List of Middle-earth video games

This is a list of Middle-earth video games. It includes both video games based directly on J. R. R. Tolkien's books about Middle-earth, and those derived from books, films, and television series which in turn were based on Tolkien's works.

Official games based on the novels
  • 2D Era (1982–1994)
Title Year Publisher Developer Platforms
The Hobbit
(a.k.a. The Hobbit Software Adventure)		 1982 Melbourne House (Europe)
Tansoft (Oric)
Addison-Wesley (North America, Australia)
Beau Jolly (The Tolkien Trilogy)		 Beam Software Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC, Dragon 32, Oric-1, Oric Atmos, MSX, Apple II, IBM PC
Lord of the Rings: Game One
(a.k.a. The Fellowship of the Ring Software Adventure)		 1985 Melbourne House (Europe)
Addison-Wesley (North America, Australia)
Guild Publishing (Re-release)
Beau Jolly (The Tolkien Trilogy)		 Beam Software ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC, Dragon 32, Apple II, IBM PC, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW
The Shadows of Mordor
(a.k.a. The Shadows of Mordor Software Adventure)		 1987 Melbourne House (Europe)
Addison-Wesley (North America, Australia)
Beau Jolly (The Tolkien Trilogy)		 Beam Software Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Apple II, IBM PC
War in Middle-earth
(a.k.a. J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth)		 1988 Melbourne House Maelstrom Games
Synergistic Software		 C64, Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, IBM PC
The Crack of Doom
(a.k.a. The Crack of Doom Software Adventure)		 1989 Addison-Wesley Beam Software Commodore 64, IBM PC
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I 1990 Interplay Productions Interplay Productions
 IBM PC, FM Towns, PC-98
Silicon & Synapse[1] Chaos Studios Amiga
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers 1992 Interplay Productions Interplay Productions IBM PC, FM Towns, PC-98
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan 1991 Konami
Mirrorsoft
Personal Software Services (Europe)		 Beam Software
Papyrus Design Group		 IBM PC
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Volume 1 1994 Interplay Productions Interplay Productions SNES
  • 3D Era (2002–present)
Title Year Publisher Developer Platforms Metacritic score
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2002 Black Label Games
Sierra (re-release)		 Surreal Software Windows 59
PlayStation 2 59
The Whole Experience Xbox 59
Pocket Studios Game Boy Advance 51
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring 2003 Sierra Liquid Entertainment Windows 67
The Hobbit 2003 Sierra Inevitable Entertainment Xbox N/A
PlayStation 2 59
Nintendo GameCube 61
Fizz Factor Windows 62
Saffire Game Boy Advance 67
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
Expansion packs: 		2007–2021 Turbine, Inc.
Midway
Codemasters (Europe only, 2007-2011)
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (2011-2016)
Daybreak Game Company[3]		 Turbine, Inc. (2007–2016)
Standing Stone Games (2016–present)		 Windows 86
macOS 86
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game[4] 2018 Asmodee Digital Fantasy Flight Interactive
Antihero Studios[5]		 Windows 60
macOS 60
PlayStation 4 70
Xbox One N/A
Virtuos Nintendo Switch 75
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth[6] 2019 Asmodee Digital Fantasy Flight Interactive Windows 70
macOS 70
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum[7] 2022 Nacon[8] Daedalic Entertainment Xbox Series X and Series S TBD
Xbox One TBD
PlayStation 5 TBD
PlayStation 4 TBD
Nintendo Switch TBD
Windows TBD

Official games based on the movies and TV series
Title Year Publisher Developer Platforms Metacritic score
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Electronic Arts Stormfront Studios Xbox 79
PlayStation 2 82
Hypnos Entertainment Nintendo GameCube 82
Griptonite Games Game Boy Advance 78
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Electronic Arts EA Redwood Shores Windows 78
PlayStation 2 85
Hypnos Entertainment Xbox 84
Nintendo GameCube 84
Griptonite Games Game Boy Advance 77
Aspyr
Electronic Arts		 Beenox Mac OS X 78
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age 2004 Electronic Arts EA Redwood Shores PlayStation 2 73
Xbox 75
Griptonite Games Game Boy Advance 67
Hypnos Entertainment Nintendo GameCube 74
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth 2004 Electronic Arts EA Los Angeles Windows 82
The Lord of the Rings: Tactics 2005 Electronic Arts Amaze PlayStation Portable 64
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II 2006 Electronic Arts EA Los Angeles Windows 84
Xbox 360 79
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest 2009 Electronic Arts Pandemic Studios Xbox 360 55
PlayStation 3 54
Windows 57
Artificial Mind and Movement Nintendo DS 61
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest 2010 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Headstrong Games Wii 58
PlayStation 2 50
PlayStation Portable 50
PlayStation 3 58
TT Fusion Nintendo DS 60
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North 2011 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Snowblind Studios Xbox 360 61
PlayStation 3 63
Windows 66
Feral Interactive Mac OS 66
Guardians of Middle-earth 2012 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Monolith Productions PlayStation 3 75
Xbox 360 71
Zombie Studios Windows 56
Lego The Lord of the Rings 2012 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Traveller's Tales Windows 80
Wii 80
PlayStation 3 82
Xbox 360 80
Feral Interactive Mac OS 80
TT Fusion Nintendo 3DS 61
Nintendo DS 60
PlayStation Vita 54
Lego The Hobbit 2014 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Traveller's Tales Windows 68
Wii U 70
PlayStation 3 72
Xbox 360 70
PlayStation 4 72
Xbox One 69
Feral Interactive Mac OS 68
TT Fusion Nintendo 3DS 70
PlayStation Vita 60
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor 2014 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Monolith Productions Xbox One 87
PlayStation 4 84
Windows 84
Feral Interactive macOS 84
Linux 84
Behaviour Interactive Xbox 360 N/A
PlayStation 3 N/A
Middle-earth: Shadow of War 2017 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Monolith Productions Xbox One 81
PlayStation 4 80
Windows 75
Untitled Middle-Earth open world video game[9] TBA Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Monolith Productions Xbox Series X TBD
PlayStation 5 TBD
Windows TBD
The Lord of the Rings untitled MMORPG[10] 2023[11] Athlon Games Athlon Games
Amazon Game Studios		 Xbox Series X TBD
PlayStation 5 TBD
Windows TBD

