The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition
Game
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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™
Developer Daedalic Entertainment
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an action-adventure game developed by Daedalic Entertainment. The game, set in the fictional world of Middle-earth created by J. R. R. Tolkien, takes place in between the events of The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring. The player controls Gollum through a series of locations, such as Cirith Ungol, Barad-dûr, and Mirkwood, as he attempts to find Bilbo Baggins and retake the One… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
303 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
37
Rotten
69 positive · 118 negative
95% range 30–44%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 69 | 118 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 18 | 1 | 78 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
281 of 700 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
37% recommend · 68 yes, 116 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 184 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (632 of 1,556 positive).
Some players defend the game as not as bad as its reputation suggests, especially at a low price. [1][2][3] Many reviewers report game-breaking bugs, janky controls, and poor performance. [4][5][6] A few players recommend it ironically or for its lore and atmosphere. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
like vlad the impaler kept the heads of his victims on a spike, i will also feature The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ on my profile as my favorite game, making it a blazing beacon of eternal shame. matter of fact, i have already bought the physical copy of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ on both PC and PS5, making sure i will always have the proof that this *thing* actually existed, in the uneventful delisting from …
- [1]
It's really not all that bad. I don't understand the massive hate this game got. I've played it for about 4 hours now and is it a masterpiece? No. Is it the worst game I've ever played? Also no. It's kept me interested enought to keep playing and I'll likely finish the whole game. Now, I did get this game very cheap on sale - I got the precious edition for like 5 dollars, so this review is coming from that …
- [4]
Be warned, if you're thinking about picking this up for a laugh like I did... DON'T! I got this for less than a dollar and still feel cheated. This is not the charming kind of jank, it's the broken kind. There are still bugs present that corrupt your save file into infinite death loops, forcing you to replay entire levels. On top of that, the controls are awkward, the platforming is extremely bland and the …
- [11]
3/10 (Bad) I'd be lying if I tried to say Gollum isn't a bad game. It is. It's bad. No escaping it. But, knowing just how bad its reputation is, I did end up finding a little more here that I felt was worth caveating and shouting out. On a technical level, it's a car crash. Janky controls, baffling mechanics, unjustifiably chugging performance, character models that would be considered ugly on the PS2 and the …
- [12]
Got this on sale for 10 Dollars and it was too much money. They should have paid me 10 dollars and I would have still said it costs too much because the mental torture of this game isn't worth 10 dollars. It's sluggish, slow, laggy, has some of the worst movement known to man. within the first moment of actual gameplay you can feel the terrible movement. A lot of the game is just hurry up wait, time something. Force …
Summarised from 34 of the 268 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
37% of the 184 Steam reviewers we collected recommend The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™. The complaint that keeps coming up: game-breaking bugs and save corruption are widely reported. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum "was panned by critics and players and met with low sales". On Metacritic, the game received "generally unfavorable reviews", and 4% of critics recommended the game on OpenCritic. Metacritic listed the PlayStation 5 version the worst game of 2023, attributing this to its gameplay, controls, visuals, bugs, and requirement for extensive knowledge of Tolkien's literature. The Guardian's Nic Reuben criticized the camera movement and the game's many bugs that rendered the game difficult to play, saying "the whole game feels profoundly unstable, as if a stiff digital breeze would bring the entire thing down". Sam Pape of GameSpot disliked the mission design as the…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 303 · most liked firstToday I’m thinking about The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’s video game because holy fuck what a banger
neutral · AI labelView post →Question for you all. What is a video game or movie/movies that you wish you could experience again for the first time? For me, the video game would be Skyrim. It was everything I wanted it to be when it was released. The movie/movies would be the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I watched them...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an action-adventure game built around one of Middle-earth’s most recognizable yet rarely playable characters. Developed by Daedalic Entertainment and published by Nacon, the game follows Gollum during a period of his life that sits outside the events most commonly portrayed in adaptations of Tolkien’s world. Instead of empowering the player with swords, magic, or heroic abilities, it presents Gollum as a physically vulnerable survivor who relies on stealth,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dom: Tolkien fought in the bloodiest battle in human history, and he wrote The Lord of the Rings, which is very idealistic. Martin fought in...no battles. And wrote Game of Thrones, wallowing in violence and sexual violence.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004) | RPG | PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox | Electronic Arts Ringwraiths were the cursed servants of Sauron, terrible and deadly in their unearthly power. But in this game, they're like liquid metal slimes from Dragon Quest -- rare encounters worth tons of XP!
