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Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider cover
Developers
Eidos Montreal
Crystal Dynamics
Windows Nixxes Software
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive[1]
Linux Feral Interactive[1]
Publishers
Square Enix
Engines
Foundation
Release dates
Windows September 14, 2018
macOS (OS X) November 5, 2019[2]
Linux November 5, 2019[2]
Reception
Metacritic 77
OpenCritic 80
IGDB 80
Taxonomy
Monetization DLC
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Adventure
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, North America, South America, Supernatural
Series Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider on HowLongToBeat
Shadow of the Tomb Raider on IGDB
Shadow of the Tomb Raider on MobyGames
Shadow of the Tomb Raider on Wikipedia
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Tomb Raider Chronicles 2000
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Tomb Raider: Legend 2006
Tomb Raider: Anniversary 2007
Tomb Raider: Underworld 2008
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a singleplayer third-person action and adventure game in the Tomb Raider series.

Key points

DirectX 12 is the recommended graphics API for the best performance.[3][4][5]

General information

Official forum
Square Enix Support Center
Steam Community Discussions
GeForce.com Graphics and Performance Guide

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Publisher website
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Digital Deluxe Edition, Croft Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GamersGate
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Croft Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Definitive Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Definitive Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Definitive Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Amazon.com (unavailable)
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Digital Deluxe Edition, Croft Edition also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All versions require Steam DRM.
Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on October 18, 2021.[6]
A demo is available on Steam.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Season Pass
Windows
Official Wallpaper Available by pre-ordering any edition of the game.
Windows
Skills Booster Pack Available by pre-ordering any edition of the game.
Windows
The Forge Included in Season Pass.
Windows
The Pillar Included in Season Pass.
Windows
Spectre Gear Included in Season Pass, Croft Edition and The Forge.
Windows
Golden Eagle Gear Included in Season Pass, Croft Edition and The Pillar.
Windows
Croft Edition Extras Included in the Croft edition.
Windows
Deluxe Extras Included in the Digital Deluxe edition.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip launcher and fix Steam overlay

Use the -nolauncher command line argument[citation needed]

Game data

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Eidos Montreal\Shadow of the Tomb Raider\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Any manual changes to the config files will be reset if settings are changed in-game.
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Shadow of the Tomb Raider\<user-id>\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Shadow of the Tomb Raider/SaveData/<user-id>/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Steam cloud save files are not cross-platform. That is, Steam won't synchronize save files, for example, from Windows when you're running the game on Linux or Mac. You can manually copy files across different platforms and try to load, but it might unlock random Steam achievements on load.

Video

In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+ scaling. 32:9 resolutions do not show up in game settings or in launcher. Can be set in config. From build 449 and upwards, which updated DLSS to a V2.3, all resolutions are supported with DLSS enabled.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
If you experience motion sickness you can disable "Motion blur" and also "Center camera horizontally" when playing with a mouse so the camera will not recenter itself.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Disable Exclusive Fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
SMAA, TAA, SMAAT2x, SMAA4x, DLSS
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
HDR must be enabled in Windows.
Ray tracing (RT)
Ray traced shadows available on Windows only, crash to desktop on latest update.
SMAA4x uses MSAA 4x, SMAA and TAA.[4]
DLSS v2.3

Input

In-game gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game remapping settings.
In-game remapping settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
via Steam Input
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
[7]
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Static blue.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes Wireless (DualShock 4 USB Wireless Adapter), Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)
V2 tested. Bluetooth support was added in patch 2.[8]
Generic/other controllers
May need to skip launcher.
Button prompts
Steam Controller doesn't have paddle prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Steam Input
Steam Input API support
needs space key mapped for Action Sets issues, camera action has stutters.
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Dialogs and Effects.
Surround sound
Up to 7.1. Also supports spatial sound, e.g., Dolby Atmos.
Subtitles
White subtitles or colored subtitles by person.
Closed captions
Separate option for deaf support.
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

All languages have an option to turn on native voices for some characters to improve immersion.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
Italian
German
Hungarian
Fan translation, #1, #2.
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Not shown on Steam.
Turkish
Fan translation.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
2 Co-op
Only the Challenge Tombs of DLCs.

Connection types

VR support

In-game Tobii eye tracking settings.
In-game Tobii eye tracking settings.
3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Side by side.
Nvidia 3D Vision
vorpX
G3D, DirectVR
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.
Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking
Supports: Aim at Gaze, Character Awareness, Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking, Survival Instinct Awareness, Throw at Gaze, Trap Awareness (game pad only).

Issues unresolved

Audio issues

Various audio issues may occur, like sound crackling or cutting out momentarily.[9]

Issues Fixed

Stuck at the ix chel and chak chel puzzle

With a frame rate higher than 60, you can't spin the blocks with the numbers on them. Capping the frame rate to 60 fixes this. You'll need to leave it capped for the entire puzzle.[citation needed]
Cap frame rate[10]

Cap the frame rate at 60 FPS.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 Toggleable from launcher or settings.
Metal support
Vulkan
Linux only.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Wwise
Interface Scaleform GFx
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Epic Online Services [6]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-3220
AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7770
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.15
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon R9 M290
Intel Iris Graphics 540
2 GB (AMD), 1.5 GB (Intel) of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 18.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-4130 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 680
AMD Radeon R9 285
2 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system, as well as a Vulkan-capable GPU, is required.
The game runs on LGA775 processors, despite the minimum Processor requirements.

References