How to Play the Tomb Raider Games in Chronological Order

Tomb Raider Games successful Chronological Order

If you're hoping to instrumentality a chronological travel done each of the Tomb Raider games, it's important to enactment that determination are really 3 antithetic timelines you tin play through.

• Original Saga Timeline
• Legend of Tomb Raider Timeline
• Survivor Trilogy Timeline

First Timeline - Original Saga

1. Tomb Raider (1996)

The archetypal ever Tomb Raider rubric centred astir Lara being hired by businesswoman Jacquelin Natla to find a mysterious artefact called the Scion of Atlantis. After uncovering each 3 fragments of the Scion scattered astir the globe, Lara is betrayed by Natla and indispensable look disconnected against her connected a volcanic land filled with monsters.

2. Tomb Raider: The Curse of the Sword (2001)

A Game Boy Color exclusive sequel to the Game Boy Color mentation of the archetypal Tomb Raider, this escapade sees Lara tracking down a mystical sword and attempting to destruct it earlier the long-dead Madame Paveau tin resurrect from the underworld and usage her acheronian magic to subjugate the world.

3. Tomb Raider II (1997)

This clip Lara is connected the hunt for the Dagger of Xian, a magical limb erstwhile utilized by the Emperors of China. A cult person by the sanction of Marco Bartoli who is besides seeking the dagger for it’s magical quality to crook the proprietor into a dragon.

4. Tomb Raider III (1998)

In the 3rd mainline installment of the archetypal saga, Lara sets retired to find the Infada Stone, 1 of 4 crystalline artefacts crafted thousands of years agone from the remnants of a meteorite. Realising the nefarious Dr. Willard is aiming to usage the statues to velocity up the evolutionary process; she sets retired to find the remaining 3 artefacts earlier the full satellite is mutated.

5. Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999)

In The Last Revelation, the Egyptian deity of chaos Set is unknowingly released by Lara arsenic she explores a tomb successful Egypt. With Set and his forces wreaking havoc connected Cairo, Lara is assisted by Semerkhet and strives to summon the deity Horus who is the past anticipation of quelling this world-ending threat.

6. Tomb Raider: Chronicles (2000)

After the ambiguous ending of The Last Revelation, Winston the butler and different friends of Lara recount tales of her historical adventures to commemorate her. Delving done the catacombs of Rome, warring done a Russian naval submarine, and exploring an land haunted by demonic forces, the titular Chronicles acceptable successful chromatic however good travelled and skilled Lara is, but is she truly gone?

7. Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003)

Framed for the execution of her erstwhile mentor, Werner Von Croy, Lara explores Paris and Prague successful an effort to wide her sanction and lick the murder. The past subsister of the Lux Veritatis Society, Kurtis Trent, is stalking Lara and is hiding a heavy acheronian concealed astir his existent nature.

Second Timeline - Legend of Tomb Raider

1. Tomb Raider Anniversary (2007)

A remake of the archetypal Tomb Raider rubric from 1996, this crippled again sees Lara questing to find the Scion of Atlantis. With redesigned puzzles and physics, determination was a displacement from point postulation and pulling switches (both prevalent successful the archetypal title), to physics-based puzzles and biology acceptable pieces.

2. Tomb Raider: Legend (2006)

This rubric acts arsenic a reboot and reimagining of the origins of Lara, arsenic she races crossed the satellite successful hunt of the mythical sword Excalibur, hopeless to find it earlier her erstwhile person Amanda Evert tin bushed her to the punch.

3. Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)

The 3rd installment successful the Legend trilogy, Underworld sees Lara searching for Mjolnir, which acts arsenic an past cardinal to Helheim, the realm of the dead. Exploring the ruins of assorted cultures and mythological underworlds, Lara erstwhile again confronts the villainous Natla who is searching for Mjolnir herself.

Third Timeline - Survivor Trilogy

1. Tomb Raider (2013)

In a new, grittier instrumentality connected Lara Croft, her archetypal expedition to find the mislaid kingdom of Yamatai goes awry and she becomes stranded connected an isolated and hostile island. Facing disconnected against the Solarii Brotherhood cult, Lara indispensable halt the Ascension ritual from proceeding and besides forestall a successor from being chosen for the bloodthirsty Sun Queen of legend.

2. Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)

Rise of the Tomb Raider has Lara exploring Siberia for the legendary metropolis of Kitezh whilst battling Trinity, the paramilitary enactment that continually crosses paths and butts heads with Lara. As they some sprint to rediscover Kitezh, volition the legendary immortal guardians of the kingdom, the Deathless Ones, uncover themselves to beryllium overmuch much than conscionable a myth?

3. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)

The 3rd and last installment successful the Survivor Trilogy, Shadow of the Tomb Raider has Lara trekking done the Americas to find the metropolis of Paititi earlier a Mayan apocalypse consumes the full planet. With the monstrous Yaaxii and the ever contiguous Trinity connected her back, volition she win earlier it’s excessively late?

How to Play ALL the Tomb Raider Games By Release Date

• Tomb Raider (1996)
• Tomb Raider II (1997)
• Tomb Raider III (1998)
• Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999)
• Tomb Raider (Game Boy Color, 2000)
• Tomb Raider Chronicles (2000)
• Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword (Game Boy Color, 2001)
• Tomb Raider: The Prophecy (GBA, 2002)
• Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003)
• Tomb Raider: Legend (2006)
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007)
• Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)
• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010)
• Tomb Raider (2013)
• Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (2014)
• Lara Croft: Relic Run (2015)
• Lara Croft Go (2015)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)
• Tomb Raider Reloaded (2023)

What’s Next for Tomb Raider?

For those looking to bask successful the nostalgia of the archetypal Tomb Raider games, Aspyr released remastered collections for current-gen consoles. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered released successful aboriginal 2024 and was followed by Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered this past February.

Crystal Dynamics has besides confirmed a marque caller Tomb Raider crippled is successful development. Whilst details are slim, it is confirmed to beryllium utilizing Unreal Engine 5 and is acceptable to beryllium published by Amazon Games. Crystal Dynamics person besides expressed connected Twitter that this caller escapade “will proceed Lara Croft’s saga”, which whitethorn insinuate this caller rubric is simply a continuation of the Survivor trilogy that concluded with Shadow of the Tomb Raider successful 2018.

Outside of gaming, Netflix debuted its animated bid Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft successful October. It's already been renewed for a 2nd season. While Amazon had astatine 1 constituent planned a Tomb Raider bid with Phoebe Waller-Bridge connected committee arsenic writer and enforcement producter, it seems that 1 isn't making it to the decorativeness line.

Samuel (Sam) Heaney is simply a freelance guides writer astatine IGN and Minecraft expert. He's a emblematic Brit who loves cups of beverage and gin and tonics. Oh, and he's besides a immense Marvel nerd. You tin find him connected Twitter @SamHeaney.