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Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™

Monolith Productions · Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment · 2014-09-30

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Franchise: The Lord of the Rings · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 08, 2014 (Xbox One), Nov 21, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Sep 30, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Jul 30, 2015 (Linux), Nov 18, 2014 (Xbox 360), Oct 03, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.

Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 97,202 reviews).

530
playing now
93%
positive of 98k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5
twitch viewers (latest)
2.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
84/100
critic score (18 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1386 ratings)
45
Nexus mods (104k downloads)
4.65★
PlayStation Store rating (81,032 ratings)
18h
to beat · completionist 57h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

530 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

You are Talion, a Ranger of the Black Gate, keeping watch over Mordor which has remained undisturbed for ages. In the blink of an eye, everything is taken from you – your friends, your family, and even your own life. Resurrected by a mysterious vengeful spirit, you must now embark on a relentless vendetta against those who have wronged you.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ trailer thumbnail

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Game of the Year Edition - 4K Trailer | PS4

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 530 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,935 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~367/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 2.4M–5.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 97,598 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 0 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
72172120182026Week of 2018-03-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 721 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.0k2522026-09-16 04:00 — 392 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 410 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 672 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 519 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 292 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 666 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 552 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 312 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 744 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 570 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 252 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 494 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 496 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 453 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 954 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 831 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 438 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 523 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 879 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 611 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 447 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 735 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 530 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
14k23Aug 2014Aug 2026Aug 2014 — avg 23 · peak 67Dec 2014 — avg 4,060 · peak 12,933Apr 2015 — avg 1,782 · peak 7,446Aug 2015 — avg 1,899 · peak 5,098Dec 2015 — avg 2,126 · peak 5,413Apr 2016 — avg 1,473 · peak 4,086Aug 2016 — avg 2,300 · peak 5,626Dec 2016 — avg 1,654 · peak 3,130Apr 2017 — avg 2,455 · peak 6,221Aug 2017 — avg 2,835 · peak 5,498Dec 2017 — avg 1,581 · peak 3,156Apr 2018 — avg 796 · peak 1,544Aug 2018 — avg 827 · peak 2,088Dec 2018 — avg 850 · peak 1,754Apr 2019 — avg 481 · peak 956Aug 2019 — avg 498 · peak 1,155Dec 2019 — avg 705 · peak 1,377Apr 2020 — avg 753 · peak 1,595Aug 2020 — avg 580 · peak 1,216Dec 2020 — avg 837 · peak 1,698Apr 2021 — avg 447 · peak 826Aug 2021 — avg 726 · peak 2,496Dec 2021 — avg 659 · peak 1,362Apr 2022 — avg 341 · peak 636Aug 2022 — avg 430 · peak 838Dec 2022 — avg 587 · peak 1,098Apr 2023 — avg 420 · peak 816Aug 2023 — avg 332 · peak 603Dec 2023 — avg 585 · peak 1,054Apr 2024 — avg 540 · peak 1,338Aug 2024 — avg 501 · peak 899Dec 2024 — avg 689 · peak 1,325Apr 2025 — avg 526 · peak 1,117Aug 2025 — avg 493 · peak 931Dec 2025 — avg 813 · peak 1,666Apr 2026 — avg 575 · peak 1,370Aug 2026 — avg 526 · peak 1,602
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
29292026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 15 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 7 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 12 new positive2026-09-25: 7 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 22 new positive2026-09-28: 5 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 14 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 9 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 15 new positive2026-10-03: 8 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 13 new positive2026-10-08: 18 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 7 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 21 new positive2026-10-12: 29 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 7 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$3.992015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $22.562015-01-21 — best price $40.992015-02-10 — best price $24.702015-03-18 — best price $36.662015-04-04 — best price $49.992015-04-18 — best price $49.582015-05-05 — best price $49.992015-05-29 — best price $18.372015-06-13 — best price $24.992015-07-08 — best price $16.862015-08-14 — best price $14.812015-09-11 — best price $44.512015-10-22 — best price $49.992015-11-16 — best price $49.992015-12-23 — best price $14.832016-02-12 — best price $49.992016-04-06 — best price $10.652016-05-06 — best price $36.042016-07-10 — best price $39.992016-07-20 — best price $39.992016-07-29 — best price $9.992016-12-23 — best price $17.192017-04-12 — best price $4.992017-09-05 — best price $4.992017-12-26 — best price $19.992018-08-18 — best price $7.992018-09-25 — best price $9.992018-11-23 — best price $8.592018-12-17 — best price $9.652019-02-01 — best price $9.992019-04-17 — best price $9.992019-06-25 — best price $9.992019-12-12 — best price $9.992020-08-04 — best price $9.992020-12-09 — best price $4.992026-08-28 — best price $3.992026-10-03 — best price $3.992026-10-08 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

15702026-10-01 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-15 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 5 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88.6%
earned "You Will Obey"
32%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing16 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 16 DLC released, first 2014-09-30, latest 2015-02-24 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGGoreActionFantasyParkourStealthAssassinAdventureAction RPGOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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