neutral · AI labelView post →Whoooo! Go Birds! I am THOROUGHLY enjoying the Super Bowl for once. This is one of the Giant Eagles "miniatures" (from The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game), one of my first minis when I started back into painting 8 years ago. #paintingwarhammer #miniatures #LOTR
neutral · AI labelView post →Warhorse Studios is working on 2 new games. A new 'Kingdom Come' game and an open-world Middle-earth (The Lord of the Rings) RPG.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game delayed to July 29th, 2025 (UPDATE): The hobbits are going to Switch 🕹️
neutral · AI labelView post →like vlad the impaler kept the heads of his victims on a spike, i will also feature The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ on my profile as my favorite game, making it a blazing beacon of eternal shame. matter of fact, i have already bought the physical copy of The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ on both PC and PS5, making sure i will always have the proof that this *thing* actually existed, in the uneventful delisting from steam and any other digital stores. there is no undoing for this, it has become…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I understand people's skepticism here, but once upon a time they thought The Lord of the Rings was unfilmable, and that League of Legends was just a video game for 14 year olds who use the r-word. You never know, that's alls I'm saying.
neutral · AI labelView post →Be warned, if you're thinking about picking this up for a laugh like I did... DON'T! I got this for less than a dollar and still feel cheated. This is not the charming kind of jank, it's the broken kind. There are still bugs present that corrupt your save file into infinite death loops, forcing you to replay entire levels. On top of that, the controls are awkward, the platforming is extremely bland and the animations are laughable. The only thing the game really has going for it is the art…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship has just been announced! Thrilled to announce that there's a new Pandemic System game coming in 2025 based on Tolkien's masterpiece.
neutral · AI labelView post →Grass Starters Elbo - Grass/Fairy Saplinq - Grass/Fairy Taurel - Grass/Fairy Inspirations: elves, Link, Zelda, The Lord of the Rings. The basis on a Nintendo game is inspired by Nintendo's popularity among modern Korean gamers & the proximity between Korea & Japan
neutral · AI labelView post →Bree Game: The Lord of the Rings Online Dev: Turbine 🇺🇸 | Standing Stone Games 🇺🇸 Release: April 24, 2007
neutral · AI labelView post →Played The Lord Of The Rings: Duel For Middle-Earth again w/ @jridpath.bsky.social. Love this board game more every time I play it! Designers: @toinito.bsky.social @brunocathala.bsky.social, illustrated by Vincent Dutrait. #boardgaming
positive · AI labelView post →Here's one of the funniest examples of this, to me. It's from the manual of the Lord of the Rings Volume 1 video game by Interplay. Not only do you have a gendered language disclaimer, but you have a "smoking is bad" and "wolves are good" disclaimer.
neutral · AI labelView post →'I played the Lord of the Rings RPG where Frodo can straight-up die and the game just keeps on going' by Joshua Wolens. Great article, with a proper title which we really do have to appreciate. Read it: www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/i-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Writing my retroclone for the Lord of the Rings Adventure Game and doing what I know to be right in my heart: making rules for baths.
