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The Lord of the Rings Online™

Standing Stone Games · Daybreak Game Company LLC · 2012-06-06

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ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Franchise: The Lord of the Rings · Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jun 06, 2012 (Mac), Apr 24, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Join the world’s greatest fellowship of players in the award-winning online re-creation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s legendary Middle-earth.

1,839
playing now
81%
positive of 23k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
226
twitch viewers (latest)
90/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (126 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1,839 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

The Lord of the Rings Online is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows and previously for OS X, set in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, taking place during the time period of The Lord of the Rings. Originally developed by Turbine, the game launched in North America, Australia, Japan, and Europe in April 2007 as The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Players could create characters of four races and seven classes and adventure throughout the region of Eriador. In November 2008, the Mines of Moria expansion was released, adding the region of Moria and two new playable classes. It was followed by the Siege of Mirkwood in December 2009. In 2010, the game underwent a shift from its original subscription-based payment model to being free-to-play.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,839 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,271 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~159/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30130120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.8k5332026-08-06 21:00 — 1,128 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 558 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 908 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,281 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 713 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,151 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,431 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 740 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,190 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,464 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 564 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 926 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,228 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 533 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 877 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,162 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 668 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,223 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,840 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 735 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 936 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,622 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 966 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,265 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,630 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 948 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 779 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,342 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,065 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 1,839 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

3011062026-05-29 — 184 pageviews2026-06-01 — 174 pageviews2026-06-04 — 147 pageviews2026-06-07 — 207 pageviews2026-06-10 — 157 pageviews2026-06-13 — 123 pageviews2026-06-16 — 123 pageviews2026-06-19 — 137 pageviews2026-06-22 — 133 pageviews2026-06-25 — 130 pageviews2026-06-28 — 126 pageviews2026-07-01 — 117 pageviews2026-07-04 — 152 pageviews2026-07-07 — 133 pageviews2026-07-10 — 115 pageviews2026-07-13 — 187 pageviews2026-07-16 — 126 pageviews2026-07-19 — 159 pageviews2026-07-22 — 227 pageviews2026-07-25 — 163 pageviews2026-07-28 — 140 pageviews2026-07-31 — 167 pageviews2026-08-03 — 172 pageviews2026-08-06 — 232 pageviews2026-08-09 — 201 pageviews2026-08-12 — 299 pageviews2026-08-15 — 212 pageviews2026-08-18 — 199 pageviews2026-08-21 — 199 pageviews2026-08-24 — 208 pageviews2026-08-25 — 153 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

226112026-08-27 01:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 25 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 77 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 143 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 85 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 61 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 107 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 83 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 226 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPCo-opIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller Support

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

RPGCo-opActionMMORPGFantasyAdventureOpen WorldStory RichExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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