The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition

Buy74%

Mostly Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Card Battler · Aug 29, 2019

Player review score
74%
Mostly 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
73
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio1 of 6
Subtitles6 of 6

Should I buy The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 104 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 42 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Monetization: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k 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 praise300 helpful reviews50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
104 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Due to large amount of customization and incentives for different play-styles (honestly, there are so many ways you could approach the game), my initial interest lasted a total of 25 hours.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game is well presented with nice artwork and fully voiced narration with different voice actors for each character; there is quite a bit of story in some parts.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story mode is much too easy, and Challenge mode is really hard; players should still play Challenge on coop, in my opinion, for maximum pleasure.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The voice acting is spot on and it follows the books rather than the movies.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
These innovations also have the effect of helping to balance the different Hero factions, and where the paper LCG often felt like a series of puzzles that had to be solved by perfect hero and deck compositions, it feels like this game offers enough flexibility on Normal difficulty that most groups of heroes should be able to carefully pick their way through.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The graphics were a pleasant surprise since most card games have simple visuals.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay104 reviews
Story80 reviews
Co-op54 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Characters23 reviews
Graphics19 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Difficulty
64% still recommend
Interface
46% still recommend
Monetization
55% still recommend
Multiplayer
74% still recommend
Bugs
33% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
14% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • In-App Purchases
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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