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LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™ cover art

LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™

Traveller's Tales · Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment · 2012-11-27

SteamGOGXboxAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Franchise: The Lord of the Rings, LEGO · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 21, 2013 (Mac), Nov 07, 2013 (iOS), Nov 23, 2012 (Wii), Nov 13, 2012 (Xbox 360), Jan 08, 2016 (Android), Nov 27, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Based on The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy, LEGO® The Lord of the Rings follows the original story-lines of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, taking players through the epic story events re-imagined with the humor and endl

LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™ is an Action, Adventure game released in 2012, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Very Positive (90% of 16146 reviews) sentiment.

88
playing now
90%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (205 ratings)
14
Nexus mods (9.3k downloads)
18h
to beat · rushed 13h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

88 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Lego The Lord of the Rings is a 2012 Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales released for the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. An OS X version of the game, published by Feral Interactive, was released on 21 February 2013.

Trailer

LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™ trailer thumbnail

LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™ - Video Game Trailer

≈175,839 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 88 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 853 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~107/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 649k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,232 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$3.19-84%
GOG$3.99-80%
Steam$3.99-80%
WinGameStore$3.99-80%
GameBillet$4.00-80%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.32 at Nuuvem (2015-05-01) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 73 of 119 observed days · $18.67 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17817820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

351532026-09-15 12:00 — 95 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 175 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 87 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 156 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 284 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 106 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 91 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 175 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 139 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 142 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 198 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 126 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 53 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 181 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 255 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 86 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 156 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 198 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 97 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 213 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 342 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 122 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 88 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
68557Dec 2012Aug 2026Dec 2012 — avg 335 · peak 1,407May 2013 — avg 58 · peak 147Oct 2013 — avg 67 · peak 176Mar 2014 — avg 89 · peak 235Aug 2014 — avg 80 · peak 169Jan 2015 — avg 140 · peak 662Jun 2015 — avg 128 · peak 465Nov 2015 — avg 73 · peak 221Apr 2016 — avg 86 · peak 253Sep 2016 — avg 115 · peak 491Feb 2017 — avg 93 · peak 290Jul 2017 — avg 89 · peak 210Dec 2017 — avg 99 · peak 333May 2018 — avg 63 · peak 145Oct 2018 — avg 70 · peak 228Mar 2019 — avg 161 · peak 459Aug 2019 — avg 97 · peak 211Jan 2020 — avg 109 · peak 265Jun 2020 — avg 156 · peak 459Nov 2020 — avg 139 · peak 421Apr 2021 — avg 226 · peak 781Sep 2021 — avg 146 · peak 336Feb 2022 — avg 182 · peak 439Jul 2022 — avg 158 · peak 349Dec 2022 — avg 140 · peak 352May 2023 — avg 133 · peak 354Oct 2023 — avg 145 · peak 535Mar 2024 — avg 171 · peak 506Aug 2024 — avg 179 · peak 359Jan 2025 — avg 206 · peak 551Jun 2025 — avg 178 · peak 401Nov 2025 — avg 185 · peak 450Apr 2026 — avg 226 · peak 544Aug 2026 — avg 214 · peak 501
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$28.99$1.322015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-02-02 — best price $19.992015-03-31 — best price $19.992015-05-01 — best price $1.322015-05-26 — best price $19.992015-07-01 — best price $16.992015-09-17 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-03-22 — best price $4.992016-05-05 — best price $4.992016-08-01 — best price $6.752016-10-24 — best price $15.982017-01-03 — best price $19.992017-03-23 — best price $19.992017-05-25 — best price $4.992017-08-01 — best price $4.992017-09-28 — best price $4.992017-12-05 — best price $19.992018-08-28 — best price $4.992020-09-28 — best price $19.992021-03-29 — best price $19.992021-06-12 — best price $17.592021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992023-05-03 — best price $4.682024-02-26 — best price $4.992024-11-26 — best price $3.992025-05-01 — best price $3.992025-10-16 — best price $3.992026-02-09 — best price $19.992026-04-28 — best price $16.792026-08-01 — best price $19.992026-09-06 — best price $3.992026-09-26 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3131242026-05-30 — 308 pageviews2026-06-03 — 245 pageviews2026-06-07 — 293 pageviews2026-06-11 — 203 pageviews2026-06-15 — 195 pageviews2026-06-19 — 148 pageviews2026-06-23 — 146 pageviews2026-06-27 — 210 pageviews2026-07-01 — 151 pageviews2026-07-05 — 216 pageviews2026-07-09 — 146 pageviews2026-07-13 — 204 pageviews2026-07-17 — 159 pageviews2026-07-21 — 168 pageviews2026-07-25 — 177 pageviews2026-07-29 — 163 pageviews2026-08-02 — 194 pageviews2026-08-06 — 164 pageviews2026-08-10 — 206 pageviews2026-08-14 — 209 pageviews2026-08-18 — 178 pageviews2026-08-22 — 218 pageviews2026-08-26 — 197 pageviews2026-08-30 — 209 pageviews2026-09-03 — 154 pageviews2026-09-07 — 204 pageviews2026-09-11 — 167 pageviews2026-09-15 — 168 pageviews2026-09-19 — 188 pageviews2026-09-23 — 153 pageviews2026-09-27 — 181 pageviews2026-10-01 — 124 pageviews2026-10-05 — 143 pageviews2026-10-09 — 139 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1202026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
75.5%
earned "The strength of Men failed."
15.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVRemote Play Together

8 supported languages: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

LEGOCo-opFunnyActionCasualComedyFantasyAdventureControllerOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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