Games like Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game
If Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are Disney Dreamlight Valley, Mattami Restaurant & Cafe Tycoon and Everbrew — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
Get personalized picks →Tales of the Shire is a 2025 indie life simulation set in the pastoral Shire region of Middle-earth. Players take on the role of a hobbit living a leisurely existence, tending to farming duties, preparing meals, and organizing dinner parties for neighbors. Developed by Wētā Workshop and published by Fictions, the game emphasizes cozy character customization within a 3D environment. The experience is solo-only, designed with a relaxed difficulty for extended play sessions. It supports Steam Deck with verified compatibility. Priced at $24.49, the game holds an 82% positive rating from over 2,300 Steam reviews. Players highlight the sense of discovery and decoration as central to the experience within this idyllic corner of Tolkien's world.
About Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game: Welcome home, Hobbit! Live the cosy life of a Hobbit in the wonderfully serene landscape of the Shire. Discover, decorate, & share in this idyllic corner of Middle-earth. Join friendly Hobbits & familiar faces awaiting your arrival in Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings™ Game.
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Disney Dreamlight Valley
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Top pick for Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Explore a world filled with the magic of Disney as you discover rich stories and build the perfect neighborhood alongside Disney and Pixar heroes and villains in this new life-sim adventure game. Welcome to Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Mattami Restaurant & Cafe Tycoon
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Second-strongest match for Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
♪ Mattami is a restaurant tycoon game where you start with a tiny humble place and work your way up. Manage your staff, their schedule and inventory to efficiently grow your restaurant as elegant as possible.
Everbrew
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Third-strongest match for Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Farm, cook, and design your very own woodland café in Everbrew, a cozy pixel-art management game. Harvest ingredients, craft delicious meals, and welcome woodland creatures as they gather to relax, eat, and feel at home.
Hello Kitty Island Adventure
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Ranked #4 for Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Embark on a cozy, open-world adventure with Hello Kitty and Friends. Befriend beloved characters as you explore and restore a mysterious island, solve ancient puzzles, cook delicious dishes, customize yourself and your cabins, and so much more.
The Sisterhood Pasture: Cozy Folklore Farming
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Ranked #5 for Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Inspired by the folklore of Southwestern China, The Sisterhood Pasture is a cozy pixel-art farming game that blends life simulation with management. Tend your farm, embrace rural traditions, and build bonds with a vibrant community in a tranquil pastoral world.
Ritual of Raven
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Ranked #6 for Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Ritual of Raven is a story-based farming sim - but you don’t do the farming yourself! Enchant Arcana Constructs to grow a magical herb garden, befriend a cute bunch of weirdos and use your witchy skills to perform powerful rituals to stabilize the portals that are causing trouble for the village.
Winter Burrow
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Ranked #7 for Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.
SunnySide
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Ranked #8 for Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Find harmony in the Japanese countryside as you help Sparky uncover lost memories in this modern take on the farming and life simulator. Build a thriving homestead, cultivate new relationships, and chase your own happiness in SunnySide.
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Tiny Bookshop
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Reviewers of Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Leave everything behind and open a tiny bookshop by the sea in this cozy narrative management game. Stock your tiny bookshop with different books and items, set up shop in scenic locations, and run your cozy second-hand bookshop while getting to know the locals.
Stardew Valley
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Reviewers of Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
My Time at Portia
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Reviewers of Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
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Reviewers of Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
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Reviewers of Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.
Palia
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Reviewers of Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Discover a welcoming world in Palia, a free-to-play fantasy life sim adventure where you can craft, explore, and create the life and home of your dreams. With nearly endless ways to make Palia your home, you’ll find relaxation and joy in every corner of this vibrant, heartwarming world.
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
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Reviewers of Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Welcome to the eastern nation of Azuma! In this fresh take on Rune Factory, use your powers as an Earth Dancer to restore the land, its people, and even its gods. Along the way, battle corrupted monsters, rebuild seasonal farms and villages, and form bonds with the colorful locals.
No Man's Sky
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Reviewers of Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game cross-mention this title as a similar play.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~59% under Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~80% under Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~59% under Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
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Priced ~59% under Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~59% under Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~80% under Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
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Priced ~67% under Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game
- Is Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game cost?
- Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game is listed on Steam at 24.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game are Disney Dreamlight Valley, Mattami Restaurant & Cafe Tycoon, Everbrew.
- Who developed Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game?
- Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings™ Game was developed by Wētā Workshop and published by Fictions.
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