Games like Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
If Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™, Assassin's Creed® Origins and Assassin's Creed® III Remastered — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its brutal satisfying combat, meaningful progression feels addictive and dark. 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 →Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a 2014 open-world action RPG set in Tolkien's universe, currently available for $19.99 and verified on Steam Deck with a 92 percent positive review score. Players navigate Mordor in third-person view through a stealth-combat hybrid system, progressing via a skill tree while the nemesis system generates procedural enemies that create personalized rivalries across the world. Reputation tracking and dynamic storytelling shape encounters, and reviewers highlight how the nemesis system drives replayability through emergent enemy stories. Players describe the mood as dark, epic, grim, and intense, with combat and progression feeling addictive and satisfying.
About Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™: Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.
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Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
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Shares nemesis system and an epic mood with Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™.
Top pick for Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
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™.
Assassin's Creed® Origins
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Shares an epic mood with Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™.
Second-strongest match for Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
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Assassin's Creed® III Remastered
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Shares an epic mood with Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™.
Third-strongest match for Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Relive the American Revolution or experience it for the first time in Assassin's Creed® III Remastered, with enhanced graphics and improved gameplay mechanics. Also includes Assassin's Creed Liberation remastered and all solo DLC content.
Assassin's Creed Mirage
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Shares a dark mood with Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™.
Ranked #5 for Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
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Ranked #6 for Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
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Shares an epic mood with Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™.
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Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood
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Ranked #8 for Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
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Shares nemesis system and an epic mood with Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™.
Another title from Monolith Productions, the studio behind Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™.
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™.
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Shares a grim mood with Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
WHY THIS
Shares nemesis system and an epic mood with Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
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™.
Styx: Master of Shadows
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
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Frequently asked about Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
- Is Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ 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 Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ cost?
- Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ are Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™, Assassin's Creed® Origins, Assassin's Creed® III Remastered.
- Who developed Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™?
- Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ was developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Games.
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