How to get LEGO® The Lord of the Rings to launch on Steam Deck

This game works on Steam Deck after setting force compatibility.

That's the guide, I'll just use more words to say this.

Out of the box experience

On your Steam Deck, you selected this game to install and Steam installs it.

If you then run it, and it behaves the same as it did for me, you will see a flash to white followed by a title screen with logo and license stuff and then it quits instantly and you're back to Steam. You can repeat this multiple times, it doesn't change.

The fix

Getting the game to proceed is simple : in the cog menu for the game you pick properties, then compatibility.

Tick the force compatbility checkbox. It sets it to Proton experimental, which was fine for me. The latest version is 8.0-2 at time of writing and might very well work too.

If you then launch the game, it downloads some stuff before starting and gives you the license screen and now you should see Mordor in the video playing and the game will continue from there.

Controls work out of the box, A is button A and all that.

Enjoy!

[BOSSELF84]

seizure water

[Dolphin]

Yep, game runs fine in Proton GE. No issues!

[Dolphin]

Okay I’ve found a fix for the seizure water. It’s proton GE. You can look up a guide online for it, it’s pretty easy.

[Dolphin]

Forget minor issues. All the liquid (water and lava) are extremely broken. Trying to find a fix

[Dolphin]

If you’re ok with minor graphical issues (glowing stuff in the BG) then it’s good. I’ll keep playing and tell you if there are any more issues.

[Dolphin]

But there are a few strange graphics bugs. Some parts are glowing rainbow and stuff

[Dolphin]

Also yep still works in 2023 on the most recent deck version. I’m playing the game rn

[Dolphin]

“Unsupported” my ass

[EternalBADGER]

I'm having this issue on my computer normally, how do I fix?

[arnold2k11]

Thanks for the guide, worked perfectly