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

· Twin Sails Interactive · 2019-08-29

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureRPGStrategy

Franchise: The Lord of the Rings · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: TBD (iOS), Jan 28, 2018 (Mac), Jan 28, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Android)

Build a deck of iconic heroes and challenge the forces of Sauron in this thrilling tactical card game. Travel through famous locations, complete story-driven quests and forge a new legend of Middle-earth on your own or with a friend in cooperative mode.

The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition is an Adventure, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 1656 reviews).

5
playing now
74%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3.69★
PlayStation Store rating (378 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Something stirs within the shadows across Middle-earth. Who will raise their light against the spread of this darkness? Who will stand against the unknown danger that creeps ever closer? To where shall we look for heroes?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (145 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 41k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,656 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.10 at GreenManGaming (2026-05-31) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 47 of 68 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
949420182026Week of 2018-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1622026-09-15 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
914Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2018 — avg 21 · peak 60Feb 2019 — avg 29 · peak 84May 2019 — avg 22 · peak 74Aug 2019 — avg 20 · peak 118Nov 2019 — avg 18 · peak 58Feb 2020 — avg 11 · peak 32May 2020 — avg 91 · peak 313Aug 2020 — avg 20 · peak 43Nov 2020 — avg 25 · peak 69Feb 2021 — avg 65 · peak 173May 2021 — avg 20 · peak 48Aug 2021 — avg 12 · peak 28Nov 2021 — avg 23 · peak 63Feb 2022 — avg 15 · peak 38May 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30Aug 2022 — avg 10 · peak 22Nov 2022 — avg 11 · peak 25Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 31May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 24Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 33May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$22.02$3.292018-08-282026-08-242018-08-28 — best price $7.992019-12-02 — best price $13.992020-01-15 — best price $17.972020-02-08 — best price $16.802020-04-10 — best price $19.992020-09-21 — best price $19.992020-11-24 — best price $19.992021-03-23 — best price $8.002021-10-29 — best price $7.492022-03-12 — best price $20.202022-07-30 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-06-02 — best price $9.002023-08-21 — best price $19.992023-11-20 — best price $19.992024-02-05 — best price $19.992024-04-29 — best price $13.942024-07-01 — best price $6.752024-08-15 — best price $7.992024-10-14 — best price $6.722024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-01-21 — best price $19.992025-03-17 — best price $13.942025-05-05 — best price $3.402025-07-08 — best price $5.002025-08-14 — best price $4.992025-09-18 — best price $4.992025-10-27 — best price $13.942025-12-22 — best price $13.942026-02-05 — best price $4.992026-04-02 — best price $19.992026-05-16 — best price $8.202026-07-06 — best price $5.002026-08-10 — best price $5.002026-08-24 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
77%
earned "The Journey Begins"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-10-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,8040%73

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2D3DFantasyStrategyTacticalTutorialAdventureCard GameStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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