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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a singleplayer third-person action, adventure, exploration, open world, platform, puzzle and RPG game in the Middle-earth series.

It was first announced to release in September 2022, and then delayed to release sometime between April and September 2023. In March 2023, it was announced to release on May 25, 2023.^[1]

General information

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Precious Edition also available.
GOG.com		Precious Edition also available.
Steam		Precious Edition also available.

Pre-ordering the game includes the Emotes Pack DLC.

Version differences

The Precious Edition includes the base game, the Sindarin VO DLC (Elvish voiceover), digital soundtrack, art book and lore compendium.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Sindarin VO Language Pack
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Emotes Pack
Sindarin VO	Included in the Precious Edition.
Lore Compendium	Included in the Precious Edition.
Art Exhibition	Included in the Precious Edition.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Gollum\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ %LOCALAPPDATA%\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Gollum\Saved\<user-id>\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1265780/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Gollum\Saved\<user-id>\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1265780/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics options

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Exclusive fullscreen also available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Scales with the Texture Quality setting.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Low, Medium, High, Epic preset as TAA and DLAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.4, FSR 2.0 DLSS Frame Generation also supported.^[2]^[3]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		No separate HDR slider.
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray-traced reflections and shadows.^[2]
Color blind mode		Deuteranope, Protanope and Tritanope.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Controls options

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Referred to as Camera Sensitivity X/Y. As a slider from -5 to 5.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Referred to as Camera Sensitivity X/Y. As a slider from -5 to 5.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Keybindings options
Controller options

Audio

Sound options

Interface option

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Sound Effects, and Speech Volume as sliders from 0 to 100%.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10, 11
Processor (CPU)	Intel i7-4770 AMD Ryzen 5 1600	Intel i3-6100 AMD Ryzen 5 2600
System memory (RAM)	16 GB	32 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	45 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1265780/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1265780) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Gollum Finally Begins His Journey on May 25th - WCCFTech - last accessed on 2023-03-25
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ - Gameplay Reveal - Nvidia GeForce - last accessed on 2023-03-25
↑ Over 35 Games And Apps Adding NVIDIA DLSS 3. Plus Portal with RTX, Cyberpunk 2077 New Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode & More - NVIDIA - last accessed on 2023-03-25

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1265780/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1265780) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Gollum Finally Begins His Journey on May 25th - WCCFTech - last accessed on 2023-03-25

[nvidia-3] 2.0 ^2.1 The Lord of the Rings: Gollum™ - Gameplay Reveal - Nvidia GeForce - last accessed on 2023-03-25

[4] Over 35 Games And Apps Adding NVIDIA DLSS 3. Plus Portal with RTX, Cyberpunk 2077 New Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode & More - NVIDIA - last accessed on 2023-03-25

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Developers

	Daedalic Entertainment
Publishers
	Daedalic Entertainment
	Nacon
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	May 25, 2023
Reception
Metacritic	43
OpenCritic	43
IGDB	50
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, Platform, Puzzle, RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Dark, Fantasy
Series	Middle-earth