LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™

Buy90%

Very Positive · 16k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

Traveller's Tales · Adventure · Nov 27, 2012

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
48
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio3 of 9
Subtitles0 of 9

Should I buy LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 58 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 16k 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
67% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
73 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It is a first attempt at an open world game, and it does an amazing job.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story is done nicely and still has that sweet and sometimes laugh-out-loud LEGO humor, but also knows when to take the story seriously in moments where it matters.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I still think Lego games are one of the best titles to play co-op, but perhaps this one worked for me long ago just because I haven't paid attention to it's flaws back there when I was a kid.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Being one of the first LEGO games to incorporate voice acting and a full overworld (after LEGO Batman 2), it still accomplishes it quite well.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Finally, less important, but still; the textures and lighting in this game are excellent, you can tell they really made an effort to make it pretty while keeping a LEGO-charm.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The character roster is great, and can be expanded even more with mods.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay73 reviews
Story53 reviews
Co-op20 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Characters14 reviews
Combat8 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Bugs
53% still recommend
Crashes
43% still recommend
Controls
57% still recommend
Performance
33% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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