The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 1,580 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 10.8h for positive, 5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (59.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (37)

• The Wraith You finished Chapter 1. 100%
• Welcome to Mordor! You've died for the first time in Barad-dûr. 86%
• Collectibles Part 1 One Collectible down. 81%
• Wait! Wait! Not yet! You fell into lava. 65%
• Like Flying... You fell for a distance of 40 meters and survived. 53%
• Memories You looked at all interactibles in Gollum's cave. 46%
• The Maggot You finished Chapter 2. 43%
• The Breeder You finished Chapter 3. 38%
• The Veteran You finished Chapter 4. 33%
• The Traitor You finished Chapter 5. 28%
• The Spider You finished Chapter 6. 26%
• Good as Fish You finished Chapter 7. 23%
• Her Eyes You finished Chapter 8. 21%
• Gollum/Sméagol You finished Chapter 9. 20%
• The Friend You finished Chapter 10. 20%
• Murderer You killed 10 Orcs. 18%
• He's so Annoying You got the Grashneg trampled, drowned, and eaten. 16%
• Trigger-Happy You threw 50 stones. 16%
• Made a Song You rang all the bells at the bell tower. 12%
• Master of the Old Game You played the entire riddle game with Mell. 12%
• So Tasty! You found all food items at the bell tower. 11%
• Sweet Darkness Turn off 10 lanterns. 9.1%
• So Silly! You turned Riddlemaster's painting seven times. 9.1%
• Break a Leg! You jumped from the bell towers at the waterfalls three times. 6.2%
• And now we wish... …to catch a fish, so juicy-sweet. 6.1%
• Elf-Friend You saved the Cook, the Elf guards, and the Riddlemaster. 5.2%
• Ss ss ss... You stole food from Mell's table. 5.2%
• Collectibles Part 2 You found 20 Collectibles. 5.0%
• We wants it! We needs it All Gollum choices. 4.0%
• Nervous Hands You completed the “Halls of Grond” without taking damage. 3.2%
• River Hobbit Dived a total distance of 2000 metres. 3.2%
• Scout You discovered all vantage points. 3.2%
• Good Sméagol! All Sméagol choices. 3.2%
• Rule them all! Well done. You found all those useless things. 2.9%
• We Hates Them! The Cook, the Elf guards, and the Riddlemaster all died. 2.9%
• How Did You Do That? You completed the game without dying. 2.4%
• Perfectionist You unlocked all achievements. 2.2%