Shadow of the Tomb Raider
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| Developers | |
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| Eidos-Montréal | |
| Crystal Dynamics | |
| Windows | Nixxes Software[1] |
| macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive[2] |
| Linux | Feral Interactive[2] |
| Publishers | |
| 2023-present | Crystal Dynamics |
| 2018-2023 | Square Enix |
| OS X, Linux | Feral Interactive |
| Engines | |
| Foundation | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 14, 2018 |
| macOS (OS X) | November 5, 2019[3] |
| Linux | November 5, 2019[3] |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 77 |
| OpenCritic | 80 |
| IGDB | 80 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Microtransactions | None |
| 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 |
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| ⤏ 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 |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a singleplayer third-person action and adventure game in the Tomb Raider series.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider was developed by both Eidos-Montréal and 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 a post-launch update in March 2019 that added support for ray traced shadows and DLSS 1.0.[4] Around the end of 2021, around one-and-a-half year after the last patch released, several patches were released upgrading the DLSS implementation to to the significantly improved version 2.3.2.0. Additionally an improved shadow denoiser for ray traced shadows, improved ray traced shadows on higher settings, fixes for compatibility issues with Intel GPU-hardware, updated multiplayer infrastructure to use Epic Online Services (without the need for an Epic account), removed Denuvo from the game, and several bug- and crash-fixes were implemented.[5] In September 2022, another update was released for the game, introducing support for XeSS.[6]
Key points
General information
- Official forum
- Square Enix Support Center
- Steam Community Discussions
- GeForce.com Graphics and Performance Guide
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| Publisher website | |
Digital Deluxe Edition, Croft Edition also available. | |
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| Epic Games Store | |
Definitive Edition. | |
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| GamersGate | |
Croft Edition also available. | |
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Digital Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Definitive Edition. | |
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| Humble Store | |
Definitive Edition. | |
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| Steam | |
Definitive Edition. | |
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| Amazon.com (unavailable) | |
Digital Deluxe Edition, Croft Edition also available. | |
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| Mac App Store | |
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- Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed from the Steam version on October 18, 2021.[10]
- A demo is available on Steam.
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Season Pass | |
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| Official Wallpaper | Available by pre-ordering any edition of the game. | |
| Skills Booster Pack | Available by pre-ordering any edition of the game. | |
| The Forge | Included in Season Pass. | |
| The Pillar | Included in Season Pass. | |
| Spectre Gear | Included in Season Pass, Croft Edition and The Forge. | |
| Golden Eagle Gear | Included in Season Pass, Croft Edition and The Pillar. | |
| Croft Edition Extras | Included in the Croft edition. | |
| Deluxe Extras | Included in the Digital Deluxe edition. | |
Essential improvements
Skip launcher and fix Steam overlay
Use the -nolauncher command line argument[11]
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Game data
In-game gameplay settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Eidos Montreal\Shadow of the Tomb Raider\ |
| macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Shadow of the Tomb Raider/ |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Shadow of the Tomb Raider/preferences $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Shadow of the Tomb Raider/SaveData/<user-id>/profile.dat |
- 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*.dat |
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 |
- 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 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 | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 2.3, XeSS |
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| 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. | ||
Launcher display settings.
Launcher graphics settings.
Input
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game mouse 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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| 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 | [12] |
| DualShock 4 controllers | ||
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| DualShock button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | Static blue. | |
| Connection modes | Wireless Adapter, Wired, Bluetooth V2 tested. Bluetooth support was added in patch 2.[13] |
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| Generic/other controllers | May need to skip launcher. | |
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| Button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | Not supported on DualShock 4. | |
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
| Steam Input | ||
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| Steam Input API support | ||
| Official controller preset(s) | ||
| Steam Controller button prompts | Missing paddle prompts. |
Audio
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 | ||
| Royalty free audio | Several Peruvian songs are licensed. |
Localizations
- All languages have an option to turn on native voices for some characters to improve immersion.
