LOTR Gollum’s Steam player count officially hits zero, multiple times

I actually needed to love The Lord of the Rings Gollum. Whereas the premise was a bit extra obscure than different LotR video games, the character’s complexity and the marketed Smeagol vs Gollum system piqued my curiosity. Nevertheless, Gollum’s weird underground journey didn’t reside as much as expectations – one thing that its Steam participant rely displays.

As talked about in our Lord of the Rings Gollum review, there wasn’t a lot to like in regards to the former Hobbit’s grim journey. Having watched a bunch of playthroughs of it myself (I do have a life, I promise), I’m nonetheless a bit uncertain if it was meant to be an RPG game or a janky platformer. Both means, although, The Lord of the Rings Gollum failed to attract a crowd.

Following the information that the sport’s apology assertion was allegedly written by AI tool ChatGPT, I went down a rabbit gap to try the sport’s Steam statistics – and boy, are they harrowing.

Within the previous 30 days, Lord of the Rings Gollum’s common participant rely is three, and in September it got here in at 3.2. For every single day in October, Steam Charts notes that there’s at the least one interval the place there are zero gamers enjoying the sport. Sorry, Gollum, appears such as you’ll have to flee the Orc camp by your self.

Whereas I assumed that Redfall’s player stats had been dangerous, this one truly hurts me a bit. I grew up with LotR and have fond recollections of Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of Struggle. Part of me hoped that Gollum would ship one thing new and thrilling, however alas.

It’s been some time since we had LotR recreation, and whereas the upcoming cozy game from Private Division and Wētā Workshop appears cute, I’m lacking that grittiness; that sorrow and strife. Hopefully Amazon‘s mysterious new Lord of the Rings-inspired MMORPG fills that void.

There’s additionally one other upcoming PC game that may be price your time should you love all issues Center-earth: LotR Return to Moria. You possibly can take a look at all the things we all know in regards to the Lord of the Rings Return to Moria release date, or, should you’re simply seeking to scratch that magical itch, our checklist of the perfect fantasy games on PC as a substitute.