Rise of the Tomb Raider


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Rise of the Tomb Raider is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action and adventure game in the Tomb Raider series.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider was developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. The game was ported to Windows by Nixxes Software and ported to both Linux and MacOS by Feral Interactive, who also published these Linux and MacOS ports.

The Windows version received several updates around the end of 2021 that added support for DLSS 2.3.2.0, updated multiplayer infrastructure to use Epic Online Services (without the need for an Epic account), removed Denuvo from the game and implemented several stability-fixes (especially when using the DirectX 12 renderer).^[4]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Developer website		20 Year Celebration Edition.
Publisher website		20 Year Celebration Edition.
Epic Games Store		20 Year Celebration Edition. DRM-free when launched from the executable.
		20 Year Celebration Edition.
Green Man Gaming		20 Year Celebration Edition.
Humble Store		20 Year Celebration Edition.
Mac App Store		20 Year Celebration Edition.
Microsoft Store
Steam		20 Year Celebration Edition.
Amazon.com (unavailable)

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on November 23, 2021.^[5]^[6]

The Linux version is considered a good port with a small performance gap compared to its Windows counterpart.^[7]

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Advantage Pack	Included in Season Pass
Ancient Vanguard
Apex Predator Pack
Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch	Included in Season Pass.
Challenge Card Pack
Cold Darkness Awakened	Included in Season Pass.
Endurance Mode	Included in Season Pass.
Gold Pack
Hope's Bastion Pack
Prophet's Legacy	Included in Season Pass.
Remnant Resistance Pack
Season Pass	Digital Deluxe Edition includes Season Pass.
Season Pass Card Packs	Season Pass exclusive.
Silver Pack
Sparrowhawk Pack
Siberian Ranger Pack	Included in Season Pass.
Tactical Survivor Pack
Wild Pack
Wilderness Survivor	Included in Season Pass.
20 Year Celebration Pack	Included in Season Pass.

Essential improvements

Skip launcher

Use the `-nolauncher` command line argument^[8]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Rise of the Tomb Raider\
Microsoft Store	Inaccessible due to being stored in isolated UWP registry.^[9]
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Rise of the Tomb Raider/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Rise of the Tomb Raider/preferences

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Epic Games Launcher	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rise of the Tomb Raider\<user-id>
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\39C668CD.RiseoftheTombRaider_r7bfsmp40f67j\SystemAppData\wgs\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\391220\remote\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Shadow of the Tomb Raider/SaveData/
Linux

Save games are not compatible between Windows and OS X/Linux.^[10]^[11]

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Launcher display settings (Steam version).

Launcher graphics settings (Steam version).

In-game general settings (Steam version).

In-game display settings (Steam version).

In-game graphics settings (Steam version).

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Cutscenes are pillarboxed to 16:9. Use the community patcher as a workaround.
Ultra-widescreen		Cutscenes are pillarboxed to 16:9. Use the community patcher as a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Use the related PCGW community tool.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Disable Exclusive Fullscreen for the Steam version. Microsoft Store fullscreen is borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA, SMAA, up to 4x SSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling	DLSS 2.3
Vertical sync (Vsync)	PC Patch 1.0.668.0 (Patch #7) has disabled forced v-sync from the Microsoft Store version.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Pre-rendered cutscenes run at 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Supports VRS on supported hardware.

Nvidia VXAO (Voxel Accelerated Ambient Occlusion) is only available in DirectX 11.^[12]^[13]

Input

In-game input settings (Steam version).

In-game rebinding (Steam version).

In-game controller settings (Steam version).

In-game controller buttons (Steam version).

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Two keys per action.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		May need to skip launcher.^{[citation needed]}
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Also x-axis, as well as individually for aiming and free-look camera.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration		Microsoft Store version only.^[14]

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support		Dark Blue
Connection modes	Wired

Tracked motion controllers
Button/gesture prompts

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		At least XInput and DualShock 4. Microsoft Store version supports Xbox One Controller Impulse Triggers.^[14]
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings (Steam version).

