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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

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ActionAdventure

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

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

335
playing now
90%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (205 ratings)
18h
to beat · rushed 13h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

335 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 335 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 8% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 643k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,086 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-80%

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 53 of 81 observed days · $2.67 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

481982026-08-06 21:00 — 269 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 120 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 247 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 296 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 153 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 300 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 366 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 168 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 346 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 419 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 144 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 310 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 331 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 133 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 250 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 271 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 117 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 234 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 374 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 121 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 138 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 265 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 172 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 220 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 286 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 132 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 105 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 257 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 176 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 335 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$28.99$1.322015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $19.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3191422026-05-30 — 308 pageviews2026-06-02 — 266 pageviews2026-06-05 — 217 pageviews2026-06-08 — 305 pageviews2026-06-11 — 203 pageviews2026-06-14 — 244 pageviews2026-06-17 — 203 pageviews2026-06-20 — 189 pageviews2026-06-23 — 146 pageviews2026-06-26 — 186 pageviews2026-06-29 — 155 pageviews2026-07-02 — 177 pageviews2026-07-05 — 216 pageviews2026-07-08 — 202 pageviews2026-07-11 — 198 pageviews2026-07-14 — 207 pageviews2026-07-17 — 159 pageviews2026-07-20 — 203 pageviews2026-07-23 — 156 pageviews2026-07-26 — 194 pageviews2026-07-29 — 163 pageviews2026-08-01 — 186 pageviews2026-08-04 — 167 pageviews2026-08-07 — 178 pageviews2026-08-10 — 206 pageviews2026-08-13 — 237 pageviews2026-08-16 — 249 pageviews2026-08-19 — 183 pageviews2026-08-22 — 218 pageviews2026-08-25 — 200 pageviews2026-08-27 — 176 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

802026-08-27 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 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

Player tags

LEGOCo-opFunnyActionCasualComedyFantasyAdventureControllerOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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