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LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 29% of players who started
Started playing 76% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 16,247
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 10h it's 1 in 12 (8%).
- 29% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The strength of Men failed.” (Complete 'Prologue') and “It's a dangerous business...” (Complete 'The Black Rider'): from 100% to 82% of starters.
- 76% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
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Based on all 16,362 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 12.9h for positive, 12.7h 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 (75.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The strength of Men failed. Complete 'Prologue'. 100%
- It's a dangerous business... Complete 'The Black Rider'. Most players quit here 82% −18
- That is no trinket you carry. Complete 'Weathertop'. 64% −17
- The long way around. Complete 'The Pass of Caradhras'. 53% −12
- This is no mine... it's a tomb. Complete 'The Mines of Moria'. 48% −4
- Let's hunt some Orc! Complete 'Amon Hen'. 44% −4
- On the Precious... Complete 'Taming Gollum'. 41% −3
- Soft and quick as shadows... Complete 'The Dead Marshes'. 38% −3
- Safe is where I'll keep you. Complete 'Track Hobbits'. 38%
- Stinking creatures... Complete 'Warg Attack'. 37% −1
- The battle is about to begin... Complete 'Helm's Deep'. 35% −1
- A Wizard should know better! Complete 'Osgiliath'. 34% −1
- Naughty little fly... Complete 'The Secret Stairs'. 33% −2
- We did it, Mr Frodo. Complete 'Cirith Ungol'. 31% −1
- They have been summoned. Complete 'The Paths of the Dead'. 32%
- You and whose army? Complete 'The Battle of Pelennor Fields'. 31% −1
- This day we fight! Complete 'The Black Gate'. 30% −1
- It's gone. Complete 'Mount Doom'. 29% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (48)
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- The strength of Men failed. Complete 'Prologue'. 100%
- It's a dangerous business... Complete 'The Black Rider'. 82%
- That is no trinket you carry. Complete 'Weathertop'. 64%
- Great! ...Where are we going? Form The Fellowship of the Ring. 59%
- The long way around. Complete 'The Pass of Caradhras'. 53%
- This is no mine... it's a tomb. Complete 'The Mines of Moria'. 48%
- Let's hunt some Orc! Complete 'Amon Hen'. 44%
- On the Precious... Complete 'Taming Gollum'. 41%
- Soft and quick as shadows... Complete 'The Dead Marshes'. 38%
- Safe is where I'll keep you. Complete 'Track Hobbits'. 38%
- Stinking creatures... Complete 'Warg Attack'. 37%
- I'm glad to be with you. Complete a level in co-op. 36%
- The battle is about to begin... Complete 'Helm's Deep'. 35%
- A Wizard should know better! Complete 'Osgiliath'. 34%
- Naughty little fly... Complete 'The Secret Stairs'. 33%
- They have been summoned. Complete 'The Paths of the Dead'. 32%
- We did it, Mr Frodo. Complete 'Cirith Ungol'. 31%
- You and whose army? Complete 'The Battle of Pelennor Fields'. 31%
- This day we fight! Complete 'The Black Gate'. 30%
- It's gone. Complete 'Mount Doom'. 29%
- That still only counts as one! Defeat an Oliphaunt as Legolas. 29%
- That one counts as mine! Finish one of Gimli's opponents as Legolas in 'Helm's Deep'. 29%
- That is a rare gift. Reach the top of Amon Hen without being caught once by Boromir. (Single Player Only) 22%
- One does not simply... Walk into Mordor. 22%
- What about second breakfast? Complete 2 cooking puzzles. 21%
- The Lord of the Ring. Complete the Bonus Level. 18%
- Pointy-eared Elvish princeling. Defeat 42 Uruk-hai as Legolas. 16%
- Don't tell the Elf... Throw Gimli 30 times. 13%
- It won't be that easy! During 'Prologue', jump into the fires of Mount Doom as Isildur. 13%
- A link to the elements. Craft the Fire and Ice Bows. (Single Player Only) 11%
- Ready for another adventure. Achieve True Adventurer in every level. (Single Player Only) 10%
- Return of the Mushroom King. Equip Aragorn with the Mushroom Crown. 10%
- Our only wish to catch a fish! Fish perfectly 20 times by pressing the icon as it flashes. 9.5%
- Of all the inquisitive Hobbits. Unlock all the Map Stones in Middle-earth. (Single Player Only) 9.5%
- We cannot linger. Complete 'The Mines of Moria' in under 15 minutes. 9.1%
- I told you he was tricksy. Collect all the Red Bricks. (Single Player Only) 8.5%
- There's some good in this world. Complete all the Fetch Quests in Middle-earth. (Single Player Only) 7.9%
- Worth greater than the Shire. Dress a character completely in treasure items. 7.7%
- Not with 10,000 men... Unlock all characters. (Single Player Only) 7.7%
- Here's a pretty thing! Craft every Mithril item. (Single Player Only) 7.5%
- An expected journey. Travel to Trollshaws as Bilbo. 7.5%
- My Precious... Collect all the Mithril Bricks. (Single Player Only) 7.4%
- There and Back Again. Get 100%. (Single Player Only) 7.4%
- I've always been taller! Use the Ent Draught on Pippin. 7.3%
- ... And away he goes, Precious! Defeat Gollum as Gollum. 6.9%
- Dance of the dead. Turn an enemy into a skeleton and make them dance. 6.9%
- Delved too greedily... Collect more than 10,000,000,000 studs. (Single Player Only) 6.2%
- Taking the Hobbits to Isengard. Travel to Isengard as every playable Hobbit. 6.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.