Can I Run The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria?
Free Range Games released The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria in 2024. It is an action adventure game, published by North Beach Games. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Completionists have 27 achievements to work through. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. 9 languages are covered by the store listing. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. With more than 10 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core i5 (Quad Core or better) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7 (6 Core or better) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an open sandbox. Play is structured around a base the player builds up. 21 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Simulation heavy building games lean harder on the processor as the map fills, so late game performance rarely matches the opening hours. The view is from a third person view.
Why The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is demanding
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria at the floor and The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria at the recommended tier are not the same experience. The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria takes about 20 GB of disk space, SSD specified. DirectX 12 is named, so The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria?
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core i5 (Quad Core or better); GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit.
How much storage does The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria need?
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria needs about 20 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria?
The RTX 3060 runs The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is the GPU.