Mobile games
Title Year Publisher Developer Platforms Metacritic score
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (mobile game)[12] 2002 Movistar Riot-E Mobile Phone N/A
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (mobile game)[13] 2003 Jamdat Mobile Inc. Flarb Mobile Phone N/A
The Lord of the Rings Trivia Game[14] 2003 Jamdat Mobile Inc. Centerscore Mobile Phone N/A
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Trivia[15] 2003 Jamdat Mobile Inc. Jamdat Mobile Inc. Mobile Phone N/A
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (mobile game)[16] 2003 Jamdat Mobile Inc. ImaginEngine Mobile Phone N/A
The Lord of the Rings Pinball[17] 2003 Jamdat Mobile Inc. Jamdat Mobile Inc. Mobile Phone N/A
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Trivia[18] 2004 Jamdat Mobile Inc. Jamdat Mobile Inc. Mobile Phone N/A
The Lord of the Rings: Trilogy (mobile game)[19] 2005 Jamdat Mobile Inc. Jamdat Mobile Inc. Mobile Phone N/A
The Lord of the Rings: Legends[20][21] 2005 Jamdat Mobile Inc. Microjocs Mobile Mobile Phone N/A
The Lord of the Rings: Middle-earth Defense[22] 2010 Glu Mobile Glu Mobile Apple iOS 65
Lego The Lord of the Rings 2012 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment TT Fusion Android, Apple iOS 78
The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth[23][24] 2012 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Kabam		 Kabam Android, Apple iOS 56
The Lord of the Rings: Legends of Middle-earth[25] 2014 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Kabam		 Balanced Worlds[26]
Tokkun Studio[27]		 Android, Apple iOS 52
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies - Fight for Middle-earth[28] 2014 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Juego Studio Android, Apple iOS 20
Middle-earth: Shadow of War - The Mobile Game[29] 2017 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment IUGO Mobile[30] Android, Apple iOS 67[31]
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth[32] 2019 Asmodee Digital Fantasy Flight Interactive Android, Apple iOS N/A
The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War[33] 2021 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment NetEase Android, Apple iOS TBD

Browser and flash games
Title Year Publisher Developer Platforms
The Lord of the Rings Online TCG[34][35] 2003 Decipher, Inc.
Sony Online Entertainment		 Worlds Apart Web browser
The Hobbit: Dwarf Combat Training[36][37] 2012 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Sticky Studios[38] Web browser
The Hobbit: Armies of The Third Age[39] 2013 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Kabam		 Kabam Facebook
The Hobbit: A Journey through Middle-earth[40] 2013 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment North Kingdom[41] Google Chrome
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Barrel Escape[42] 2013 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Sticky Studios[43] Web browser
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Spiders of Mirkwood[42] 2013 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Trigger Web browser
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies - Orc Attack[44] 2014 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment SMG Studio Web browser

Cancelled games and ports
Title Year Publisher Developer Platforms
Lord of the Rings: Journey to Rivendell
(a.k.a. Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings I)		 1983 Parker Brothers Parker Brothers Atari 2600, Atari Home Computer
War in Middle-earth[45] 1990 Melbourne House Arcadia Systems NES
The Lord of the Rings[46] 1991 Interplay Productions Interplay Productions NES
Commodore 64
The Lord of the Rings[47][48][49] 1992 Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Sega Genesis
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers[50] 1992 Interplay Productions Silicon & Synapse[1] Amiga
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King[51] 1993 Interplay Productions Interplay Productions MS-DOS
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Volume 1[52] 1994 Interplay Productions Interplay Productions NES
Game Boy
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring[53] 2001 Electronic Arts Stormfront Studios
EA Redwood Shores		 PlayStation 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers[54] 2002 Electronic Arts Ritual Entertainment Windows
The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard[55] 2003 Black Label Games Surreal Software PlayStation 2, Xbox
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King[56] 2004 Black Label Games Surreal Software PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows
The Lord of the Rings: The White Council[57] 2007 Electronic Arts EA Redwood Shores PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows
The Lord of the Rings Online[58] 2009 Turbine, Inc. Turbine, Inc. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
The Hobbit[59] 2012 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Traveller's Tales Xbox 360
Lego The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies[60] 2014 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Traveller's Tales PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game[61][62] 2019 Asmodee Digital Fantasy Flight Interactive Android, Apple iOS

Parodies

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