LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga vs Lego The Lord of the Rings
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga is an open-world puzzle game from Traveller's Tales (2009) while Lego The Lord of the Rings is an action-adventure open-world game from Traveller's Tales (2012).
What each one is
Steam files LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga under Open-World and Puzzle. In contrast, it files Lego The Lord of the Rings under Action-Adventure and Open-World.
Kick Some Brick in I through VI! Play through all six Star Wars movies in one videogame! Adding new characters, new levels, new features and for the first time ever, the chance to build and battle your way through a fun Star Wars galaxy on your PC!
Based on The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy, LEGO® The Lord of the Rings follows the original story-lines of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, taking players through the epic story events re-imagined with the humor and endl
At a glance
| LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga | Lego The Lord of the Rings | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 8.1/10 | 7.3/10 |
| Steam rating | Overwhelmingly Positive (97%, 25,469) | Very Positive (90%, 16,093) |
| Critic aggregate | 77/100 | 80/100 |
| Price | $19.99 | $19.99 |
| Install size | — | — |
| Steam Deck | verified | verified |
| Released | 2009 | 2012 |
| Developer | Traveller's Tales | Traveller's Tales |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga vs Lego The Lord of the Rings, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete SagaOpen-world puzzle gameLego The Lord of the RingsAction-adventure open-world gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete SagaLEGO, Local Co-Op, AdventureLego The Lord of the RingsLEGO, Adventure, Local Co-OpThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga ✓Score 8.1 · 97% on Steam · 77 criticLego The Lord of the RingsScore 7.3 · 90% on Steam · 80 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga25,469 reviewsLego The Lord of the Rings16,093 reviewsReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga$19.99Lego The Lord of the Rings$19.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete SagaVerifiedLego The Lord of the RingsVerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueLEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga and Lego The Lord of the Rings on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Multi-platform
- PC
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
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- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga (GamingPickz Score 8.1)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
LEGOLocal Co-OpAdventureCo-opFamily FriendlyMultiplayerComedySingleplayer
Where they differ
ClassicSci-fiGreat SoundtrackSpaceOnline Co-Op
FantasySplit ScreenPlatformerThird PersonDwarf
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga is relaxed, easy to pick up. Lego The Lord of the Rings is relaxed, easy to pick up.
System requirements, side by side
| LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga | Lego The Lord of the Rings | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | — |
| Minimum CPU | — | Dual Core CPU @ 2GHz (Pentium D |
| Minimum RAM | — | 1 GB |
| Install size | — | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga · Lego The Lord of the Rings.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga and 1 for Lego The Lord of the Rings. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga and Lego The Lord of the Rings in scope?
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga has drawn 25,469 Steam reviews. Lego The Lord of the Rings has drawn 16,093 Steam reviews.
Is LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga or Lego The Lord of the Rings better?
By the GamingPickz Score, LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga rates higher (8.1 to 7.3). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga or Lego The Lord of the Rings?
LEGO Star Wars - The Complete Saga is cheaper right now at $19.99, against $19.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.