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, dialogue and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Regular white or colored according to speaker.
Closed captions		Cutscenes and some of the gameplay, enabled with subtitles.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Dolby Atmos is only available on the Xbox One version.^[15]

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Also available the variant known as English (KSA), with the “prophet” word censored for Arabic countries.^[16]
Arabic				Arabic voice overs only available on PlayStation 4 version.^[17]
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, #1, #2.
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish				Not shown on Steam store page, but can be chosen in-game.
Turkish				Fan translation.
Ukrainian				Fan translation.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play	2	Co-op Only available with the Endurance Mode DLC.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D		Side-by-side, AMD HD3D (Steam only) and Windows DXGI 1.2 Stereo 3D (Microsoft Store only).^[18]
Nvidia 3D Vision		Steam version only.^[18] Use Rise of the Tomb Raider - 3D Vision Fix or Helix Mod: Rise of the Tomb Raider (improvements for the official 3D mode) for better support.
vorpX		G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.
Headsets	Native	Notes
HTC Vive		VR only available in the Blood Ties story in the 20 Year Celebration Pack DLC.^[19]
Oculus Rift
OSVR
Windows Mixed Reality
Devices	Native	Notes
Tracked motion controllers		See Input for details.
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse
Tobii Eye Tracking		Supports: Aim at Gaze, Clean UI, Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking, Highlight at Gaze, Throw at Gaze.
Play area	Native	Notes
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Issues fixed

Low visual quality when using DLSS

The game uses a flawed implementation of DLSS that runs full-screen post-processing effects before DLSS upscales the image.^[20]^[21]

Disable Depth of Field and Film Grain in the graphics menu of the game.^[20]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Toggleable from launcher or settings.
Metal support
Vulkan	1.1	Linux Only

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Intelligent Music Systems	^[22]
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Epic Online Services	^[23]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum^[24]	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2100 AMD equivalent	Intel Core i7-3770K
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	25 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon HD 7770 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 (1920x1080) Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti (2560x1440)

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.13.4
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 2.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	27 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 680MX AMD Radeon R9 M290X Intel Iris Graphics 540 2 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 17.10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-4130t AMD equivalent	Intel Core i7-3770K
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	28 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon R9 285 2 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Vulkan compatible GPU is required.

Nvidia GPUs require driver version 396.24 or later. AMD GPUs require Mesa 17.3.5 or later. Vega GPUs require Mesa 18.0 or later.

AMD GCN 1st and 2nd generation and Intel GPU's are not supported.^[25]

References

↑ Nixxes - RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Rise of the Tomb Raider™: 20 Year Celebration sets forth for macOS and Linux | Feral News
↑ And the Tomb Raider engine is ACTUALLY called… Foundation
↑ [23-11-2021 PC Patch Notes for patch Rise of the Tomb Raider, build 1.0. 1026.0] - last accessed on [unknown]
↑ https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/7763383/
↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-29
I have confirmed that the MS Store version also have Denuvo removed. The executable of that version has a code signing certificate timestamped as November 29, 2021.
↑ Rise of the Tomb Raider is now officially available on Linux, here’s a look at it with benchmarks
↑ Skip the Launcher - last accessed on 2022-08-15
↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-29
Verified through Process Monitor. The location within the isolated UWP registry is the same as for the other Windows versions, but since its stored in a separate inaccessible container, there's no way of reaching the registry data from outside of the game.
↑ Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2018-04-19
↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/8ddm29/rise_of_the_tomb_raider_released_on_linux/dxmb2vw/
↑ Why is VXAO option missing from DirectX 12 and only appears when in DirectX 11??? :: Rise of the Tomb Raider General Discussions
↑ Verified by User:Mrntptrs1 on 2022-08-15
Still true as of the latest update
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 http://wccftech.com/rise-tomb-raider-9-windows-store/
↑ HDR and Dolby Atmos support :: Rise of the Tomb Raider General Discussions
↑ Localization - Saudi Arabia
↑ Rise of the Tomb Raider to be Fully Localized in Arabic
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 [03-01-2016] PC Patch notes for patch 1.0.629.3 (Patch #4)
↑ SteamVR support for Rise of the Tomb Raider “Blood Ties” story chapter now available!
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-12-17
Confirmed using the DLSS Indicator as well as comparison shots that full-screen post-processing effects are run before the DLSS upscaling pass, which ends up harming the visual quality of the screen when compared to native rendering. Disabling Depth of Field and Film Grain works around the worst of the issue.
↑ GitHub - NVIDIA/DLSS - DLSS Programming Guide Release.pdf - last accessed on 2022-12-17
"For best image quality place DLSS as close to the start of post processing as possible (before any/as few effects as possible are applied to the frame)."
↑ Intelligent Music Systems developers website
↑ 23-11-2021 PC Patch Notes for patch Rise of the Tomb Raider, build 1.0. 1026.0 (Patch #16)
↑ Rise of the Tomb Raider – Windows Games on Microsoft Store
↑ Linux system Requirements

