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This page is for the 2013 reboot. For the original, see Tomb Raider (1996).
Developers | |
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Singleplayer | Crystal Dynamics |
Multiplayer | Eidos-Montréal |
Windows | Nixxes Software |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive |
Linux | Feral Interactive |
Publishers | |
2023-present | Crystal Dynamics |
2013-2023 | Square Enix |
OS X, Linux | Feral Interactive |
Engines | |
Foundation[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 5, 2013 |
macOS (OS X) | January 23, 2014 |
Linux | April 27, 2016 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 86 |
IGDB | 85 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Asia, Contemporary, Japan, Supernatural |
Series | Tomb Raider |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Tomb Raider (1996) | 1996 |
Tomb Raider II | 1997 |
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft | 1998 |
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation | 1999 |
Tomb Raider Chronicles | 2000 |
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness | 2003 |
Tomb Raider: Legend | 2006 |
Tomb Raider: Anniversary | 2007 |
Tomb Raider: Underworld | 2008 |
Lara Croft (series) | |
Tomb Raider (2013) | 2013 |
Lara Croft GO | 2015 |
Rise of the Tomb Raider | 2016 |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 2018 |
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered | 2024 |
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition | 2024 |
Tomb Raider (2013) is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action and adventure game in the Tomb Raider series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Developer website | ||||
Publisher website | Game of the Year Edition. | |||
Amazon.com | Game of the Year Edition. | |||
Epic Games Store | Game of the Year Edition. Inlcudes the Survival Edition content too. DRM-free when launched from the executable. |
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Survival Edition. | ||||
GOG.com | Game of the Year Edition. | |||
Green Man Gaming | Game of the Year Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Game of the Year Edition also available. | |||
Mac App Store | ||||
Origin | Survival Edition. | |||
Steam | Game of the Year Edition also available. |
Version differences
- The Game of the Year Edition does not include the Survival Edition non-game extras.
- The Game of the Year Edition does not include the following DLC: Agility Skill, Animal Instinct, Headshot Reticule, Pistol Burst, Pistol Silencer. These upgrades can be unlocked during gameplay without buying the DLC.[2][3]
- The GOG.com[4] and Mac App Store[5] versions do not include multiplayer.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | Additional game content. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | Game does not contain microtransactions. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Scavenger Scout | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
Scavenger Executioner | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
Scavenger Bandit | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
Fisherman | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
Silverballer | Hitman Gun. No longer available. |
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Agency SPS 12 | Hitman Gun. No longer available. |
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HX AP-15 | Hitman Gun. No longer available. |
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JAGD P22G | Hitman Gun. No longer available. |
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M590 12ga | Hitman Gun. No longer available. |
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STG 58 Elite | Hitman Gun. No longer available. |
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Animal Instinct | Can be unlocked through normal gameplay without having this DLC. Included in the Adventure Pack |
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Agility Skill | Can be unlocked through normal gameplay without having this DLC. Included in the Adventure Pack |
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Headshot Reticule | Can be unlocked through normal gameplay without having this DLC. Included in the Adventure Pack |
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Pistol Burst | Can be unlocked through normal gameplay without having this DLC. Included in the Adventure Pack |
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Pistol Silencer | Can be unlocked through normal gameplay without having this DLC. Included in the Adventure Pack |
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Hunter Skin | Included in the Game of the Year Edition Included in the Adventure Pack |
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Aviatrix Skin | Included in the Game of the Year Edition Included in the Adventure Pack |
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Guerilla Skin | Included in the Game of the Year Edition Included in the Adventure Pack |
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Mountaineer Skin | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
Shanty Town | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
Caves and Cliffs Multiplayer Map Pack | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
Tomb of the Lost Adventurer | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
