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Tomb Raider: Underworld cover art

Tomb Raider: Underworld

Crystal Dynamics · 2008-11-21

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Tomb Raider · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 22, 2011 (OnLive Game System), Nov 21, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 26, 2012 (Mac), Dec 04, 2008 (PlayStation 3), Jan 15, 2013 (Web browser), Nov 21, 2008 (Xbox 360)

Tomb Raider: Underworld represents a new advancement in exploration-based gameplay. As fearless adventurer Lara Croft explore exotic locations around the world, each designed with an incredible attention to detail resulting in breathtaking high-definition visual fidelity that creates a truly believable world and delivers a new level of...

24
playing now
77%
positive of 6.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (257 ratings)
11h
to beat · rushed 7.3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.98
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Tomb Raider: Underworld is a 2008 action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive for Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS in November 2008. Later versions were released for mobile in December 2008, PlayStation 2 in 2009, and OS X in 2012. Various companies ported or developed the different versions. The ninth overall entry in the Tomb Raider series and third and final in the Legend trilogy, Underworld follows archaeologist-adventurer Lara Croft as she searches for Mjolnir, an artefact key to entering the realm of Helheim, while confronting adversaries from her past. Gameplay features Lara navigating levels set across the world through platforming, fighting enemies and solving puzzles to progress.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 478 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~60/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 275k–550k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,880 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$0.89-90%
Humble Store$0.98-89%
Steam$0.98-89%
GOG$4.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.78 at GreenManGaming (2021-08-23) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 58 of 91 observed days · $0.11 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
848420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

56122026-08-06 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 38 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 29 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 38 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 46 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 25 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 29 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 36 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 41 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 18 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 34 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 56 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.49$0.812015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $4.492015-02-13 — best price $2.242015-04-03 — best price $9.592015-05-24 — best price $3.602015-07-21 — best price $1.952015-11-02 — best price $3.592016-02-16 — best price $10.012016-06-14 — best price $7.192016-11-13 — best price $8.992017-07-03 — best price $9.992018-03-16 — best price $9.992018-10-25 — best price $1.802019-04-30 — best price $1.282019-10-21 — best price $0.982020-01-21 — best price $8.192020-05-26 — best price $7.832020-08-26 — best price $0.992020-12-28 — best price $8.992021-03-29 — best price $0.812021-08-06 — best price $8.992021-12-02 — best price $8.992022-04-18 — best price $8.992022-08-01 — best price $8.992022-12-16 — best price $0.982023-05-23 — best price $8.992023-10-25 — best price $1.162024-02-19 — best price $1.152024-07-04 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $0.982025-05-09 — best price $1.352025-09-15 — best price $0.982026-01-23 — best price $4.492026-07-02 — best price $0.982026-08-30 — best price $0.98
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.5k2512026-05-31 — 472 pageviews2026-06-03 — 3,453 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,092 pageviews2026-06-09 — 832 pageviews2026-06-12 — 986 pageviews2026-06-15 — 749 pageviews2026-06-18 — 539 pageviews2026-06-21 — 559 pageviews2026-06-24 — 405 pageviews2026-06-27 — 469 pageviews2026-06-30 — 396 pageviews2026-07-03 — 439 pageviews2026-07-06 — 350 pageviews2026-07-09 — 339 pageviews2026-07-12 — 366 pageviews2026-07-15 — 298 pageviews2026-07-18 — 374 pageviews2026-07-21 — 355 pageviews2026-07-24 — 470 pageviews2026-07-27 — 410 pageviews2026-07-30 — 263 pageviews2026-08-02 — 358 pageviews2026-08-05 — 348 pageviews2026-08-08 — 349 pageviews2026-08-11 — 317 pageviews2026-08-14 — 251 pageviews2026-08-17 — 339 pageviews2026-08-20 — 346 pageviews2026-08-23 — 307 pageviews2026-08-26 — 430 pageviews2026-08-28 — 380 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)60,49832%33
Xbox 360 (Xbox)47,2363%41
PS3 (PlayStation)1,43467%33
Xbox 360 (Xbox)79615%41

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

ActionPuzzleClassicParkourShooterAdventurePlatformerUnderwaterAtmosphericExploration

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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