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Tomb Raider I (1996) cover art

Tomb Raider I (1996)

Core Design · Crystal Dynamics · 2012-11-28

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Jan 19, 1997 (DOS), Nov 28, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 22, 1996 (PlayStation), Sep 01, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Aug 13, 2009 (PlayStation Portable), Jan 24, 1997 (Sega Saturn)

Adventurer Lara Croft has been hired to recover the pieces of an ancient artifact known as the Scion. With her fearless acrobatic style she runs, jumps, swims and climbs her way towards the truth of its origin and powers - leaving only a trail of empty tombs and gun-cartridges in her wake.

4
playing now
86%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (476 ratings)
19h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 24h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$3.49
steam price (US)

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

Tomb Raider is a 1996 action-adventure game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive as the debut entry in the Tomb Raider media franchise. It was first released on the Sega Saturn, followed shortly by versions for MS-DOS and the PlayStation. Later releases came for Mac OS (1999), Pocket PC (2002), N-Gage (2003), iOS (2013) and Android (2015). The game follows archaeologist-adventurer Lara Croft, who is hired by businesswoman Jacqueline Natla to find an artefact called the Scion of Atlantis. Gameplay features Lara navigating levels split into multiple areas and room complexes while fighting enemies and solving puzzles to progress.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 83 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 186k–372k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,644 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.77 at GreenManGaming (2021-08-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 17 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
838320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-09-14 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
480Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 0 · peak 14Apr 2013 — avg 7 · peak 30Sep 2013 — avg 27 · peak 149Feb 2014 — avg 13 · peak 46Jul 2014 — avg 18 · peak 63Dec 2014 — avg 22 · peak 95May 2015 — avg 9 · peak 28Oct 2015 — avg 38 · peak 192Mar 2016 — avg 26 · peak 102Aug 2016 — avg 13 · peak 38Jan 2017 — avg 18 · peak 58Jun 2017 — avg 13 · peak 51Nov 2017 — avg 14 · peak 68Apr 2018 — avg 22 · peak 77Sep 2018 — avg 18 · peak 48Feb 2019 — avg 20 · peak 73Jul 2019 — avg 20 · peak 51Dec 2019 — avg 20 · peak 56May 2020 — avg 42 · peak 136Oct 2020 — avg 15 · peak 49Mar 2021 — avg 36 · peak 122Aug 2021 — avg 25 · peak 56Jan 2022 — avg 35 · peak 85Jun 2022 — avg 21 · peak 48Nov 2022 — avg 18 · peak 49Apr 2023 — avg 21 · peak 61Sep 2023 — avg 19 · peak 46Feb 2024 — avg 16 · peak 43Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$0.782015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-02-26 — best price $6.992015-04-03 — best price $4.792015-06-20 — best price $1.392015-10-16 — best price $1.742016-02-05 — best price $1.742016-08-08 — best price $1.742016-11-23 — best price $1.742017-09-14 — best price $1.742018-02-19 — best price $6.992018-06-21 — best price $0.972018-11-01 — best price $6.992019-01-28 — best price $6.992019-04-22 — best price $1.742019-07-25 — best price $1.742019-09-24 — best price $1.742019-11-09 — best price $6.992019-12-20 — best price $1.572020-02-27 — best price $0.972020-05-27 — best price $6.992020-07-06 — best price $0.972020-08-14 — best price $1.192020-09-03 — best price $1.392020-11-02 — best price $6.992020-12-23 — best price $0.832021-03-08 — best price $0.972021-05-21 — best price $0.972021-08-26 — best price $0.832021-12-22 — best price $0.782022-03-24 — best price $0.972022-05-28 — best price $6.992022-08-15 — best price $6.992022-12-22 — best price $0.982023-04-21 — best price $0.982023-07-21 — best price $0.982026-02-05 — best price $3.492026-05-26 — best price $6.992026-08-24 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5.3k4192026-05-30 — 512 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5,275 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,442 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,497 pageviews2026-06-15 — 935 pageviews2026-06-19 — 677 pageviews2026-06-23 — 534 pageviews2026-06-27 — 586 pageviews2026-07-01 — 493 pageviews2026-07-05 — 561 pageviews2026-07-09 — 517 pageviews2026-07-13 — 523 pageviews2026-07-17 — 431 pageviews2026-07-21 — 503 pageviews2026-07-25 — 508 pageviews2026-07-29 — 433 pageviews2026-08-02 — 454 pageviews2026-08-06 — 459 pageviews2026-08-10 — 485 pageviews2026-08-14 — 472 pageviews2026-08-18 — 575 pageviews2026-08-22 — 564 pageviews2026-08-26 — 629 pageviews2026-08-30 — 634 pageviews2026-09-03 — 754 pageviews2026-09-07 — 576 pageviews2026-09-11 — 615 pageviews2026-09-15 — 527 pageviews2026-09-19 — 570 pageviews2026-09-23 — 534 pageviews2026-09-27 — 550 pageviews2026-10-01 — 624 pageviews2026-10-05 — 525 pageviews2026-10-08 — 479 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Where its players are

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

Player tags

Retro1990'sActionPuzzleClassicShooterAdventureOld SchoolPlatformerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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