Faithful, immersive Middle-earth
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“I love how it encourages slowing down—reading quest text, listening to the music, and just existing in places like the Shire or Bree for a while.”
Steam review · 47.2 h played ↗
The Lord of the Rings Online™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%Standing Stone Games2012MMORPG · RPG · Adventure
The verdict
A huge, slow-paced, lore-faithful Middle-earth MMO with a generous free tier. Skip it if you want modern polish or can't tolerate patcher/login trouble and a pushy cash shop.
Great for
Tolkien fans who like slow, story-driven solo questing and relaxed old-school MMO exploration
Main risk
Launcher/install failures, lost accounts and a cash shop gating features can block or sour your play
What players love
Generous free-to-play model
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the game can be done without spending a single cent. They give you the same currency that requires real world money as you play.”
Steam review · 65.7 h played ↗
Huge world with lots of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Lotro is HUGE! Seriously, it is so huge if you wanted to play through every zone and quest, it likely would take years.”
Steam review · 68.8 h played ↗
Relaxed pace, journey over endgame
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“No need to min/max or rush to current content.”
Steam review · 32.5 h played ↗
Friendly, mature community
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the community is the best there is in an MMO.”
Steam review · 84.8 h played ↗
Great soundtrack and art direction
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The soundtrack alone is worth playing for”
Steam review · 103 h played ↗
What players complain about
Install, patcher and launcher failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Patching dat files, errors upon errors in the launcher, downloading n iterations etc.”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗
Lost accounts, characters and poor support
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Lost my characters that were 20 years old because of their server data dump.”
Steam review · 114.5 h played ↗
Outdated, clunky gameplay with fetch quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Quests are generic, combat mechanics are clunky and while the graphics have a certain charm, they're still very dated.”
Steam review · 73.5 h played ↗
Aggressive cash shop and paywalls
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“everything and i mean everything directs you to the cash shop”
Steam review · 112 h played ↗
Laggy servers and disconnects
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The lag is just took much end game. Been this way for 15years.”
Steam review · 323.5 h played ↗
Dated, clunky UI that doesn't scale
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“It scales horribly into 2k+ resolution, making the game unplayable without windows magnifier”
Steam review · 48.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable32 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 (64bit recommended for high resolution)
ProcessorCore 2 Duo / AMD Athlon II or better
Memory2GB
GraphicsGeForce 7XXX / ATI Radeon HD 3000 series
Storage32GB for high resolution*
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorCore i7 / AMD FX-8100 or better
Memory4GB minimum
GraphicsNvidia Geforce 8XXX / AMD Radeon HD 6### series or newer with 1GB or more of dedicated video memory
Storage32GB for high resolution
OSWindows 7 (64bit recommended for high resolution)
ProcessorCore 2 Duo / AMD Athlon II or better
Memory2GB
GraphicsGeForce 7XXX / ATI Radeon HD 3000 series
Storage32GB for high resolution*
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