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Game entry

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

1994 · Strategy · PC, Mac, DOS, PC-98 · Interplay Entertainment

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is ranked no. 1,094 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,571 and 50% of duels won. Against South Park: The Stick of Truth, the opponent it meets most often, the tally stands at 3 wins to 1 losses in 4 duels. Its best standing outside the world ranking: no. 13 out of 69 (1994).

World rank

no. 1,094

ELO score

1,571

Wins

50%

Duels played

151

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About Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first game in the Warcraft series developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The Orcish hordes are summoned through the dark portal to the peaceful human Kingdom of Azeroth. When the two races meet each other, a terrible war ensues. Only one race can dominate the land.

Players can choose to play as either the Humans or the Orcs. There are 12 scenarios for each race with mostly a single objective: destroy the enemy.

As with most RTS games of the same era, a lot of time is spent collecting resources and building structures to make/upgrade different types of units.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,571 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Warcraft: Orcs & Humans sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 1,091 Fez 1,571
  2. 1,092 Call of Juarez 1,571
  3. 1,093 Battletoads 1,571
  4. 1,094 Warcraft: Orcs & Humans 1,571
  5. 1,095 Tropico 4 1,571
  6. 1,096 Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below 1,571
  7. 1,097 Lollipop Chainsaw 1,571

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The standing

Where Warcraft: Orcs & Humans ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Warcraft: Orcs & Humans stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 13 out of 69 (1994).

Where Warcraft: Orcs & Humans ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 1,094 5,110
Strategy 78 342
1990s 159 655
1994 13 69

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