The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth

Buy91%

Very Positive · 938 player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS

Fantasy Flight Games · Adventure · Apr 18, 2019

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Price
Free
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
13
Full audio1 of 13
Subtitles13 of 13

Should I buy The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 938 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise40% are divided10% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It balances story telling with revealing the game map and managing enemies in an engaging way such that it doesn't feel intrusive but an integral part of the experience all the same.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I would suggest taking this same, iterative approach as there is initially a lot to this game, but once you have the concepts and mechanics down, they're very easy to remember and accomplish.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The app is brilliant from an efficiency perspective, but it does draw your eye away fro all the components on the table much of the time, the game itself is a lot of fun, a moderately simple coop board games set in the Tolkien universe, with a a quality campaign with some replay value, especially amongst new players.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Apart from that, the app does what it does, the interface is quite intuitive and you have a good understanding of what you have to do and what point of interest you have.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's also really cool that you can upgrade your characters cards and weapons/ armour as you progress through the story.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story36 reviews
Gameplay33 reviews
Co-op25 reviews
Interface10 reviews
Combat5 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
86% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend
Graphics
67% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
94% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

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