Genre ActionReleased Oct 9, 2017

Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™

Developed by Monolith Productions · Published by WB Games
Estimated lifetime revenue
$40.10M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$29.57M
After Steam's 26% cut
Units sold
1.73M
≈ 15 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 117,506 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
117,506
Very Positive89% positive
Playing now
1,951
29-day peak 2,447 · low 1,582
New reviews, last 29 days
+490
≈ 17 a day since Sep 14

History

Sep 14 – Oct 13

117.5K117.4K117.2K117.0K
Sep 14Sep 28Oct 13

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Action →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Action games on Steam

Outearns 38% of them — below the group's median.

Median
$59.63M
352,132 reviews
Top 10% start at
$203.80M
This game
$40.10M
2nd pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

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™.

Developer
Monolith Productions
Publisher
WB Games
Genre
Action
Released
Oct 9, 2017
Steam app ID
356190
Data updated
Oct 13, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.