The Lord of the Rings Online™ on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Join the world’s greatest fellowship of players in the award-winning online re-creation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s legendary Middle-earth.

The Lord of the Rings Online™ is a free to play, mmorpg and massively multiplayer game developed by Standing Stone Games and published by Daybreak Game Company LLC.
Released on June 06th 2012 is available only on Windows in 3 languages: English, French and German.

It has received 20,740 reviews of which 16,900 were positive and 3,840 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is free to play on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 (64bit recommended for high resolution)
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon II or better
  • Memory: 2GB
  • Hard Disk Space: 32GB for high resolution*
    (Allow for additional +3GB for international builds)
  • Video Card: GeForce 7XXX / ATI Radeon HD 3000 series
    with 512MB or more of dedicated video memory
  • DirectX®: 9.0c
  • Internet Connection: Cable or DSL Connection

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The Lord of the Rings Online™
8.0
16,900
3,840
Online players
1,426
Developer
Standing Stone Games
Publisher
Daybreak Game Company LLC
Release 06 Jun 2012
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