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Tomb Raider III (1998)

Core Design · Crystal Dynamics · 2012-11-28

Steam

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Tomb Raider · Modes: Single player

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 rating
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)
$3.49
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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

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  • · Top 29% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 62k–123k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,538 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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)

Players online

1102026-08-06 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

1990'sActionPuzzleClassicShooterAdventureDifficultOld SchoolPlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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

Players also track

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