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Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™

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App ID 356190
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher WB Games
Franchise WB Games
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies LithTech Engine
Last Changenumber 29012306
Last Record Update 15 May 2025 – 22:03:18 UTC ()
Release Date 10 October 2017 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😎 87.57%
109k reviews
1,906
In-Game
🌍 Open World 💥 Action 🎲 RPG 🎭 Fantasy 🗺️ Adventure

Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.

Additional Information

Developer Monolith Productions
metacritic_name Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher WB Games
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Store Release Date 10 October 2017 – 01:00:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
3rd-Party DRM Denuvo Antitamper
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), RPG (3)
Steam Release Date 10 October 2017 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 15 May 2025 – 22:03:05 UTC () (1747346585)
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Detected Technologies (?) LithTech Engine, AMD_GPU_Services SDK, Bink_Video SDK, NVIDIA_Ansel SDK, Oodle SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 3 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 3095001
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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    hdr_support0
AllowMicroTxnFromRestrictedCountries No
MicroTxnRestrictedCountries RU,BY
Belarus, Russian Federation
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 11 March 2015 – 22:58:11 UTC (), in changelist #936636
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

13 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Arabic Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🌍 Open World 💥 Action 🎲 RPG 👤 Singleplayer 🎭 Fantasy 🗺️ Adventure 👤 Third Person 👊 Violent 🥷 Stealth 😖 Gore ⚔️ War 📚 Story Rich 🛡️ Hack and Slash 💥 Action RPG 🏰 Medieval 🧝 Dark Fantasy 🪄 Magic 🌫 Atmospheric 💡 Strategy 🕹️ Multiplayer

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards In-App Purchases Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp15 May 2025 – 22:03:16 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 1,906 players right now
  • 3,876 24-hour peak
  • 68,183 all-time peak 15 October 2017
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  • 13 viewers right now
  • 127 24-hour peak
  • 120,873 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 87.57% SteamDB Rating
  • 97,621 88.7% positive reviews
  • 12,377 11.3% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
10 October 2017 Steam Release -
19 September 2017 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Very Positive Bundle 2 -
17 May 2018 Free Weekend -
31 August 2018 Free Weekend -
17 July 2019 ⇄ Fanatical: Mystery Goldrush Bundle -
3 January 2020 ⇄ Humble Bundle: January 2020 Humble Choice (#2) -
26 August 2022 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Fantastic Journeys: Middle-earth And Beyond -
17 December 2022 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Fantastic Journeys: Middle-earth and Beyond - Holiday Encore -
11 September 2023 ⇄ Fanatical: Prestige Collection Build Your Own Bundle (September 2023) -
27 October 2023 ⇄ Humble Bundle: WB 100: Play the Legends -
6 August 2025 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Best of Humble Bundle: WB Play the Legends -

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How many players are playing Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 1906 players live playing Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ on Steam.

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ had an all-time peak of 68183 concurrent players on 15 October 2017.

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