Shipwrecked Multiplayer Map Pack | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
1939 Multiplayer Map Pack | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
Demolition Skin | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
Sure-Shot Skin | Included in the Game of the Year Edition | |
Japanese Language Pack | Free, part of Japanese GOTY Edition Can be downloaded separately within the Japan region store. |
Essential improvements
Skip game launcher
Use the -nolauncher command line argument[6]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Tomb Raider\ |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Tomb Raider/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Tomb Raider/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
- Most graphics settings in the registry corresponds with .ini options for benchmark.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Epic Games Launcher | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Tomb Raider\<user-id> |
Steam | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/203160/ |
GOG.com | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Tomb Raider |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | Stores up to 100 MB of files. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Aspect ratios narrower than 16:9 are stretched vertically. | ||
Multi-monitor | All HUD elements are correctly drawn on the center screen. Some in-game cutscenes display odd animations or missing models in areas that aren't visible in 16:9. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Cutscenes are Vert- by default. For Hor+ Cutscenes disable Fullscreen and Exclusive Fullscreen. Then use a utility such as Borderless Gaming or SpecialK for Borderless Fullscreen. [9] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use the related PCGW community tool. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Uncheck "exclusive fullscreen". | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA and up to 4x SSAA. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Double and tripled buffered. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Prompts between keyboard and controller change on fly. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput and DirectInput. Priorities XInput. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Bindings are stored in the configuration file location but are complex to edit.[citation needed] | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | X-axis also available; both independently for camera and aiming |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See DualShock 4. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | Use this mod for DirectX 11. Use this mod for DirectX 9. |
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Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Mouse camera movement only works while aiming. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Up to 7.1 output[10] | |
Subtitles | Steam page wrongly suggests none of the languages support subtitles.[11] | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation, #1, #2. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Requires Japanese Language Pack DLC. Windows only. Part of GOTY (2020). | |||
Korean | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish | Fan translation, Tomb Raider 2013 Türkçe Yama. | |||
Ukrainian | Fan translation. Installation guide (in ukrainian) |
Network
- Multiplayer is not cross-platform between Windows and OS X/Linux.[12][dubious – discuss]
- The Mac App Store version does not include multiplayer.[5]
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 8 | Versus Use Nucleus Co-op. |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 8 | Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Native 3D | Supports AMD HD3D | ||
vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues fixed
Incorrect UI/HUD placement
- The November 2021 update that brought with it Epic Online Services for the multiplayer infrastructure also broke various UI/HUD positions.
Workaround: restore game to an older version[14] |
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Endurance Boss glitch freeze (High FPS Issue)
Cap the frame rate at 60 FPS[15] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c, 11 | |
OpenGL | Linux and mac_1.0_32bit_only branch on macOS only. |
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Metal support | macOS >= 10.14 only [16] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | The 32-bit executable is available in the mac_1.0_32bit_only Beta branch on Steam |
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Linux | While the system requirements state a 64-bit system, the actual executable is 32-bit |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | FMOD | |
Interface | Scaleform | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | Epic Online Services | Changed from Steamworks in patch 838. Use of a Epic account is entirely optional.[17] |
Performance boost for quad-core CPUs (and higher core count)
- This tweak reportedly yields a higher framerate in seemingly CPU-heavy areas like the Shantytown hub through better core utilization.
Registry tweak for multi-core (4+ cores) CPUs[18] |
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Command line arguments
- When running from the command line, exclusive fullscreen is automatically switched on and Vsync is switched off.
- When running as a looping demo, a result file is not generated.
