Tomb Raider: Underworld
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| Developers | |
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| Crystal Dynamics | |
| Windows | Nixxes Software |
| macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive |
| Publishers | |
| Eidos Interactive | |
| OS X | Feral Interactive |
| Engines | |
| Crystal Engine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 18, 2008 |
| macOS (OS X) | June 14, 2012 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 80 |
| IGDB | 72 |
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Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
| Tomb Raider | |
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| Tomb Raider (Classic) (series) | |
| Tomb Raider (Legend) (series) | |
| Lara Croft (series) | |
| Tomb Raider (Survivor) (series) | |
General information
- Square Enix Forums for Tomb: Underworld - Technical Forum
- Square Enix Forums for Tomb Raider: Underworld - not PC-specific
- Tomb Raider forums - not PC-specific
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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- The Mac OS X version is no longer sold digitally.
Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions
- The DLC episodes are not available for this game due to being Xbox 360 exclusives.[1]
Essential improvements
Patches
Latest version is 1.1. Changelog here.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Tomb Raider: Underworld |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8140/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Eidos\Tomb Raider - Underworld\ |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8140/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
External video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | 4:3, 16:9, 16:10 only; for others see Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Use DxWnd | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use DxWnd | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Must be enabled, else environment physics go wonky and puzzles become impossible to solve. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Widescreen resolution
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| Custom aspect ratio[2] |
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Notes
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Enabling Ambient Occlusion for Nvidia graphics cards
| Change Ambient Occlusion flag in Nvidia Profile Inspector[3] |
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Input
In-game general control settings.
In-game key/button map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Multiple keys can be mapped to one action. | |
| Mouse acceleration | Mouse acceleration is off by default. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
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| Generic/other controllers | ||
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| Button prompts |  |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
In-game volume settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Retail only. | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Russian | Not available in the Steam version. | |||
| Spanish | ||||
| Turkish | Fan translation. | |||
| Polish | Retail version only |
Issues unresolved
Steam overlay not supported
- Game does not support Steam overlay and no permanent fix is yet known.
- Alt+Tab ↹ seems to be working flawlessly as a cheap fix.
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| vorpX | 2D, Z3D, G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| macOS (OS X) | 32-bit only.[4] |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 2.5 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ |
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| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista) | 2 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 8 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT ATI Radeon X1800XT | Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX ATI Radeon HD 4800 |
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | 10.7.3 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 1.8 GHz | Intel 2.4 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 3 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 8 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM | 512 MB of VRAM | ||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (8140) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.