by Adam Brown.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orcs-and-runes-tower-defence/id6808981509 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Adam Brown](https://appshunter.io/developer/6782873893)
- Category: Games, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 31 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-17
- Data updated: 2026-10-11

## What is Orcs & Runes?

Orc hordes are marching on your stronghold. Command elves, dwarves, and wizards in Orcs & Runes: Tower Defence. Place your defenders, shape their upgrades, and lead a hero into battle in a fantasy tower defence game built around tactical choices.

BUILD YOUR DEFENCE
Recruit nine tower types, from elven rangers and dwarven cannons to runic alchemists and ancient guardians. Each has three upgrade paths with five tiers. Specialise one path, support it with another, and discover combinations of arrows, magic, frost, siege weapons, and support powers.

LEAD A HERO
Bring Nutbutter's armour-breaking hammer, Lyra's piercing arrows, or Seren's chain magic to the battlefield. Your hero gains levels during a run, develops new equipment, and unlocks active abilities that can turn a desperate defence around.

FOLLOW THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Clear 15 stages in sequence through the Greenwood, the Iron Pass, the Ashen March, the Sunken Court, and the High Citadel. Each region has three 20-wave encounters with different supplies, enemy reinforcements or boss finales. Return for a daily trial, or push into endless mode for relic choices, further tower mastery, and escalating threats.

SET THE RECORD TO BEAT
Replay each stage for the fastest clear, fewest towers or lowest gold spend. Each record shows the hero, battle time, towers built and gold spent. Campaign stages use fixed starting supplies without permanent talent bonuses, and each difficulty has its own records. Time measures combat at normal speed. Planning between waves is untimed, and fast-forward gives no leaderboard advantage.

BREAK THE SIEGE
Face armoured raiders, healers, spectral attackers, and powerful bosses. Stop the Hollow Steed before its hidden soldiers overwhelm you, and prepare for Cinderwing's fiery assault.

PLAY AT YOUR PACE
Plan between waves, pause a battle, and return to a watch saved on your device. The game and its artwork are included in the app, so normal gameplay works offline. Earn permanent talents and achievements as your defences improve.

OPTIONAL ONLINE FEATURES
Game Center is optional. When connected, compare stage records with friends or all players, compare your overall level and eligible endless results, and record your achievements with your Apple gaming profile. Personal bests work offline. Online features require internet access; Game Center does not transfer your local saved battles between devices.

The initial iPhone release is free and contains no advertising.

Start a fresh campaign at stage 1. Prototype saves, levels and records are not imported. Progress and saved battles stay on this device; browser saves and saves from other devices do not transfer into the app.

## Is Orcs & Runes safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Orcs & Runes.

## Is Orcs & Runes legit?

Orcs & Runes: Tower Defence has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Orcs & Runes is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0.0 — 2026-09-17

No release notes.

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