neutral · AI labelView post →Why isn't it the end of July yet, all a girl is hanging for is Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game
positive · AI labelView post →Gone Cardboard: Cross Middle-earth to explore The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, a new co-operative game from Matt Leacock and Z-Man Games that's built on the Pandemic game system. Due out June 27, 2025. First details: boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogp... —WEM
neutral · AI labelView post →Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game has been delayed to July 29, 2025 www.dekudeals.com/items/tales-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Woah alright! Let's look at The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wmpx...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sentinel of the Galadhrim My Elven OC based on my character in The Lord of the Rings Online! (still my favourite game of all time) #lotro Photo by @sennedjem.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →Game #24 The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (PS2) 𝖢𝖮𝖬𝖯𝖫𝖤𝖳𝖤𝖣✅ After all these years, the game still fucks
positive · AI labelView post →2 stars. Boring. No point. No action. Follow the only path and listen to an empty, meaningless narrative that literally (and this cant be emphasized enough) goes nowhere.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My precious… refund button This is the only game where you can experience all the personality of Gollum without ever opening it: confusion, self-loathing, and arguing with yourself about whether it's worth it. I chose mercy. 10/10 for immersion. I, too, crawled around my apartment whispering to myself and eating raw fish. Will probably reinstall once I'm emotionally stable and Daedalic Entertainment offers emotional support hotlines.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →yes it's as bad as they say it is.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dear Developers Hello. I actually loved a lot of what you did, I loved so much of this game and I am sorry to all the people that made the parts of this game good... I will change my review IF you fix this game... This game had so much promise..... the part where the Wraiths are closing in on Gollum was terrifying... I love the Styx games, so I loved the idea of a Styx-like set in the Lord of the Rings universe... I got to the point where I was almost at the map room and died... from that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →following tonight's short game, HBO Max servers overwhelmed with baseball fans watching the extended editions of the Lord of The Rings trilogy to fill that void
neutral · AI labelView post →tl;dr hidden masterpiece … just kidding. But after playing Metacritic’s ‘Best Games of All Time’ entry ranked #13,658 - the insane hate for this game feels somewhat overblown Overview: Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an action-adventure stealth game where you control Gollum on his everlasting quest after the preciiooousss. The gameplay mainly revolves around climbing, sneaking past enemies, and solving light environmental puzzles. The game features internal dialogues between Gollum and Smeagol,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →how can i listen to the Lord of the Rings halftime show at the Michigan game
neutral · AI labelView post →On a brand new computer, the game crashes on launch. I can't even begin to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Getting to know me through media My all time faves: Game - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Movie - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Show - Star Trek: The Next Generation Album - TOOL: Lateralus
neutral · AI labelView post →I mean, the devs were all on nostalgia with this one and they did it: it looks, feels and plays like a quirky and buggy game from 2001. People have compared it with the Fellowship of the Ring game from back then, but in comparison, that game was a blast (hell, I beat it four times back in the day). Still more lore-accurate than Rings of Power, though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, after hours of playing the game, I finally took a close look at everything. And I bought it on the first day, armed with the background knowledge and reviews from the major game portals. By the way, I like Lord of the Rings, and Im very open to reinterpretations, but the whole thing looks like they rounded up a few computer science interns to do something with Lord of the Rings. Daedalic... You certainly did buy a LotR license expensive and this is all youre doing with it?! I dont even know…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today on Is This Your Card: Angel is showing us the The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game! twitch.tv/loadingready...
neutral · AI labelView post →Downloaded the "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" Game Boy Advance game on my 3DS, and, while I haven't gotten to experience the gameplay much yet, the pixel art of the Shire is really cute and pretty.
positive · AI labelView post →Just lost back to back games of The Lord of the Rings Duel. You know it's a good game when you enjoy losing. 7 Wonders Duel is one of my most played games and even factoring in new game bias I think this might be better. I should probably buy a copy and find out!
positive · AI labelView post →Rip Boromir 🥲 This is Sean Bean (Ned Stark from Game of thrones) as Boromir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy when he redeems himself after betraying the party by sacrificing himself taking 3 arrows to the chest! This hits on so many levels!
neutral · AI labelView post →Another great night at The Rose & Crown #Tooting for Ben's Game Club www.instagram.com/bensgameclub The Lord of the Rings: Duel(s) for Middle-Earth, #vegan pizza + fries, and mulled cider - what more do you need?! Thanks for all the games @jackadimus.bsky.social! #boardgames #tabletop #lotr #games
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh Geez! I've heard about this infamous game and how it was no surprise that a lot of critics and outlets called it the Worst Game of 2023. So I stayed away from it, until I thought to myself: is this game worse than Ride to Hell? is it worse than it's rival winner of Worst Game of 2023, Skull Island: Rise of Kong? Well, I had to find out for myself. I bought this (and Kong) on sale one day as I would never pay full price for either of these. A little background from my perspective. I first…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New Solo Play is up and this time I'm trying out the first two chapters of the new The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Trick-Taking Game!! (Spoiler alert: I am obsessed with this game!) youtu.be/T162zkB-lmk
positive · AI labelView post →WHAT DOES "WE CAN LOCK BALLS CANDIDLY NOW" MEAN PRECIOUS, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazon has cancelled The Lord of the Rings MMO, but promises it "continues to explore a compelling new game experience" set in Middle-earth www.eurogamer.net/amazon-cance...