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Also available the variant known as English (KSA), for Arabic countries.[14] | |||
| Arabic | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Fan translation, #1, #2. | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | Not shown on Steam store page, but can be chosen in-game. | |||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish | Not shown on Steam store page, but can be chosen in-game. | |||
| Turkish | Fan translation. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 2 | Co-op Only the Challenge Tombs of DLCs. |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
VR support
In-game Tobii eye tracking settings.
| 3D modes | Native | Notes | |
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| Native 3D | Side by side. | ||
| Nvidia 3D Vision | |||
| vorpX | G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
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| Devices | Native | Notes | |
| 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 fixed
Some elements of the game do not work in higher frame rate
The following issues happen when running the game on higher frame rate:
- Cannot spin the blocks with numbers in Ix Chel and Chak Chel chamber (Windows only)
- In-game cutscene freezes when talking to the old man for the 1st time during Price of Survival's DLC quest called The Dragon and The Prince (Native Linux version)
| Cap the frame rate at 60 FPS[15] |
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Stabilize the frame rate in native Linux version
The game may require increasing the shader cache size in order to provide a better frame rate as by default both Mesa and NVIDIA's proprietary driver libraries use 1 GB by default which won't be enough. This can be done using the following environment variables for specific vendors into the command line (On Steam it must end with %command% in order to pass it through):
| Set the shader cache size to 2GB with environment variable[16] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11, 12 | Toggleable from launcher or settings. |
| Metal support | ||
| Vulkan | Linux only. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Wwise | |
| Interface | Scaleform | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
| Multiplayer | Epic Online Services | [10] |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-3220 AMD FX-8350 |
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 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 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| 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 |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 18.04 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-4130 3.4 GHz | Intel Core i7-4770 3.4 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon R9 285 2 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
References
- ↑ Nixxes - SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shadow of the Tomb Raider coming to macOS and Linux in 2019 - Feral News - last accessed on 2018-11-20
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition destined for macOS and Linux on 5 November - Feral News - last accessed on 2019-10-15
- ↑ Shadow of the Tomb Raider Finally Got Its RTX and DLSS Patch on PC - last accessed on 2022-08-15
- ↑ PC Patch Notes for patch Shadow of the Tomb Raider, build 1.0.453.0 (Patch #20) - last accessed on 2022-08-15
- ↑ Update notes for Sept. 27, 2022 - last accessed on 2022-09-27
- ↑ Imgur - Shadow of the Tomb Raider Display Settings - last accessed on 2018-09-20
- "DirectX 12 is our recommended graphics API for the best performance and to allow the use of the latest hardware features.
DirectX 11 is available for use on older operating systems or graphics hardware."
- "DirectX 12 is our recommended graphics API for the best performance and to allow the use of the latest hardware features.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Digital Foundry - Shadow of the Tomb Raider PC Analysis (YouTube) - last accessed on 2018-09-20
- ↑ Computer Base - Shadow of the Tomb Raider im Test: DirectX 12 wirkt, aber schnell muss die GPU trotzdem sein 2/3 (German) - last accessed on 2018-09-20
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/7533035/
- ↑ Disable / ignore launcher. - last accessed on 2022-08-15
- ↑ Xbox one Trigger Rumble supported in the game!
- ↑ Shadow of the Tomb Raider - [21-09-2018] PC Patch Notes for patch 1.0.230.9 (Patch #2) - last accessed on 2018-09-21
- ↑ question to developer: why only Arabic or English are available in copies of game "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" purchased in Arabic countries? - last accessed on 2023-01-15
- ↑ Stuck/Bug Ix Chel Chak Chel puzzle doors :: Shadow of the Tomb Raider General Discussions - last accessed on 2019-07-26
- ↑ Verified by User:Kenji Kusanagi on 2022-12-01
- Discovered while benchmarking the game with default 1 GB and 2 GB. Note that increasing it beyond that barely makes any difference
