How do players who really played The Lord of the Rings: Gollum rate it? TrueGG Rating 47.5%
Players who really played rate it higher than Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks.
vs Steam overall
Positive among players with 2+ hours (all time) · 1,044 reviews
- TrueGG, all time
- 47.5%
- Steam overall
- 40.6%
- Japanese, all time
- —
Early wall
Reviews written under 2 hours: 33.7% of all reviews. Their positive share is 26.6%.
This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).
Does the rating change the longer people play?
Positive share by playtime at the time of review (all time). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.
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| Playtime | Positive | Japanese | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–1 h | 25.7% | 0.0% | 335 |
| 1–2 h | 28.1% | 0.0% | 196 |
| 2–5 h | 40.1% | 0.0% | 312 |
| 5–10 h | 48.2% | 0.0% | 197 |
| 10–20 h | 49.0% | 0.0% | 394 |
| 20–50 h | 58.5% | — | 130 |
| 50–100 h | 66.7% | — | 9 |
| 100–200 h | — | — | 0 |
| 200+ h | 50.0% | — | 2 |
How long people play: half of reviewers had played 2+ hours. 9% had 20+ hours and 0% had 100+ hours (all time).
Summary
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has a TrueGG Rating of 47.5%, based on all-time reviews from players with 2+ hours (1,044 reviews) because recent reviews are few. Steam's overall rating is 40.6%.
Reviews written under 2 hours make up 34% of the total, with 27% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.
Negative reviews most often mention controls and UI (less than at launch), boredom (less than at launch), and grind (more than at launch). Positive reviews praise the story, how fun it feels, and price.
Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (41.6% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.
All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-17.
Why it is rated this way
Complaints center on the game's design (Controls, UI & camera, Boring / repetitive, Grind). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).
− Most mentioned complaints
- Controls, UI & camera14% of negative reviews (9% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · less than at launch
- Boring / repetitive12% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · less than at launch
- Grind7% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · more than at launch
+ What players praise
- Story38% of positive reviews (26% of negative)
- Fun & feel35% of positive reviews (9% of negative)
- Price11% of positive reviews (7% of negative)
Counted from 306 recent negative and 278 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count
Checking the numbers
Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.
| Metric | Positive | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Official Steam rating | 40.6% | All time, all languages · 1,559 reviews |
| Adjusted rating | 41.6% | Weighted by trust (95% range 40.5%–42.7%), +1.0pt vs official |
| Japanese-language reviews | 0.0% | All time, Japanese-language reviews (−40.6pt vs overall) · 6 reviews · Few reviews; indicative only |
Show the positive vs negative breakdown
Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.
| Condition | Positive reviews | Negative reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2 hours played at review | 18% | 33% |
| Very short text | 16% | 15% |
| Key activated outside Steam | 40% | 41% |
| Received for free | 3% | 3% |
| Owns very few games | 4% | 4% |
| Over 100 reviews written | 18% | 20% |
| Average trust (1.0 = full) | 0.75 | 0.72 |
The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 11.5 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-17
When did the rating change?
Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.
Reviews per month
Positive share per month
Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.
Reviews per day, last 30 days
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| Month | Positive | Negative | Positive |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05 | 91 | 156 | 36.8% |
| 2023-06 | 22 | 43 | 33.8% |
| 2023-07 | 12 | 14 | 46.2% |
| 2023-08 | 7 | 7 | 50.0% |
| 2023-09 | 4 | 5 | 44.4% |
| 2023-10 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| 2023-11 | 7 | 8 | 46.7% |
| 2023-12 | 11 | 3 | 78.6% |
| 2024-01 | 17 | 8 | 68.0% |
| 2024-02 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% |
| 2024-03 | 4 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 2024-04 | 5 | 3 | 62.5% |
| 2024-05 | 4 | 5 | 44.4% |
| 2024-06 | 5 | 6 | 45.5% |
| 2024-07 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% |
| 2024-08 | 5 | 6 | 45.5% |
| 2024-09 | 7 | 7 | 50.0% |
| 2024-10 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| 2024-11 | 7 | 4 | 63.6% |
| 2024-12 | 36 | 51 | 41.4% |
| 2025-01 | 17 | 23 | 42.5% |
| 2025-02 | 17 | 19 | 47.2% |
| 2025-03 | 9 | 12 | 42.9% |
| 2025-04 | 4 | 9 | 30.8% |
| 2025-05 | 1 | 9 | 10.0% |
| 2025-06 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% |
| 2025-07 | 6 | 9 | 40.0% |
| 2025-08 | 3 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 2025-09 | 8 | 5 | 61.5% |
| 2025-10 | 4 | 8 | 33.3% |
| 2025-11 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% |
| 2025-12 | 6 | 12 | 33.3% |
| 2026-01 | 5 | 4 | 55.6% |
| 2026-02 | 6 | 5 | 54.5% |
| 2026-03 | 3 | 7 | 30.0% |
| 2026-04 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% |
| 2026-05 | 4 | 5 | 44.4% |
| 2026-06 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% |
| 2026-07 | 5 | 9 | 35.7% |
| 2026-08 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% |
| 2026-09 | 8 | 6 | 57.1% |
| 2026-10 | 3 | 6 | 33.3% |
Show daily data as a table
| Day | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-09-17 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-09-18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-09-20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-09-23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-24 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-09-25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-09-30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-10-01 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-10-02 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-10-03 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-10-04 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-10-05 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-10-06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-10-07 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-10-08 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-10-09 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-10-10 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-10-11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-10-12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-10-13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-10-14 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-10-15 | 1 | 0 |
Recent sentiment
| Period | Positive | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 days | 50.0% | 20 |
| Last 180 days | 40.2% | 102 |
| All time | 40.6% | 1,559 |
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