Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor — Settings, Requirements & Optimization

2014 · Action, RPG · Feral Interactive · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 85

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor cover art
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Preset: Ultra · Est. 4765 FPS @ 1080p
Preset recommendationUltra
Expected FPS band4765 FPS
Target refresh60 Hz
UpscalerDLSS/FSR not needed at this resolution
Ray tracingRT optional — raster first
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Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 2/9.

Official system requirements

Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.

SpecMinimumRecommended
OSOS: 64-bit: Vista SP2, Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1OS: 64-bit: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1
ProcessorProcessor: Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHzProcessor: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz
MemoryMemory: 3 GB RAMMemory: 8 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 | AMD Radeon HD 5850Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon HD 7950
StorageDirectX: Version 11DirectX: Version 11
DirectXNetwork: Broadband Internet connectionNetwork: Broadband Internet connection
Item 7Storage: 44 GB available spaceStorage: 57 GB available space

About Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Lord of the rings franchise brought a new title to the collection, an open world action-adventure game, that follows Talion, Gondor captain, that survived the sacrifice that was meant to bring the Elf Lord Celebrimbor as a wraith. Losing his wife and his son, Talion is merged with Celebrimor, escaping death. Players will have to gain EXP in order to upgrade abilities through completing various missions and defeating Uruk warlords. Some missions might require special conditions for the greater reward. Shadow of Mordor implemented the Nemesis System. It tracks the progress of every special Uruk warrior. Each special Uruk has a set of strengths and weaknesses, and players can assassinate higher ranked officers in order to promote easy to defeat Uruk to defeat them at a higher rank, weakening the Sauron’s army. This planning allows players to adapt, and use mechanics of stealth kills, ranged combat, wraith skills and head-on melee more effective.

SingleplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAtmospheric

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Sources & attribution

  • Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
  • FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
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