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The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“LOTR: Return to Moria does a really great job with the whole dwarf theme. You really feel like you are a dwarf trying to take back your lost home. The voice acting is very good, and the singing is just amazing. Hearing your character sing a song while you are mining in the dark…”
— a player, Steam review · 70 hrs played“Lord of the Rings: Return to the Moria is a good, but still somewhat saddening experience. This could've been one of the best survival game out there, both thanks to the universe but also a solid bunch of novel mechanics and unique takes on base building and survival. But…”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“Return to Moria is a derivative, sloppy and really sluggish Open World Survival Craft game, topped with a very light sprinkling of LotR lore and locations as a marketing device. The premise is really interesting but completely stilted by a lazy, uninspired and stale execution.…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Return To Moria Summer Sale
55% OFF RTM 34% OFF DURIN'S FOLK 40% OFF ALL OTHER DLC!Get the clan together for a cookout in Moria!
Sand & Stone Survival Bundle Now Available!
The Dwarves know that survival takes many forms and that none come easy.Today, we're excited to introduce the Sand & Stone Survival Bundle, pairing The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ with the ope
Live Streaming for Spring!
Khazad-dûm needs a good Spring cleaning!Get your Dwarven clan together and take out the trash!Check out Return to Moria today!
Weekend Deal Live Stream
Live streaming, player videos and tons of Dwarven adventure on display for the Weekend Deal!Weekend Deal March 5 through March 19:The Lord Of The Rings: Return To Moria is 55% off!DLC is 40% off! (not
Patch 1.6.7 Release Notes
After the release of Durin’s Folk, the team has been working on addressing critical bugs and feedback from the community. While this patch has several highly requested changes, it mainly focuses on pe
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Open World Survival Craft · Base-Building · Dwarf · Survival · Exploration · Crafting · Online Co-Op · Building · Adventure · Action-Adventure · Open World · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 27 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.returntomoria.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit Processor: Intel® Core i5 (Quad Core or better) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 20 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Recommended