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Guardians of Middle-earth

Guardians of Middle-earth

A shadow grows over Middle-earth as the greatest armies of the Third Age prepare for the coming battle. Take up arms in the clash over Middle-earth as the most powerful heroes and villains from the greatest fantasy epic of all time.

Released Aug 29, 2013 Developer Zombie Studios Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Platforms Windows MOBAStrategyActionMultiplayerCo-op
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

24.2%positive1,409 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Still a beautiful game to play even without other human players. Read other reviews there are some dedicated individuals if you're interested. There is no 'mouse glitch' to speak of if you set your Video settings to a 4:3 ratio in game settings main menu. This game was designed…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“dont bother making video games, you would better fit flipping burgers at mcdonalds, still cant get the mouse to work, what a buggy mess”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:40 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

1playing at last check
976all-time peak
0 100 200 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 133 avg · Nov 2013

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

29achievements
2.7%median completion
1.4%rarest: An Unexpected Journey
21.0% of players 6.2% of players 5.9% of players 4.3% of players 4.1% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 21.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
21.0%Honor in Death — Fall on the Battleground
6.2%Rule Them All — Win any 3-Lane 5 vs 5 or Co-Op vs Bots Match
5.9%Rise to the Top — Reach Level 14 in any 5 vs 5 Match
Rarest badges of honor
1.4%An Unexpected Journey — Complete 100 5 vs 5 or Co-Op vs Bots Matches
1.4%No Head Left Uncracked — Damage every Guardian once in 5 vs 5 Matches
1.4%Servant of the Shadows — Play as every Evil Guardian once in 5 vs 5 Matches

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 23, 2014
01/23/14 Patch Notes

01/23/14 Patch Notes -Fixed a bug where loading a french profile gives english keys.

Jan 16, 2014
Smaug DLC bug fix

Greetings GOME community, In the most recent update to the game an issue with the Smaug’s Treasure DLC came to light resulting in some community members having the amount of 160,000 gold deducted from

Jan 08, 2014
01/07/14 Gold Bug Questionnaire

GOLD LOSS BUG Questionnaire Hey everyone, we're working on fixing the gold loss bug and would like some more information from any of you that have experienced this issue. Was your XP reset as well? If

Jan 07, 2014
01/07/14 Patch Notes

01/07/14 Patch Notes -Implemented custom keybinding support for QWERTY and AZERTY keyboards. (Changes can be made through settings menu)

Dec 25, 2013
XBOX GOME EVENT: EBG Solo Queue Extravaganza: New Years Edition!

Hi Everyone! Just a note for those of you that also play the game on XBOX: there is a group putting together an event for New Years Eve! Information about the event can be found on the GOME Forums via

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Strategy
Player tagsMOBA · Strategy · Action · Multiplayer · Co-op · Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements29
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.guardiansofmiddleearth.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: 32-bit: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz | AMD Athlon X2, 2.8 GHz or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS | AMD Radeon 3850 or better DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 8 GB available space Additional Notes: Windows XP and DirectX® 9.0c and below not supported