Option | Restrictions | Effect |
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QualityLevel | 0 to 4 | Sets all settings to a quality level. 0 for Low, 4 for Ultimate. |
Fullscreen | 0 or 1 | Enables or disables fullscreen. |
ExclusiveFullscreen | 0 or 1 | Enable this when fullscreen is enabled for better performance but worse multitasking. |
AspectRatio | Width / height x 10000 or 0 | Sets aspect ratio. 16000 for 16:10 for example. |
VSyncMode | 0 - 2 | Options for vertical synchronization. 0 for Off, 1 for Double Buffer and 2 for Triple Buffer. |
FullscreenWidth | number | Width of resolution in pixels. |
FullscreenHeight | number | Height of resolution in pixels. |
FullscreenRefreshRate | number | Screen refresh rate in Hz. |
StereoEnabled | 0 or 1 | Enables or disables stereoscopic support. |
TextureQuality | 1 to 4 | Texture quality from Low to Ultra. |
BestTextureFilter | 0 to 18 | Texture filtering - 0 for No Filtering, 1 for Bilinear, 2 for Trilinear, or 2 + the Anisotropic level. |
HairQuality | 0 or 1 | Enables TressFX enhanced hair quality. 0 for Normal or 1 for TressFX. |
AntiAliasingMode | 0 to 3 | Sets anti-aliasing level. 0 for none, 1 for FXAA, 2 for 2xSSAA and 3 for 4xSSAA. |
ShadowMode | 0 or 1 | Enables or disables shadows. |
ShadowResolution | 0 to 2 | Sets shadow resolution. 1 for Off, 2 for Normal and 3 for Ultra. |
SSAOMode | 0 to 2 | Sets ambient occlusion quality. 1 for Off, 2 for Normal and 3 for Ultra. |
DOFQuality | 0 to 3 | Sets depth of field quality. 1 for Off, 2 for Normal and 3 for Ultra. |
ReflectionQuality | 0 to 2 | Sets quality of reflections. 1 for Off, 2 for Normal and 3 for High. |
LODBias | 0 to 4 | Sets level of detail bias from Low to Ultra. |
EnablePostProcess | 0 or 1 | Enables or disables post-processing effects. |
EnableHighPrecisionRT | 0 or 1 | |
EnableTessellation | 0 or 1 | Enables or disables tessellation. |
benchmark | Run the benchmark on startup and quit the game when finished. | |
benchmarkini | “[filename].ini” | Run the benchmark on startup and quit the game when finished. The ini file contains overrides for quality settings.. |
loop | Loop the benchmark instead of quitting after it completes. This is a demo mode, so statistics are disabled. | |
dxdiag | Include dxdiag information in the benchmarkresults file. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista, 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.1 GHz (4050+) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz (E6300) |
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Intel Core i5-750 |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB 2 GB (Vista) |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT Nvidia GeForce 8600 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
AMD Radeon HD 5870 Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 5.0 support |
Other | Internet connection |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.14 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core M 1.1 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 14 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 640M AMD M20 Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB of VRAM | 1 GB of VRAM |
- Users with macOS versions prior to 10.14 can select the branch
mac_1.0_32bit_only
from the Beta tab on Steam. This enables the game to run with the legacy OpenGL backend on macOS 10.9.1 or higher.[19]
Linux | ||
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Minimum[20] | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.04, SteamOS 2.0 (64 bit) | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 AMD FX-6300 |
Intel Core i5 |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 640 AMD Radeon R7 260X 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 3 GB of VRAM |
References
- ↑ Horizon and Beyond: A Look into Tomb Raider’s Tools
- ↑ Feral Support | Tomb Raider FAQs | What is included in the Single Player DLC Pack (Mac App Store)?
- ↑ Which DLCs are unlockable through normal gameplay? :: Tomb Raider General Discussions
- ↑ Tomb Raider GOTY on GOG.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A survivor is born: Tomb Raider coming to Mac on January 23rd! | Feral News
- ↑ Launch Tomb Raider directly and skip launcher - Steam Community Discussions for Tomb Raider
- ↑ Verified by User:Anonymous on 2016-12-21
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/203160/discussions/0/357284767233103185/#c357284767234379362
- ↑ https://www.wsgf.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=28177 Tomb Raider 2013 Manual PLP Instructions
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
- ↑ Tomb Raider 2013 Menu Walkthrough - YouTube - last accessed on 2022-12-01
- ↑ MacRumors Forums - View Single Post - Widely Acclaimed Tomb Raider Reboot Arrives in Mac App Store
- ↑ [18-10-2021] PC Patch Notes for patch Tomb Raider, build 829.0 - last accessed on 2022-12-01
- ↑ Steam Community - Tomb Raider - hud elements off screen - last accessed on 2022-11-28
- ↑ [missing title] - last accessed on 2022-10-21
- ↑ Feral Interactive
- ↑ Steam News: Tomb Raider - [18-11-2021 PC Patch Notes for patch Tomb Raider, build 838.] - last accessed on 2021-12-05
- ↑ Official performance boost from crystal dynamics!!! Check inside!
- ↑ Steam Store Page
- ↑ Tomb Raider for Linux – system requirements revealed! | Feral News