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The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ cover art

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™

Free Range Games · North Beach Games · 2024-08-27

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ActionAdventureRPG

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

Releases: Oct 24, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 05, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!

520
playing now
81%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
41
twitch viewers (latest)
66/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
75h
to beat · rushed 50h · completionist 100h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

520 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is a 2023 survival video game developed by Free Range Games and published by North Beach Games on October 24, 2023 for Windows. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions were released in December 2023 and August 2024 respectively. The game is based on the fictional world of Middle-earth created by J. R. R. Tolkien and takes place during its Fourth Age after the events of The Lord of the Rings novel. It follows a company of dwarves as they try to retake their homeland Moria and restore the long-lost ancient kingdom of Khazad-dûm. The game received mixed reviews from critics.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 520 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,601 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~200/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 10,796 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 247k–557k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,368 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.85-50%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.56 at GameBillet (2026-05-14) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 93 of 128 observed days · $19.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20242026Week of 2024-08-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,105 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,096 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7561542026-08-07 00:00 — 456 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 200 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 459 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 415 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 256 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 586 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 503 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 370 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 193 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 561 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 569 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 164 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 427 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 414 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 276 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 655 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 546 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 195 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 316 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 604 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 520 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$10.562023-10-242026-08-272023-10-24 — best price $39.992024-03-12 — best price $15.992024-04-09 — best price $19.992024-05-25 — best price $24.992024-08-05 — best price $17.492024-09-13 — best price $19.992024-11-02 — best price $14.992024-12-03 — best price $19.672024-12-20 — best price $14.442025-01-19 — best price $19.672025-02-03 — best price $19.672025-02-15 — best price $21.892025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-03-28 — best price $21.892025-04-11 — best price $15.102025-05-15 — best price $14.992025-06-13 — best price $19.672025-07-25 — best price $13.742025-09-05 — best price $13.742025-10-13 — best price $13.742025-11-21 — best price $12.492026-01-06 — best price $22.492026-01-16 — best price $11.852026-01-30 — best price $29.992026-02-26 — best price $11.242026-03-19 — best price $10.582026-04-07 — best price $11.782026-04-28 — best price $13.832026-05-18 — best price $11.242026-06-10 — best price $13.492026-06-20 — best price $29.692026-07-13 — best price $22.492026-07-30 — best price $29.992026-08-15 — best price $24.992026-08-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

431832026-05-30 — 137 pageviews2026-06-02 — 171 pageviews2026-06-05 — 107 pageviews2026-06-08 — 179 pageviews2026-06-11 — 120 pageviews2026-06-14 — 164 pageviews2026-06-17 — 114 pageviews2026-06-20 — 164 pageviews2026-06-23 — 131 pageviews2026-06-26 — 128 pageviews2026-06-29 — 121 pageviews2026-07-02 — 99 pageviews2026-07-05 — 127 pageviews2026-07-08 — 101 pageviews2026-07-11 — 126 pageviews2026-07-14 — 110 pageviews2026-07-17 — 109 pageviews2026-07-20 — 133 pageviews2026-07-23 — 101 pageviews2026-07-26 — 123 pageviews2026-07-29 — 109 pageviews2026-08-01 — 122 pageviews2026-08-04 — 114 pageviews2026-08-07 — 85 pageviews2026-08-10 — 125 pageviews2026-08-13 — 306 pageviews2026-08-16 — 277 pageviews2026-08-19 — 159 pageviews2026-08-22 — 169 pageviews2026-08-25 — 155 pageviews2026-08-27 — 145 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13702026-08-27 18:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 106 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 90 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 95 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 41 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
71.5%
earned "Speak Friend"
14%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing8 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

PvERPGDwarfSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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