Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™

Developer: Monolith Productions
Publisher: WB Games
Released: Oct 9, 2017
Steam reviews: 89% of players recommend it, from 117,383 reviews — Steam calls that “Very Positive”
Tags: ActionAdventureRPG

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Proton: GoldDeck VerifiedSteam Machine: VerifiedSteamOS Compatible

This game runs great under Proton after tweaks, per ProtonDB reports (311 reports). Valve rates it Deck Verified.

Valve rates it Verified on Steam Machine. Valve marks it SteamOS Compatible.

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What owning this involves

Third-party DRM · Denuvo AntitamperFrom the store's own DRM notice
Cloud saves · The store backs this game's saves up. That cover ends if your account does.From the store listing

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Features

Full controller support

Single-player
Steam Achievements
Full controller support
Steam Trading Cards
In-App Purchases
Steam Cloud
Family Sharing

From the game's Steam store page.

Languages

English · full audio
French · full audio
Italian · full audio
German · full audio
Spanish - Spain · full audio
Japanese · full audio
Polish
Portuguese - Brazil · full audio
Russian
Arabic
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

Steam lists 13 languages, 7 with full audio.

Age rating & content

17+Steam's age gate for this game
ESRB M · Blood and Gore Intense ViolenceThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
PEGI 18 · ViolenceThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
USK 16The rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
OFLC MA15 · Strong ViolenceThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
NZOFLC R13 · Violence and horror scenesThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
KGRB 18 · ViolenceThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
DEJUS 16 · Violência ExtremaThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
MDA M18 · Strong violence and goreThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
FPB 16 · VThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
CSRR R · Violence, Improper Language, Anti-socialThe rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
CRL 18The rating board's own rating, as Steam relays it
Frequent Violence or Gore · General Mature ContentSteam's content descriptors, as the developer answered them

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About this game

The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.

Go behind enemy lines to forge your army, conquer Fortresses and dominate Mordor from within. Experience how the award winning Nemesis System creates unique personal stories with every enemy and follower, and confront the full power of the Dark Lord Sauron and his Ringwraiths in this epic new story of Middle-earth.

In Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™, nothing will be forgotten.

System requirements

As Steam lists them.

Windows

Minimum

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 SP1 with Platform Update
Processor: AMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz / Intel Core i5-2300, 2.80 GHz
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD HD 7870, 2 GB / NVIDIA GTX 660, 2 GB
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 70 GB available space
Additional Notes: X64 required

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 Creators Update
Processor: AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz / Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD RX 480, 4 GB or RX580, 4GB / NVIDIA GTX 970, 4GB or GTX1060, 6GB
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 70 GB available space
Additional Notes: X64 required