neutral · AI labelView post →Bilbo's pizza in Kalamazoo leftovers...date night during the WMU vs CMU game at the Lord of the Rings themed pizza and brewery
neutral · AI labelView post →just finished The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings - Trick-Taking Game! just ordered The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Trick Taking-Game!
positive · AI labelView post →3/10 (Bad) I'd be lying if I tried to say Gollum isn't a bad game. It is. It's bad. No escaping it. But, knowing just how bad its reputation is, I did end up finding a little more here that I felt was worth caveating and shouting out. On a technical level, it's a car crash. Janky controls, baffling mechanics, unjustifiably chugging performance, character models that would be considered ugly on the PS2 and the bugs...oh, the bugs. Sometimes they're harmless and almost amusing, like an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time for AFK! Tonight we're playing The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Game! twitch.tv/loadingready...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship won Cooperative Game of the Year, Thematic Game of the Year, and Medium Game of the Year at the Golden Geek Awards! Congrats to the whole team at @zmangamesofficial.bsky.social.
neutral · AI labelView post →Time for Is This Your Card! Wheeler and Angel are playing The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game with 2004 Worlds Decks! twitch.tv/loadingready...
neutral · AI labelView post →Completely unplayable. Constant crashes and when it does not crash, controls simply suck. What a shame they made this with Unreal. On a lighter engine, it might actually have worked.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's really not all that bad. I don't understand the massive hate this game got. I've played it for about 4 hours now and is it a masterpiece? No. Is it the worst game I've ever played? Also no. It's kept me interested enought to keep playing and I'll likely finish the whole game. Now, I did get this game very cheap on sale - I got the precious edition for like 5 dollars, so this review is coming from that price-point. Overall, this game has some issues and can feel kinda janky at points, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rekindling the affair with an old flame. (The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game)
positive · AI labelView post →The journey continues! The next installment of this co-operative trick-taking game introduces all new chapters to complete, and challenges to overcome. Join me here and let's learn how to play The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Trick-Taking Game! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s1y...
positive · AI labelView post →Thinking of doing a top ten of Games Workshop The Lord of The Rings™️ Middle- Earth™️ Strategy Battle Game individually named miniatures ranked by the least screen time they had
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lord Of The Rings : GOLLUM I have never read the books and am not a huge fan of the movies, found them ok but too long. But Gollum was the character i found must fun and interesting. And thats why even thou this game has gotten ton of heat for being terrible in every way, i was willing to give it a chance on sale. The Lord Of The Rings GOLLUM is a stealth game because Gollum is too weak to fight. The game reminds me a bit like the stealth games Styx. During Gollums journey you crawl past…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I paid $1 for this game and it was still too much.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think "Animal Crossing but you're a Hobbit" probably is the Lord of the Rings game everyone has been asking for
positive · AI labelView post →Gave up my Fishing Net for a Ranger's Weathered Cloak. I feel like this fits me reasonably well as a Man of Rohan. 🧥 (Referring to the Lord of The Rings lore labeler game, Middle Earth Quest. 💍)
positive · AI labelView post →Got this on sale for 10 Dollars and it was too much money. They should have paid me 10 dollars and I would have still said it costs too much because the mental torture of this game isn't worth 10 dollars. It's sluggish, slow, laggy, has some of the worst movement known to man. within the first moment of actual gameplay you can feel the terrible movement. A lot of the game is just hurry up wait, time something. Force Walking scene, Cutscene that cuts in that feels bad and doesn't even give you…
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