It depends on what you're after.
At $6.99. It has been as low as $3.49.
- Story and characters: 137 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 67 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 39 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 33 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Released in 2003, the game represents a conscious attempt to reinvent the Tomb Raider formula after years of incremental iteration, pushing the series toward a darker, more mature tone while layering in narrative complexity, stealth, and character-driven intrigue.
Textures clip through each other, the camera clips through pretty much everying, halls of mirrors appear on just about every level, unfinished 3D objects only look right from one angle, cutscenes will play music but sometimes not sound or dialogue, items will randomly multiply in your inventory (I had 28 Periapt Shards at one point, even though there's only 3 in the game and they're key items), scripted encounters sometimes fail to spawn (the Cleaner proves irritating to most unlucky users, but thankfully I didn't run into this) and countless other bugs make their unwanted appearance.
The soundtrack and ambient sound design reinforce this mood, often prioritizing unease and mystery over heroic bombast.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $6.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.49.
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