Developer Daedalic Entertainment released their latest game The Lord of the Rings: Gollum last week on May 25, 2023, and is currently one of the lowest-scored titles on Metacritic this year as it stands with a Metacritic score of around 36 with a user reviews score of around 1.4. With the current reception this game is receiving, the developers issued an apology for the current state of the game.