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Tomb Raider II (1997) cover art

Tomb Raider II (1997)

Core Design · Crystal Dynamics · 2012-11-28

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Aug 27, 2009 (PlayStation 3), Nov 21, 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 21, 1997 (PlayStation), Aug 27, 2009 (PlayStation Portable), Jan 01, 1998 (Mac)

The second instalment in the Tomb Raider series invites you to join Lara as she travels around the globe to retrieve a precious artefact before it falls into the wrong hands. The legendary artefact, the Dagger of Xian, is said to give its possessor the power of a fire breathing dragon.

1
playing now
87%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (327 ratings)
23h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 26h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$3.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Tomb Raider II is a 1997 action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was first released on Windows and PlayStation. Later releases came for Mac OS (1998), iOS (2014) and Android (2015). It is the second entry in the Tomb Raider series, and follows archaeologist-adventurer Lara Croft hunting the magical Dagger of Xian in competition with an Italian cult. Gameplay features Lara navigating levels split into multiple areas and room complexes while fighting enemies and solving puzzles to progress, with some areas allowing for or requiring the use of vehicles.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 44 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,054 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 95k–189k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,367 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
343420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-16 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
510Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 0 · peak 7Apr 2013 — avg 8 · peak 26Sep 2013 — avg 15 · peak 53Feb 2014 — avg 12 · peak 42Jul 2014 — avg 14 · peak 42Dec 2014 — avg 17 · peak 61May 2015 — avg 11 · peak 29Oct 2015 — avg 25 · peak 84Mar 2016 — avg 18 · peak 50Aug 2016 — avg 14 · peak 34Jan 2017 — avg 19 · peak 51Jun 2017 — avg 13 · peak 43Nov 2017 — avg 13 · peak 46Apr 2018 — avg 22 · peak 62Sep 2018 — avg 17 · peak 43Feb 2019 — avg 19 · peak 46Jul 2019 — avg 20 · peak 45Dec 2019 — avg 21 · peak 63May 2020 — avg 44 · peak 97Oct 2020 — avg 23 · peak 59Mar 2021 — avg 40 · peak 106Aug 2021 — avg 27 · peak 63Jan 2022 — avg 37 · peak 85Jun 2022 — avg 24 · peak 54Nov 2022 — avg 20 · peak 49Apr 2023 — avg 25 · peak 56Sep 2023 — avg 23 · peak 61Feb 2024 — avg 20 · peak 52Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$0.772015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-02-24 — best price $1.742015-03-28 — best price $4.622015-06-14 — best price $3.492015-09-21 — best price $6.992016-01-04 — best price $6.992016-07-04 — best price $6.992016-11-13 — best price $6.992017-05-29 — best price $6.992018-01-18 — best price $1.742018-05-24 — best price $1.752018-10-11 — best price $1.122019-01-14 — best price $0.972019-03-28 — best price $1.572019-07-11 — best price $1.742019-09-05 — best price $6.992019-10-29 — best price $6.992019-12-07 — best price $6.992020-02-04 — best price $6.992020-05-11 — best price $1.542020-07-15 — best price $6.992020-11-14 — best price $1.392021-01-05 — best price $6.992021-03-15 — best price $6.992021-06-03 — best price $6.992021-10-25 — best price $0.982022-01-12 — best price $6.992022-04-15 — best price $0.982022-06-30 — best price $0.972022-10-04 — best price $0.982023-01-13 — best price $0.972023-04-29 — best price $6.992023-07-29 — best price $0.972026-01-01 — best price $6.992026-05-07 — best price $3.492026-07-16 — best price $6.992026-08-24 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3761192026-05-31 — 213 pageviews2026-06-04 — 376 pageviews2026-06-08 — 298 pageviews2026-06-12 — 307 pageviews2026-06-16 — 264 pageviews2026-06-20 — 202 pageviews2026-06-24 — 184 pageviews2026-06-28 — 213 pageviews2026-07-02 — 168 pageviews2026-07-06 — 180 pageviews2026-07-10 — 172 pageviews2026-07-14 — 169 pageviews2026-07-18 — 178 pageviews2026-07-22 — 158 pageviews2026-07-26 — 198 pageviews2026-07-30 — 153 pageviews2026-08-03 — 171 pageviews2026-08-07 — 144 pageviews2026-08-11 — 208 pageviews2026-08-15 — 176 pageviews2026-08-19 — 186 pageviews2026-08-23 — 190 pageviews2026-08-27 — 190 pageviews2026-08-31 — 211 pageviews2026-09-04 — 159 pageviews2026-09-08 — 202 pageviews2026-09-12 — 182 pageviews2026-09-16 — 182 pageviews2026-09-20 — 167 pageviews2026-09-24 — 159 pageviews2026-09-28 — 130 pageviews2026-10-02 — 183 pageviews2026-10-06 — 119 pageviews2026-10-10 — 131 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

1990'sActionPuzzleClassicShooterAdventureOld SchoolPlatformerAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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