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Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™

Image: Steam / its publisher

  • Action
  • Open world
  • Fantasy

Open-world action across two regions of Mordor: Batman Arkham-style combat, stealth and wraith powers, plus the Nemesis system, where every orc captain remembers your encounters and the one who kills you comes back stronger.

Why play it now

When you're out for revenge: hunting down the orc captains who have beaten you and crashing their duels and feasts.

Who it's for

For anyone who enjoyed the Batman Arkham combat and wants to take it into a war among orcs.

When not to pick it

If you want a great story: several reviews find it weak and criticise its boss fights.

What it offers

  • Combat / action: 85 out of 100
  • Exploring: 55 out of 100
  • Story: 45 out of 100
  • Thinking: 40 out of 100

Our own editorial classification, not Steam data.

Details

Controller
Controller support
Disk space
44 GB (minimum)
Steam Deck
Verified
Steam reviews
93% positive (97,480)
Metacritic
84/100
Developer
Monolith Productions
Release date
30 SEP 2014

Based on what the game states on Steam.