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Tomb Raider III (1998)

Core Design · Crystal Dynamics · 2012-11-28

Steam

ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Oct 19, 1999 (Mac), Nov 24, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 24, 1998 (PlayStation), Sep 17, 2009 (PlayStation Portable), Sep 17, 2009 (PlayStation 3)

Thousands of years ago a meteor crashed into Antarctica and the shockwaves of its impact are being felt in the modern age. Lara Croft will follow clues leading to a deadly secret, boldly leaping chasms and blasting monsters that no one has leaped or blasted before. This time she faces a mystery that's from way out of this world.

3
playing now
84%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (189 ratings)
33h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 48h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$3.49
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Tomb Raider III is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was first released for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows in 1998, and for Mac OS in 1999. It is the third title in the Tomb Raider series, following Tomb Raider II (1997). The story follows archaeologist-adventurer Lara Croft as she embarks upon a quest to recover four pieces of a meteorite that are scattered across the world. To progress through the game, the player must complete a series of levels that involve solving puzzles, traversing dangerous locations, and defeating enemies.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 62k–123k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,543 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
282820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
430Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2013 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2013 — avg 9 · peak 35Feb 2014 — avg 9 · peak 38Jul 2014 — avg 9 · peak 24Dec 2014 — avg 12 · peak 31May 2015 — avg 9 · peak 32Oct 2015 — avg 18 · peak 56Mar 2016 — avg 13 · peak 36Aug 2016 — avg 14 · peak 33Jan 2017 — avg 15 · peak 38Jun 2017 — avg 12 · peak 32Nov 2017 — avg 14 · peak 36Apr 2018 — avg 19 · peak 49Sep 2018 — avg 16 · peak 46Feb 2019 — avg 17 · peak 50Jul 2019 — avg 18 · peak 45Dec 2019 — avg 20 · peak 47May 2020 — avg 37 · peak 86Oct 2020 — avg 22 · peak 49Mar 2021 — avg 33 · peak 75Aug 2021 — avg 24 · peak 55Jan 2022 — avg 29 · peak 70Jun 2022 — avg 18 · peak 43Nov 2022 — avg 20 · peak 50Apr 2023 — avg 21 · peak 53Sep 2023 — avg 22 · peak 53Feb 2024 — avg 17 · peak 47Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 11Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
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 $3.492015-02-24 — 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 $1.542020-06-19 — best price $1.492020-08-08 — best price $6.992020-08-28 — best price $6.292020-09-26 — best price $6.992020-12-02 — best price $6.992021-02-03 — best price $6.992021-04-01 — best price $6.992021-07-28 — best price $0.972021-11-19 — best price $0.972022-02-28 — best price $0.972022-05-24 — best price $6.992022-08-12 — best price $0.982022-12-22 — best price $0.982023-03-27 — best price $6.992023-06-29 — best price $0.972023-09-05 — best price $6.992026-03-03 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-08-24 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3281112026-06-02 — 240 pageviews2026-06-06 — 225 pageviews2026-06-10 — 213 pageviews2026-06-14 — 233 pageviews2026-06-18 — 192 pageviews2026-06-22 — 172 pageviews2026-06-26 — 164 pageviews2026-06-30 — 147 pageviews2026-07-04 — 129 pageviews2026-07-08 — 162 pageviews2026-07-12 — 146 pageviews2026-07-16 — 157 pageviews2026-07-20 — 142 pageviews2026-07-24 — 153 pageviews2026-07-28 — 122 pageviews2026-08-01 — 142 pageviews2026-08-05 — 156 pageviews2026-08-09 — 156 pageviews2026-08-13 — 137 pageviews2026-08-17 — 151 pageviews2026-08-21 — 180 pageviews2026-08-25 — 166 pageviews2026-08-29 — 164 pageviews2026-09-02 — 174 pageviews2026-09-06 — 183 pageviews2026-09-10 — 169 pageviews2026-09-14 — 132 pageviews2026-09-18 — 148 pageviews2026-09-22 — 126 pageviews2026-09-26 — 154 pageviews2026-09-30 — 111 pageviews2026-10-04 — 174 pageviews2026-10-08 — 150 pageviews2026-10-12 — 146 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

1990'sActionPuzzleClassicShooterAdventureDifficultOld SchoolPlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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

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