Every Lord Of The Rings Video Game Ranked From WORST To BEST

In 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien unleashed The Hobbit onto the world, which consequently threw us all into a fantastical world of goblins, wizards, and dragons. The Hobbit was incredibly well received, but it wasn’t until 1954 that readers were able to explore Middle-earth once more with the release of The Fellowship of the Ring. This marked the beginning of an epic adventure that ultimately spanned a three-part collection, and crafted a realistic, living world onto the page. Over time, The Lord of the Rings has become something of a classic piece of literature, and so, naturally, it has received numerous adaptations into various media, including animation, film, TV, and, of course, video games. Here is Every Lord of the Rings Video Game Ranked from Worst to Best!

Script: Travis Cartwright & Cat Elliott

Featured The Lord Of The Rings video games:
• Guardians of Middle-earth (2012)
• J.R.R. Tolkien’s Riders of Rohan (1991)
• J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I (1990)
• J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers (1992)
• Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012)
• Shadows of Mordor (1987)
• The Crack of Doom (1989)
• The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure (1985)
• The Lord of the Rings Online (2007)
• The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game (2019)
• The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest (2010)
• The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009)
• The Lord of the Rings: Tactics (2005)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth (2004)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (2006)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011)
• War in Middle-earth (1988)

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[TeamTripleJump]

What's your favourite The Lord Of The Rings game, fellow Ringers? Should we rank EVERY Tolkien-adjacent video game in a future video? 🥬⚔🏹

[blinkachu]

Battle for Middle Earth has to be even higher, it's legitimately one of the best LOTR games

[petef]

2:26 - Aragorn's Quest
4:26 - Shadows of Mordor
6:30 - Riders of Rohan
8:21 - Fellowship of the ring: A software adventure
10:15 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
13:55 - The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
15:40 - Lego The Lord of the Rings
17:19 - Aragorn's Quest (2010)
19:10 - Lord of the Rings Vol 2: The Two Towers
21:38 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
23:31 - Lord of the Rings Vol 1
25:47 - The Crack of Doom
28:05 - The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009)
30:22 - The Lord of the Rings: Tactics
32:34 - The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
34:45 - Guardians of Middle-Earth
36:48 - The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
38:43 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)(GBA)
40:27 - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring
42:08 - The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game
43:47 - The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004)
45:26 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (GBA)
46:59 - Lego The Lord of the Rings (2012)
49:05 - The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth
51:05 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
52:57 - The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth 2
54:55 - The Lord of the Rings: Online
57:03 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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[ethancha]

Lord of the Rings Conquest was one of my favorite games.
It was extremely simple, but it was one you could play at home with your buddies.

[juandiegobarrios]

I love War in the North. Super underrated game.

[ChescoYT]

Battle for Middle Earth 2 'Rise of the Witch King' is a slept-on competitive RTS
And because of this, it's the greatest Middle Earth videogame of all-time

[Mikelo]

Ah man, I loved the Third Age. I had forgotten about that game, and now you got me wanting to play it again. Felt like Final Fantasy X with a LOTR skin.

[harrr]

The Lord of the Rings Online is the best recreation of Middle Earth to date. A huge map which has been expanding since 2007 and still receiving updates. Yes, the graphics are dated compared to current triple A games, but the landscapes still look good, and if your idea is to explore the world of Middle Earth, this is your best bet.

[williamday]

BFME should get a bit more credit here I feel! Seeing a group of units turn around and face a hero and start cheering when they approach them felt extremely new and fresh at the time, and almost revolutionary for me in the RTS genre!

[Zunho]

War in the North will be stuck in my mind forever since it was the first game where you could cut off heads, legs and arms! Plus the RPG factor was maybe simple but still very fun to gear your characters. My dwarf turned into just having axe to full war battle armour with a huge axe! It was badass!

[assassinscreed]

This LOTR Conquest slander is unreal. Conquest was an unbelievably fun game. Super unique as well. Deserves to be much much higher

[DaBIONICLEFan]

BFME 2 also had the excellent Rise of the Witch-King expansion, which takes it to No.1 in my opinion. Absolutely unreal game.

[valkon_]

You ignored Conquest's HUGE online community back then. The multiplayer experience was one of the best and I still crave for it.

[wyattwhite]

War in the North was one of my favorite games growing up, the “wonky AI” actually makes me feel very nostalgic and I still play it today

[ussdylan]

The War in the North was a game I played with my brothers and for some reason is beyond memorable to me, getting to play unique characters that werent in the movies was something really exciting to me. And the fact that it was multiplayer is always a plus for me, playing with them two was very fun and chaotic and I think thats where most if not all of those memories come from, not necessarily the game lol

Regardless, we found it fun! we still talk about it sparsely these many years after playing it

[CrazeeAdam]

I remember playing Two Towers and Return of the King on my GameCube as a teen (the games made, funnily enough by EA, also for PS2), and they were pretty great hack and slash games. Probably the best LOTR games before Shadow of Mordor came out.

[chickendrawsdogs]

ROTK's combat feels SO good. It's really a shame that we don't see a lot of this type of combat and sound design anymore. Everything has to be soulslike these days.

[Martinifang]

The third age for ps2 will always be my favorite lotr game. I remember playing it long into the nights, grinding xp to get new moves for my characters:)

[henryb.]

Divide & Conquer mod for Medieval II Total War = the absolute BEST LOTR gaming experience

[bananaboy]

Lotr conquest being this low is criminal 😥