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Same competitive mood as Guardians of Middle-earth.
- $6.99 (Price checked Oct 15)
- Deck Playable
- 2012
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- Released: 2013
- Developer: Zombie Studios
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 21% of 168 reviews
- Genres: Action, Strategy
- Metacritic 56
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Abilities unlocked from the start except ultimate
- Controller support is well implemented
- Co op survival mode with escalating waves
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Competitive
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About Guardians of Middle-earth
The closest matches to Guardians of Middle-earth: Awesomenauts, SMITE®, Paladins®, Orcs Must Die! Unchained, and Demigod. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Guardians of Middle-earth is your kind of game, the closest matches are Awesomenauts, SMITE® and Paladins® — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and competitive, and single out its barracks upgrades and co op survival mode. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Guardians of Middle-earth: A shadow grows over Middle-earth as the greatest armies of the Third Age prepare for the coming battle. Take up arms in the clash over Middle-earth as the most powerful heroes and villains from the greatest fantasy epic of all time.
Is Guardians of Middle-earth worth buying?
Most players don't recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 21% of 168 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 11 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 2.1 h played before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Abilities unlocked from the start except ultimate
- Controller support is well implemented
- Co op survival mode with escalating waves
- Pre match hero selection avoids in game store grind
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This game is poo stain because it is. I like the characters like the big fat ogre with sweaty nipples but that is irrelevant. The queue times take longer than it takes to cook a small child on Mark 10 and I nearly fell asleep. When I got…”
“Do not buy this game. It was terrible on the consoles, and it did not improve on the PC. Since it started, I still cannot join a match with a full complement of other human players. Most of my games are against bots only. More to the…”
People who play it also play: Awesomenauts, SMITE®, Paladins®
Frequently asked about Guardians of Middle-earth
Can I run it?
Does Guardians of Middle-earth run on Steam Deck?
Guardians of Middle-earth is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Does Guardians of Middle-earth have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Guardians of Middle-earth supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
What games are most similar to Guardians of Middle-earth?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Guardians of Middle-earth are Awesomenauts, SMITE®, Paladins®.
Who developed Guardians of Middle-earth?
Guardians of Middle-earth was developed by Zombie Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.