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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Original title: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - October 31, 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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Director:Bret Robbins
Studio:Aspyr Media
Stars:Andrew Chaikin, Andy Serkis, Billy Boyd - Full View
Soundtrack:Howard Shore's film score, licensed from New Line and used alongside footage from the films. The game's audio was THX-certified, No standalone game soundtrack was released
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Award
Game
7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Winner
2004
Award
Game
IGN Best of 2003
Winner
2003

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Game Details
DeveloperIGDB
EA Redwood Shores
PublisherIGDB
Aspyr Media
Studio
Aspyr Media
GenresIGDB
Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Legacy Mobile Device
Release DateIGDB
October 31, 2003
Metacritic ScoreMetacritic
85
Game Engine
-

The video game adaption of the acclaimed film of the same name. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a follow up the well received adaption of the first two films in the trilogy. The game expands on what The Two Towers accomplished, with the action and adventure sequel introducing three separate story lines from the movie: one following Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, as The Two Towers did, another following Gandalf, and a third following Frodo and Sam, with Merry, Pippin, and Faramir serving as unlockable characters. Gameplay features were also expanded upon, including multiplayer.

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Last updated: 11.09.2026
Business
Budget
Not disclosed
RevenueReported
The PC version sold 240,000 copies for $5.5 million in the US by August 2006; the PS2 version earned an ELSPA Platinum award in the UK for over 300,000 copies

No development budget was disclosed. The PC version sold 240,000 copies for $5.5 million in US revenue by August 2006, ranking 86th among US PC games of that period. In the UK the PS2 version passed 300,000 copies, earning an ELSPA Platinum sales award. No worldwide unit total across all platforms was ever published.

Time to Beat
Main Story8h
Main + Extras6h
Completionist20h

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Chinese (Simplified)
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Content Rating
Violence
Violência (Violence)
USK 16
ACB M
ESRB T
PEGI 12
CLASS_IND 14
System Requirements
Minimum
Windows — OS:Windows 98/2000/ME/XP · CPU: Intel Pentium III 700 MHz or AMD Athlon 700 MHz · RAM: 128 MB · GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 2 or ATI Radeon 7500 with 32 MB VRAM · DirectX 8.1 · Disk: 2.0 GB · 8x CD/DVD-ROM. Mac OS X — OS: 10.2.6 · CPU: PowerPC G4 (74xx) · RAM: 256 MB · GPU: 3D accelerator with 32 MB VRAM · Disk: 2 GB
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Data aggregated from 3 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Metacritic
Last updated: 11.09.2026