The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-06-12
  • Immersive Middle-earth experience
  • Excellent solo and cooperative gameplay
  • Innovative card-based mechanics
  • No restart or undo option
  • High overall cost
  • App bugs and sync issues
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth header

Emotions

Archetypes

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
925
Positive
84291.0%
Negative
839.0%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
61,284
Estimated revenue
Not applicable
Game price
F2P
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
63.70%
Estimated copies lost
398
Estimated revenue lost
Not applicable
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
63.7%
Avg playtime 0.5h
1710.5%
Avg playtime 0.6h
> 2h playtime
31.9%
Avg playtime 119.9h
13684%
Avg playtime 73.7h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.1 rev/day
Last 30d0.2 rev/day
Quarterly5.6 rev/qtr
Days covered2,606.3 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
162 total
Organic purchasers162100.0%
Voted up: 94%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
162 total
First impression0-2h3421.0%
Voted up: 79%
Mid game2-10h2616.0%
Voted up: 100%
Late game10-20h1811.1%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+8451.9%
Voted up: 99%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
0.62% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 94.4%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 925 total.