Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor System Requirements | Can My PC Run It?
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Quick Hardware Summary
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor requires at least Intel Core i5-750 / AMD Phenom II X4 965 CPU, GeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD 5850 GPU, and 3 GB RAM. For recommended settings, aim for Intel Core i7-3770 / AMD FX-8350 CPU and GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7950 GPU.

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.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor System Requirements
Minimum
- OS:
- Legacy game listing: 64-bit Vista SP2 / Windows 7 SP1 / Windows 8.1
- CPU:
- Intel Core i5-750 / AMD Phenom II X4 965
- GPU:
- GeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD 5850
- RAM:
- 3 GB
- Storage Required:
- 44 GB available
Recommended
- OS:
- Legacy game listing: 64-bit Windows 7 SP1 / Windows 8.1
- CPU:
- Intel Core i7-3770 / AMD FX-8350
- GPU:
- GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7950
- RAM:
- 8 GB
Requirements source and version
Windows requirements on the official Steam store listing
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor on SteamSteam states that its client supports Windows 10 and later from January 1, 2024. The older OS names in the game's requirements are not confirmation that a current Steam installation will run on them. Minimum and recommended storage figures differ in the source. Source checked: October 18, 2026.
Minimum — Graphics API: DirectX 11
Minimum — Network: Broadband connection
Recommended — Graphics API: DirectX 11
Recommended — Network: Broadband connection
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