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Rise of the Tomb Raider

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Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider cover
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
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Rise of the Tomb Raider on IGDB
Rise of the Tomb Raider guide on StrategyWiki
Rise of the Tomb Raider on MobyGames
Rise of the Tomb Raider on Wikipedia
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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.

Rise 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
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Developer website
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20 Year Celebration Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Publisher website (unavailable)
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20 Year Celebration Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
20 Year Celebration Edition.
DRM-free when launched from the executable.
Windows
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20 Year Celebration Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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20 Year Celebration Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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20 Year Celebration Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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20 Year Celebration Edition.
macOS (OS X)
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC
Windows
Steam
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20 Year Celebration Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Amazon.com (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Ancient Vanguard
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Apex Predator Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch Included in Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Challenge Card Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Cold Darkness Awakened Included in Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Endurance Mode Included in Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Gold Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Hope's Bastion Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Prophet's Legacy Included in Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Remnant Resistance Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Season Pass Digital Deluxe Edition includes Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Season Pass Card Packs Season Pass exclusive.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Silver Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Sparrowhawk Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Siberian Ranger Pack Included in Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Tactical Survivor Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Wild Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Wilderness Survivor Included in Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
20 Year Celebration Pack Included in Season Pass.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

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 display settings (Steam version).
Launcher graphics settings (Steam version).
Launcher graphics settings (Steam version).
In-game general settings (Steam version).
In-game general settings (Steam version).
In-game display settings (Steam version).
In-game display settings (Steam version).
In-game graphics settings (Steam version).
In-game graphics settings (Steam version).

Graphics feature State 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
Game can be modded to have DLSS work as FSR 2, see DLSS2FSR
Vertical sync (Vsync)
The triple or double buffering option in the vsync section does not work since the selected option is ignored.
Double buffering in DX11 and tripled buffering in DX12.
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]

DLSS2FSR

Expose the DLSS option to use modded FSR2 for non RTX users.
  1. Download the SOTTR-DLSS2FSR zip file and extract all the contents.
  2. Put nvngx.dll and nvngx.ini into the <path-to-game>.
  3. Launch the EnableSignatureOverride.reg file and confirm the option.
  4. Start the game's launcher.
  5. Select NVIDIA DLSS and choose the desired preset.

Notes

This may or may not affect the game's multiplayer, I have not tested it.
You can further adjust settings through the nvngx.ini file.
Works in both DirectX11 and DirectX12.

Input

In-game input settings (Steam version).
In-game input settings (Steam version).
In-game rebinding (Steam version).
In-game rebinding (Steam version).
In-game controller settings (Steam version).
In-game controller settings (Steam version).
In-game controller buttons (Steam version).
In-game controller buttons (Steam version).

Audio

In-game audio settings (Steam version).
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.
Files of languages you are not using, can be safely deleted to save disk space

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native 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 State 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
SteamVR
VR only available in the Blood Ties story in the 20 Year Celebration Pack DLC.[19]
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Windows Mixed Reality
Devices
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
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]

Camera Tools

Rise of The Tomb Raider Photomode

Rise of The Tomb Raider Photomode (created by Otis_Inf) provides a virtual photography and virtual filmmaking toolkit. Includes depth of field, timestop, camera paths and more.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum[24] Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100
AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM) 6 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
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
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 28 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 680
AMD Radeon R9 285
2 GB of VRAM
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

  1. Nixxes - RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  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. steamdb.info - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  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. Reddit - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  12. Why is VXAO option missing from DirectX 12 and only appears when in DirectX 11??? :: Rise of the Tomb Raider General Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  13. Verified by User:Mrntptrs1 on 2022-08-15
    Still true as of the latest update
  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 - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  16. Localization - Saudi Arabia - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  17. Rise of the Tomb Raider to be Fully Localized in Arabic - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  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!
  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 - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  23. 23-11-2021 PC Patch Notes for patch Rise of the Tomb Raider, build 1.0. 1026.0 (Patch #16) - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  24. Rise of the Tomb Raider – Windows Games on Microsoft Store
  25. Linux system Requirements - last accessed on 17 May 2023