6 Classic Lord Of The Rings Games That 100% Deserve A Remake
Published Aug 16, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
Jared is a writer, editor, and Communications Studies graduate who loves popular nerd culture (almost anything to do with Marvel, DC, Star Wars, or The Lord of the Rings) and the interactive storytelling medium. Jared's first console was the PS1, wherein he fell for Spider-Man, Spyro the Dragon, and Crash Bandicoot.
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Grab your pipe-weed and leaf-wrap your lembas bread, as the future of The Lord of the Rings games is suddenly looking brighter than the light of Eärendil’s star. Not only do we have an open-world Middle-earth RPG from Kingdom Come’s Warhorse to look forward to, but, leaked a tiny bit ahead of its official announcement/reveal, we were recently treated to the shadow drop of a Lord of the Rings: War in the North remaster/port.
It’s splendid to have a remaster/port of The Lord of the Rings: War in the North available for modern platforms. However, what’s doubly enticing is that, teased alongside The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Legacy Edition’s shadow drop, “fans can look forward to even more classic releases by Aspyr from the beloved franchise in the future!” Knowing this, there are several Lord of the Rings and/or Middle-earth games that are either in need or deserving of a remaster/port of their own.
6 The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest
There might’ve been a better argument for a remaster, remake, or port of The Lord of the Rings: Conquest if EA’s Star Wars Battlefront franchise was still successful and prominent. Nonetheless, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest was virtually that: Star Wars: Battlefront with a Lord of the Rings coat of paint.
In a perfect world, both Star Wars Battlefront and The Lord of the Rings: Conquest would thrive in their shared shooter genre. And, if there’s any hope or chance that Star Wars Battlefront can be resuscitated once more, it would be terrific to have a remaster, remake, or port of The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, if not a full-blown sequel/reboot inspired by all the theatrical Lord of the Rings content that has been released since the original game. Casting as wide a net as possible for possible ‘hero’ and ‘villain’ characters, a new Lord of the Rings: Conquest game would hopefully play more like Star Wars Battlefront (2015) than Star Wars Battlefront II (2017).
5 LEGO The Lord Of The Rings
It wouldn’t be Aspyr’s game to remaster or port, of course, but a LEGO The Lord of the Rings remake in the same vein as LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga or LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight would be phenomenal. It wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility at all for Traveler’s Tales to revisit LEGO The Lord of the Rings in order to remake it, updating its graphics and gameplay substantially.
LEGO The Lord of the Rings is already one of the best LEGO games, though LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is proof that a wonderful LEGO game can be made exponentially better with Traveler’s Tales’ new approach and formula. There’s clearly no ceiling in terms of Traveler’s Tales’ creativity, and seeing more of The Lord of the Rings with LEGO games’ signature humor would be a big bonus.
4 The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
While The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King would probably be much higher on players’ lists of most highly anticipated Lord of the Rings remasters/ports, it would be excellent to first have a remaster/port of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers precede it. Being the worst or less popular game of the two, there’s a lot more that The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers could stand to gain.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King wouldn’t be as good as it is if it didn’t have the bones of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, though the latter isn’t remembered or talked about nearly as frequently.
Like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers isn’t restricted to adapting sequences from the movie it’s named after. Therefore, fans who haven’t played The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers are missing out tremendously.
For example, fans get to play a superb tutorial level as Isildur, and half of the game is technically an adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, including iconic and cinematic set pieces like Weathertop, the mines of Moria, and Amon Hen. It then ends with the Battle of Helm’s Deep, where The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King begins, and that cliffhanger would only land as well as it did over two decades ago if a remaster/port of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is released first.
3 The Hobbit
The Hobbit was released at somewhat of an odd time, right as Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies were crescendoing. But now, almost a quarter of a century later, the tale of Bilbo Baggins’ journey to the Misty Mountains would be welcomed warmly, especially if fans are tired of the same Lord of the Rings events and characters being regurgitated for the last while, and if they’d find it refreshing to play a Middle-earth game inspired by the books instead of the movies.
Besides, this Hobbit game rearing its head again now could be a great exploration of the source material for anyone who disliked the CGI-laden Hobbit movies, as it is based on the novel. It’s also far and away better than LEGO The Hobbit, and not merely because LEGO The Hobbit is literally incomplete, as it never featured or received DLC that would adapt the trilogy’s third movie, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
2 The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age
It’s ironic that The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is one of the most unique Lord of the Rings games out there since it isn’t unique as a game itself, drawing so much unabashed inspiration from Final Fantasy X. Indeed, The Third Age is a turn-based Lord of the Rings RPG that follows a new party of characters as they trail shortly behind The Lord of the Rings’ Fellowship.
Players go from encounter to encounter rapidly, with little else in terms of gameplay, though its gameplay is fortunately where it shines. The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age would make for a beautiful remaster/port simply because it isn’t an accessible game anymore, not unlike many Lord of the Rings games that are amazing yet lost to older console generations.
Aspyr choosing War in the North as its first Lord of the Rings remaster/port was kind of a curveball, seeing as other Lord of the Rings games may have been an easier slam dunk, but maybe that means we have a decent likelihood of seeing a remaster, remake, or port of The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age sooner rather than later, as it, too, is niche.
1 The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
As fantastic as it’d be for every and any Lord of the Rings game to have upscaled resolutions, greater performance, improved quality-of-life features, and better online/co-op functionality, fans’ thirst for Aspyr’s Lord of the Rings remasters/ports won’t be quenched until it tackles The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Indeed, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King should be Aspyr’s biggest no-brainer ever, even if it chooses to wait and remaster/port it last in order to generate hype for it.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is considered the best movie tie-in video game ever, much less the best Lord of the Rings game ever. This would be the finest jewel in Aspyr’s crown, but it would also be the one remaster/port that it couldn’t afford to blunder. In this case, Aspyr will hopefully work its way up to The Return of the King and only tackle it when it knows it can do the game justice.
Created by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings is a multimedia franchise consisting of several movies and a TV show released by Amazon titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The franchise is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's book series that began in 1954 with The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings saw mainstream popularity with Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.
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