Released Oct 9, 2017 $49.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™

By Monolith Productions · published by WB Games

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Reviews 88,216 Very Positive

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Owners 2M–5M estimated

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ is a game tagged Open World, Action and RPG by Monolith Productions, released Oct 9, 2017. It has 88,216 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 2M–5M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™, Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition and BIOMUTANT.

Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.

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Overview

App ID356190

Release dateOct 9, 2017

Last change number37433691

Last record update4 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Monolith Productions
Publisher: WB Games
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: WB Games

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Polish	Yes		Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	Yes	Yes

All 13 languages

Language	Interface	Subtitles
Russian	Yes	Yes
Arabic	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes

Windows 64-bit

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-app purchasesSteam CloudFamily SharingFull controller support

Prices

Price · US$49.99

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Lowest seen · US$49.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked2 days agoin 40 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
3095001	public	Sep 5, 2018

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
156440	Middle-earth: Shadow of War	1	$49.99
281112	Middle-earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition	1	$59.99
648168	Middle-earth™: The Shadow Bundle	2	$69.99
313545	Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ - Commercial License	1	$49.99

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Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
228986	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
228990	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—
356191	—	All	107.33 GB	93.82 GB	8564100506276968089
533110	— DLC 533110	All	1.17 GB	1.14 GB	3372049505845498644
561630	— DLC 561630	All	—	—	—
561631	— DLC 561631	All	—	—	—
561650	— DLC 561650	All	1.18 GB	1.18 GB	6461386082584988817
561950	— DLC 561950	All	16.09 GB	13.22 GB	1157446448995806717
580030	— DLC 580030	All	—	—	—
580090	— DLC 580090	All	—	—	—
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581770	— DLC 581770	All	—	—	—
581771	— DLC 581771	All	—	—	—
581772	— DLC 581772	All	—	—	—
581773	— DLC 581773	All	—	—	—
629580	— DLC 629580	All	—	—	—
666840	— DLC 666840	All	25.58 GB	25.42 GB	3687123933403575662
740710	— DLC 740710	All	—	—	—
784870	— DLC 784870	All	—	—	—
819920	— DLC 819920	All	—	—	—
866850	— DLC 866850	All	—	—	—

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	3095001	Sep 5, 2018	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/ShadowOfWar

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
x64\ShadowOfWar.exe		Windows · 64-bit

Space per player19.1 MB

Filesup to 10

Save locations0

Achievements

Achievements7211 hidden

Most unlocked72.2%Better Luck Next Time

Rarest1.8%Bombardier

Better Luck Next Time Meet an Enemy or a Follower who has cheated death. 72.2%
Avenged Complete a Vendetta Mission. 62.8%
Fit for War Complete a challenge to upgrade a piece of gear. 61.6%
Hostile Takeover Defeat a Warchief. 61.5%
Rule of Three Unlock 3 Gem slots. 61%
Dismantled Disable an Outpost. 60.3%
Vandal Destroy a Monument. 59.5%
Forger Forge a higher-quality Gem by combining three Gems of the same quality. 58.1%
What Once Was Lost Hidden achievement 57.3%
I Like to Watch Watch a Follower murder another Captain without helping him. 53.4%
First Steps Hidden achievement 52.4%
Speak Friend and Enter Open one of the Ithildin Doors. 47.3%
Best Defense Equip 3 Siege Upgrades on an Assault Team. 45.6%
Bound by Blood Complete an Online Vendetta. 44.7%
Headhunter Recruit a Follower of every Advanced Class. 43.4%
Nemesis Encounter the same Orc 3 times in nemesis missions without killing him. 42.6%
Feed the Beasts Attract every kind of beast using bait. 37.8%
Power Couple Send a Follower to support another Follower in a Nemesis Mission. 37.2%

All 72 achievements

Promise Keeper Issue a Death Threat, and then successfully kill the target. 36.6%
Lord of Horror Hidden achievement 36.2%
Banished Hidden achievement 35.9%
For Gondor Hidden achievement 35.4%
Follower Perks Use a Training Order to give a Follower a gang. 34.5%
The Operative Turn all of a Warchief's bodyguards (minimum 2) into spies, then confront him. 32.7%
Brought to Heel Hidden achievement 32.5%
Purge Purify all the Haedir. 31.3%
Fall and Rise Hidden achievement 29.9%
The Stuff of Legend Equip a full Legendary Gear set as Talion. 28.9%
Stalemate is Victory Hidden achievement 28%
Forged by War Unlock all player skills. 26.6%
Undeath Defeats Undeath Hidden achievement 25.8%
Banish the Darkness Hidden achievement 25%
Master Forger Forge a top tier Gem. 22.8%
No Orc Left Behind Rescue a Follower who's been captured. 21.8%
Second Age Warrior Complete all Shadow of the Past missions in one region. 21.1%
The Web Revealed Uncover the final Shelob memory and reveal the Web of Fate. 19.8%
Eastern Front Conquer the Fortress of Shindrâm as Talion. 17.5%
It Came From Within Start a Conquest with all Warchiefs as spies. 16.7%
Finished Tales Recover all Gondorian artifacts. 15.9%
Peace in Death Hidden achievement 14.4%
Everything is Permitted Shame an Assassin until he becomes deranged. 14%
Unlikely Alliances Recruit your first follower as Eltariel. 12.6%
Vertical Mobility Help a grunt become an Overlord. 11.6%
Overkill Send a Follower to kill another Follower in a pit fight. 11.1%
Holding the Line Defend Cirith Ungol from a new threat. 10.8%
Flash Mob Blind 100 Orcs. 10.5%
Death is not the End Resurrect a Follower Captain. 9.3%
Rough Rider Ride every type of beast and rare beast. 9.3%
Scorched Earth Deny Sauron’s control of Seregost forever. 9.1%
Bad Boss Strike a Follower until he's had enough. 8.8%
No Way Out Change the landscape of Lithlad. 8.7%
Problem Solved Settle the Fixer’s score with the overlord of Núrn. 8.6%
No Orc Lives Forever Win all Fight Pit missions. 8.2%
Banished Ambition Defeat the Rogue Nazgûl. 8.1%
The Time has Come Witness the end of Eltariel’s path. 8%
Belly of the Beast Leave your mark on the Overlord of Lithlad. 7.9%
Life of the Party Send a Destroyer on a Vendetta Mission. 7.8%
Blood on Blood Make a Captain kill his bloodbrother. 7.5%
Festival of Blood Save Serka. 7.3%
Point of No Return Defend the Oasis. 6.7%
Reap What You Sow Conquer the Fortress of Shindrâm as Baranor. 6.6%
Such Great Heights Reach the rank of Captain in Online Conquest. 6%
Complete in Defeat Defeat the Lawless. 5.7%
Gauntlet Collect all Númenórean artifacts and bring them to Torvin. 4.7%
If You Can't Beat Them Recruit an Orc after he's killed you three or more times. 4.4%
Elven Conquest Complete an Online Conquest with an Eltariel skin. 3.9%
Trolling Kill a Captain while riding an Olog. 3.4%
Shadows of the Sand Achieve a Gold Rating on all Shadow of the Past missions in Lithlad. 3.4%
Wild Things Kill a drake while riding a graug. 3.3%
I See the Light Use Light Trap against 20 Orcs. 2.9%
Baranor the Conqueror Complete the Desolation of Mordor with a Gold Rating. 2.2%
Bombardier Kill at least one enemy with each ammo type while gliding as Baranor. 1.8%