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MIDDLE-EARTH™: SHADOW OF WAR™

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ has 976 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 1,259 and its all-time peak is 1,534. Data refreshes every 5 minutes from the official Steam Web API.

DEV · Monolith ProductionsPUB · WB Games2017

Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.

Niche but breathing. Best chance to find others at peak hours.
Currently at 64% of the all-time peak of 1,534 players.
Last updated 17 months ago: Spring In the Shire.

Playing now

976

24h peak

1,259

24h change

▼ 22.5%

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ACROSS PLATFORMS

STEAMLIVE

Current

976

24h peak

1.26K

All-time

1.53K

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