Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™

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.

Developer: Monolith Productions
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Games
Franchise: —
Release date: Sep 30, 2014
Store page updated: Jun 4, 2026
Price: $19.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

85.3/ 100

Based on 449 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 93% of 368

All time 😄 Very Positive 93% of 97,284

“very fun game with enjoyable combat and good ending”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+2.55

Controls & feel +2.99 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle

“controls are tight and responsive, combat is smooth and satisfying” (91)

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Story & World

+1.65

Story +1.03 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending

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Content Volume

-0.76

Variety -2.07 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition

“some missions feel unnecessary due to repetitivity and battles anticlimactic” (78)

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Visuals & Sound

+2.96

Visuals +2.99 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“looks great, sounds great, exceptionally optimized, no bugs” (46)

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Multiplayer

+3.18

Not enough data — only 2% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +3.18 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

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Pricing & Fairness

-0.82

Pricing -0.15 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

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Tech & Support

+0.88

Performance +2.59 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.