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Tomb Raider Game of the Year

Crystal Dynamics · 2013-03-04

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Tomb Raider · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 23, 2014 (Mac), Apr 27, 2016 (Linux), Mar 05, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Apr 25, 2013 (Xbox 360), Feb 12, 2026 (Android), Feb 12, 2026 (iOS)

Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.

Tomb Raider Game of the Year is an Action, Adventure game released in 2013, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 270144 reviews).

834
playing now
96%
positive of 271k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10
twitch viewers (latest)
3.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (2366 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 21h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

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

Tomb Raider is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. It is the tenth main entry and a reboot of the Tomb Raider series, acting as the first instalment in the Survivor trilogy that reconstructs the origins of Lara Croft. The game was released for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 on 5 March 2013. Gameplay focuses on survival, with exploration when traversing the island and visiting various optional tombs. It is the first game in the main series to have multiplayer and the first game in the series to be published by Square Enix after the latter's acquisition of Eidos Interactive in 2009.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 834 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9,518 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,190/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 11M–22M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 271,257 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.82 at GamersGate (2025-12-11) · bundled 15×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $27.12 · on sale 190 of 192 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.2k4.2k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1,906 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,461 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,685 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,150 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,270 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 814 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,218 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 807 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,003 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 932 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 876 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,622 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,792 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,458 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,491 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,909 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,431 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4,202 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,445 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,696 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,450 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,888 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,564 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,176 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,305 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,599 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,020 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,732 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,333 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,043 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,419 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,037 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,037 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,935 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,399 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,237 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,500 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,280 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 799 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 646 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 794 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 926 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 972 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 829 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 838 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 802 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 684 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 834 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 834 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 763 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,067 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 909 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,351 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,040 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,811 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,220 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 914 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,057 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 960 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,077 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,172 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,101 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 968 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,263 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,185 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,591 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,877 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,173 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,200 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,307 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,383 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,057 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.2k5332026-09-14 19:00 — 1,013 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 656 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 979 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,021 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 796 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 805 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 961 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 586 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 897 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,235 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 728 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 562 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 1,057 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 616 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 1,202 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 2,180 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 872 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 987 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,519 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,060 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,080 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,042 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 865 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 834 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
13k539Mar 2013Aug 2026Mar 2013 — avg 7,147 · peak 29,197Aug 2013 — avg 1,870 · peak 4,460Jan 2014 — avg 2,245 · peak 6,676Jun 2014 — avg 2,154 · peak 8,820Nov 2014 — avg 1,321 · peak 3,309Apr 2015 — avg 958 · peak 2,123Sep 2015 — avg 1,042 · peak 5,507Feb 2016 — avg 2,127 · peak 5,770Jul 2016 — avg 1,254 · peak 3,144Dec 2016 — avg 1,324 · peak 2,855May 2017 — avg 574 · peak 1,184Oct 2017 — avg 1,373 · peak 5,427Mar 2018 — avg 2,483 · peak 7,187Aug 2018 — avg 1,536 · peak 4,404Jan 2019 — avg 1,403 · peak 3,745Jun 2019 — avg 843 · peak 2,560Nov 2019 — avg 995 · peak 2,929Apr 2020 — avg 6,028 · peak 26,984Sep 2020 — avg 1,334 · peak 2,616Feb 2021 — avg 1,283 · peak 2,810Jul 2021 — avg 1,264 · peak 2,841Dec 2021 — avg 1,032 · peak 2,522May 2022 — avg 765 · peak 1,671Oct 2022 — avg 587 · peak 1,218Mar 2023 — avg 674 · peak 1,333Aug 2023 — avg 770 · peak 1,536Jan 2024 — avg 718 · peak 1,319Jun 2024 — avg 636 · peak 1,482Nov 2024 — avg 1,054 · peak 2,949Apr 2025 — avg 778 · peak 1,849Sep 2025 — avg 1,008 · peak 2,954Feb 2026 — avg 1,340 · peak 2,744Jul 2026 — avg 1,304 · peak 2,648Aug 2026 — avg 1,034 · peak 2,862
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
72722026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 43 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 29 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 34 new positive2026-09-24: 15 new positive2026-09-24: 5 new negative2026-09-25: 17 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 37 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 42 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 30 new positive2026-09-28: 4 new negative2026-09-29: 16 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 13 new positive2026-10-03: 32 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 48 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 49 new positive2026-10-06: 28 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 72 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-08: 35 new positive2026-10-09: 28 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new negative2026-10-10: 43 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-11: 34 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 38 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 35 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 20 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$1.822015-01-012026-09-072015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-03-01 — best price $19.992015-05-01 — best price $20.492015-07-06 — best price $7.992015-10-09 — best price $4.952016-02-08 — best price $9.992016-06-24 — best price $7.492016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-08-11 — best price $19.992018-03-15 — best price $4.992018-09-12 — best price $19.992019-03-07 — best price $4.992019-08-26 — best price $19.992020-01-03 — best price $19.992020-05-30 — best price $2.642020-11-04 — best price $19.992021-03-22 — best price $29.992021-08-09 — best price $2.242022-01-06 — best price $19.992022-05-18 — best price $2.242022-09-27 — best price $19.992023-03-27 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $5.992023-10-25 — best price $2.582024-01-05 — best price $16.232024-03-26 — best price $17.822024-07-01 — best price $5.942024-09-05 — best price $17.822024-11-24 — best price $2.492025-02-08 — best price $3.002025-05-10 — best price $2.242025-07-24 — best price $2.802025-10-13 — best price $2.972025-12-21 — best price $3.002026-03-08 — best price $17.822026-05-14 — best price $2.992026-07-12 — best price $3.002026-09-07 — best price $2.70
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.0k5212026-05-29 — 879 pageviews2026-06-02 — 1,540 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,490 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,510 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,432 pageviews2026-06-18 — 926 pageviews2026-06-22 — 915 pageviews2026-06-26 — 817 pageviews2026-06-30 — 787 pageviews2026-07-04 — 859 pageviews2026-07-08 — 745 pageviews2026-07-12 — 836 pageviews2026-07-16 — 754 pageviews2026-07-20 — 641 pageviews2026-07-24 — 734 pageviews2026-07-28 — 643 pageviews2026-08-01 — 614 pageviews2026-08-05 — 602 pageviews2026-08-09 — 712 pageviews2026-08-13 — 595 pageviews2026-08-17 — 689 pageviews2026-08-21 — 639 pageviews2026-08-25 — 635 pageviews2026-08-29 — 946 pageviews2026-09-02 — 849 pageviews2026-09-06 — 819 pageviews2026-09-10 — 726 pageviews2026-09-14 — 722 pageviews2026-09-18 — 628 pageviews2026-09-22 — 521 pageviews2026-09-26 — 598 pageviews2026-09-30 — 559 pageviews2026-10-04 — 661 pageviews2026-10-08 — 543 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

14002026-09-30 18:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 140 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 10 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
56.7%
earned "One Smart Cookie "
12.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Polish, Dutch, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil

Where its players are

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

Player tags

ActionPuzzleShooterStealthAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExplorationMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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