The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
The only survival crafting game set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth, the iconic fantasy world created by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is an adventure developed by Free Range Games, released 24 October 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is an adventure game developed by Free Range Games and released in 2023. It was published by North Beach Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria follows the Dwarves as they embark on a new adventure to reclaim their legendary home of Moria beneath the Misty Mountains. Players will join forces to survive, craft, build and explore the iconic, sprawling mines. Courageous expeditioners will need to be vigilant as mysterious dangers await.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 8 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the The Lord of the Rings series
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is the 67th of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. The next entry was Tales of the Shire in 2025. Its critic score of 66 is 8 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring at 91.
How it was received
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria launched on 24 October 2023, within three weeks of Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Forza Motorsport. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Forza Motorsport.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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