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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Crystal Dynamics · 2010-09-28

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Tomb Raider · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 22, 2020 (Google Stadia), Oct 14, 2016 (Android), Dec 16, 2010 (iOS), Jun 23, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 28, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2010 (PlayStation 3)

Take control of Lara and her new partner Totec, a Mayan tribesman, and uncover the ancient artifact known as the "Mirror of Smoke" in this all new action adventure game.

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is an Action and Adventure game released in 2010 for $1.49, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 4782 reviews).

7
playing now
91%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (119 ratings)
8
Nexus mods (619 downloads)
14h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$1.49
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android and iOS. It is part of the Tomb Raider series, but unlike previous games, the game does not carry the Tomb Raider brand and has a heavy emphasis on cooperative gameplay. In multiplayer, players take the role as either Lara Croft or a 2,000-year-old Mayan warrior named Totec. They must work together in order to stop the evil spirit Xolotl and retrieve the Mirror of Smoke. A single-player campaign mode is available that does not include the non-playable character AI following or helping Lara.

Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 137 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 192k–384k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,803 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$1.49-85%
Steam$1.49-85%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.13 at GreenManGaming (2024-08-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 88 of 93 observed days · $0.36 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
737320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2212026-09-15 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1097Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 46 · peak 141Dec 2012 — avg 19 · peak 64May 2013 — avg 21 · peak 78Oct 2013 — avg 14 · peak 43Mar 2014 — avg 14 · peak 84Aug 2014 — avg 53 · peak 146Jan 2015 — avg 64 · peak 270Jun 2015 — avg 37 · peak 125Nov 2015 — avg 35 · peak 147Apr 2016 — avg 21 · peak 61Sep 2016 — avg 17 · peak 47Feb 2017 — avg 30 · peak 111Jul 2017 — avg 25 · peak 91Dec 2017 — avg 24 · peak 74May 2018 — avg 15 · peak 44Oct 2018 — avg 17 · peak 68Mar 2019 — avg 19 · peak 66Aug 2019 — avg 13 · peak 41Jan 2020 — avg 15 · peak 49Jun 2020 — avg 18 · peak 52Nov 2020 — avg 19 · peak 72Apr 2021 — avg 20 · peak 73Sep 2021 — avg 11 · peak 35Feb 2022 — avg 11 · peak 36Jul 2022 — avg 9 · peak 26Dec 2022 — avg 11 · peak 33May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 28Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 26Mar 2024 — avg 8 · peak 28Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 25Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 35Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.33$1.132015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-02-10 — best price $4.992015-03-22 — best price $3.492015-04-29 — best price $3.502015-07-08 — best price $12.332015-09-12 — best price $9.992015-12-04 — best price $9.492016-03-10 — best price $9.752016-07-20 — best price $6.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-07-12 — best price $2.502018-03-15 — best price $2.492018-10-11 — best price $2.002019-03-19 — best price $9.992019-08-13 — best price $2.492019-11-22 — best price $2.492020-02-11 — best price $1.502020-06-02 — best price $8.482020-08-22 — best price $9.992020-12-09 — best price $1.272021-03-01 — best price $9.992021-05-25 — best price $1.392021-09-16 — best price $9.992022-03-02 — best price $10.002022-06-20 — best price $1.392022-11-30 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-12-02 — best price $8.992024-05-03 — best price $1.492024-11-27 — best price $1.492025-06-12 — best price $1.492025-12-04 — best price $9.992026-05-26 — best price $9.992026-08-25 — best price $1.492026-10-02 — best price $1.492026-10-14 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3611002026-05-31 — 157 pageviews2026-06-04 — 361 pageviews2026-06-08 — 229 pageviews2026-06-12 — 249 pageviews2026-06-16 — 181 pageviews2026-06-20 — 129 pageviews2026-06-24 — 146 pageviews2026-06-28 — 162 pageviews2026-07-02 — 148 pageviews2026-07-06 — 154 pageviews2026-07-10 — 126 pageviews2026-07-14 — 115 pageviews2026-07-18 — 145 pageviews2026-07-22 — 145 pageviews2026-07-26 — 131 pageviews2026-07-30 — 114 pageviews2026-08-03 — 124 pageviews2026-08-07 — 134 pageviews2026-08-11 — 124 pageviews2026-08-15 — 117 pageviews2026-08-19 — 156 pageviews2026-08-23 — 136 pageviews2026-08-27 — 139 pageviews2026-08-31 — 142 pageviews2026-09-04 — 157 pageviews2026-09-08 — 177 pageviews2026-09-12 — 145 pageviews2026-09-16 — 163 pageviews2026-09-20 — 148 pageviews2026-09-24 — 122 pageviews2026-09-28 — 128 pageviews2026-10-02 — 126 pageviews2026-10-06 — 112 pageviews2026-10-10 — 102 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
67%
earned "Overachiever"
27.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing4 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2011-01-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)49,0707%12
PS3 (PlayStation)38,73913%12
Steam (Steam)23,7498%12
Windows (Xbox)29610%12

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opActionPuzzleAdventureIsometricPlatformerLocal Co-OpMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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