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XBOXXbox · 2002 · Stormfront Studios · Action

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2 projects bring The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers to PC. Here's how they compare, and which one to start with.

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Athelas by Shagg88

Level with Two Towers Recomp on rating and stage, with the bigger following on GitHub (112 stars to 75). It has widescreen, high frame rates and keyboard and mouse controls, and runs on Windows.

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Athelas

Shagg88AI

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CompletePlayable start to finish in a stable release. Minor issues at most.
Stage
Released
Runs on
Windows
Languages
English
Features
WidescreenHigh frame rateKeyboard & mouseLauncher
Latest release
1.5.1 Oct 23, 2026
Last activity
Active Oct 23, 2026
GitHub stars
112 +47 this week
Toolchain
XboxXBE-Recomp
About this project

A static recompilation of the original Xbox game's code for Windows with Xbox XBE Recomp, part of the Athelas launcher, which also sets up The Return of the King's Xbox port and a fix pack for its PC version. It plays as on the Xbox by default, with widescreen up to 32:9, render scaling from 50% to 300%, 30 to 240 fps at normal game speed, HDR, anti-aliasing and field of view as settings, plus keyboard and mouse, Xbox, PlayStation and Switch controllers, achievements and an F10 settings menu.

What you need

Your own US Xbox release, as an .iso or the extracted files; Windows 10 or 11 64-bit and a Direct3D 12 graphics card.

Two Towers Recomp

Gumpolas

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CompletePlayable start to finish in a stable release. Minor issues at most.
Stage
Released
Runs on
WindowsLinuxmacOS
Languages
English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Greek, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Hebrew, Arabic, Hindi, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Chinese, Korean
Features
WidescreenHigh frame rateMod support
Latest release
1.9.7 Oct 24, 2026
Last activity
Active Oct 24, 2026
GitHub stars
75 +6 this week
Toolchain
Custom or unlisted
About this project

The Two Towers Recompiled: a native port of the US Xbox game by static recompilation, for Windows, Linux and macOS. The game is fully playable, with mods such as the ECTS 2002 demo's HUD and seven new playable heroes; unlocked frame rates are experimental. A separate project from Athelas.

What you need

Your own copy of the Xbox game (ISO or extracted folder).

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