Rise of the Tomb Raider™

Third-person action adventure mixing Siberian exploration, combat, and tomb puzzles

Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montréal, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux), Nixxes · Published by Crystal Dynamics, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) · Released Feb 9, 2016

Action Adventure

Reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 156K
Recent reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 95% of 1,122 in 30 days
Playing now: 1,153; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 3 years ago; Sep 27, 2022

Metacritic: 86/100 (critic reviews)

What is Rise of the Tomb Raider™?

A third-person action-adventure set mainly in Siberia, where Lara Croft searches for a lost city before the organization Trinity reaches it. You explore large environments, climb, hunt and scavenge, craft gear, fight or evade enemies, and solve environmental puzzles in ancient tombs.

For you if...

+you like exploration, climbing, and environmental puzzles
+you want both stealth and direct combat options
+you enjoy single-player adventures in snowy wilderness

Not for you if...

−you dislike guided climbing and single-solution puzzles
−you tire of collecting resources and revisiting blocked routes
−you want open-ended, emergent storytelling

What players say

94% of 156,276 reviews are positive · 95% of 1,122 in the last 30 days

Players often praise the visuals, snowy environments, tomb puzzles, exploration, and bow combat. Critics call the structure too linear and repetitive, while some report unreliable climbing controls and checkpoint glitches.

Screenshots and trailer

Rise of the Tomb Raider™ system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 64bit
Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Storage: 25 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 143
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards, VR
Age rating: 17+

Steam Deck: Playable

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Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean. Text only: Dutch, Arabic.