[1] Nixxes - RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER

[Feral-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Rise of the Tomb Raider™: 20 Year Celebration sets forth for macOS and Linux | Feral News

[3] And the Tomb Raider engine is ACTUALLY called… Foundation

[4] [23-11-2021 PC Patch Notes for patch Rise of the Tomb Raider, build 1.0. 1026.0] - last accessed on [unknown]

[5] ttps://steamdb.info/patchnotes/7763383/

[6] Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-29
I have confirmed that the MS Store version also have Denuvo removed. The executable of that version has a code signing certificate timestamped as November 29, 2021.

[7] Rise of the Tomb Raider is now officially available on Linux, here’s a look at it with benchmarks

[8] Skip the Launcher - last accessed on 2022-08-15

[9] Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-29
Verified through Process Monitor. The location within the isolated UWP registry is the same as for the other Windows versions, but since its stored in a separate inaccessible container, there's no way of reaching the registry data from outside of the game.

[10] Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2018-04-19

[11] ttps://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/8ddm29/rise_of_the_tomb_raider_released_on_linux/dxmb2vw/

[12] Why is VXAO option missing from DirectX 12 and only appears when in DirectX 11??? :: Rise of the Tomb Raider General Discussions

[13] Verified by User:Mrntptrs1 on 2022-08-15
Still true as of the latest update

[wccftech.com-14] 14.0 ^14.1 http://wccftech.com/rise-tomb-raider-9-windows-store/

[15] HDR and Dolby Atmos support :: Rise of the Tomb Raider General Discussions

[16] Localization - Saudi Arabia

[17] Rise of the Tomb Raider to be Fully Localized in Arabic

[stereoscopic-18] 18.0 ^18.1 [03-01-2016] PC Patch notes for patch 1.0.629.3 (Patch #4)

[19] SteamVR support for Rise of the Tomb Raider “Blood Ties” story chapter now available!

[aemonydlss-20] 20.0 ^20.1 Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-12-17
Confirmed using the DLSS Indicator as well as comparison shots that full-screen post-processing effects are run before the DLSS upscaling pass, which ends up harming the visual quality of the screen when compared to native rendering. Disabling Depth of Field and Film Grain works around the worst of the issue.

[21] GitHub - NVIDIA/DLSS - DLSS Programming Guide Release.pdf - last accessed on 2022-12-17
"For best image quality place DLSS as close to the start of post processing as possible (before any/as few effects as possible are applied to the frame)."

[22] Intelligent Music Systems developers website

[23] 23-11-2021 PC Patch Notes for patch Rise of the Tomb Raider, build 1.0. 1026.0 (Patch #16)

[24] Rise of the Tomb Raider – Windows Games on Microsoft Store

[25] Linux system Requirements

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Developers

	Crystal Dynamics
Windows	Nixxes Software^[1]
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive^[2]
Linux	Feral Interactive^[2]
Publishers
2023-present	Crystal Dynamics
OS X, Linux	Feral Interactive
2016-2023	Square Enix
Engines
	Foundation^[3]
Release dates
Windows	January 28, 2016
macOS (OS X)	April 12, 2018^[2]
Linux	April 19, 2018^[2]
Reception
Metacritic	86
OpenCritic	86
IGDB	87
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, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Supernatural
Series	Tomb Raider