Middle-earth: Shadow of War

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• action role-playing game

• action-adventure game

• action game^*

• adventure game^*

• role-playing video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Localized titles

• La Terra di Mezzo: L'ombra della guerra

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• RPG^*

Game features

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

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Spanish - Spain^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Japanese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Russian^*
• Arabic^*
• Korean^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Traditional Chinese^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Japanese^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Traditional Chinese^*

Community tags · historical

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  1,171^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  819^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  779^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  714^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  707^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  618^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  540^*

• Violent^*

  Votes · historical

  528^*

• Stealth^*

  Votes · historical

  498^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  490^*

• War^*

  Votes · historical

  431^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  428^*

• Hack and Slash^*

  Votes · historical

  405^*

• Action RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  399^*

• Medieval^*

  Votes · historical

  383^*

• Dark Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  362^*

• Magic^*

  Votes · historical

  320^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  278^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  272^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  228^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows 7 SP1 with Platform Update^*

  Processor alternatives

  AMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz / Intel Core i5-2300, 2.80 GHz^*

  Memory

  6 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  AMD HD 7870, 2 GB / NVIDIA GTX 660, 2 GB^*

  Graphics API

  Version 11^*

  Network

  Broadband Internet connection^*

  Storage

  70 GB available space^*

  Conditions

  Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system · X64 required^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz / Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz^*

  Graphics alternatives

  AMD RX 480, 4 GB or RX580, 4GB / NVIDIA GTX 970, 4GB or GTX1060, 6GB^*

  Memory

  12 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  12 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  307^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

Developers

• Monolith Productions

Publishers

• Warner Bros. Games

• WB Games^*
• Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment^*

• 2017-10-10

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2017-10-10 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2017-10-10^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Oct 9, 2017^*

Detailed specifications