Good balance of puzzles, action and varied locations
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“the perfect balance between exploration, puzzles, and combat”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
Tomb Raider: Legend
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Crystal Dynamics2007Adventure · Action · Puzzle
−86%$6.99$0.97
US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A short, stylish, fast-paced Lara Croft adventure with great platforming, music and charisma, but a buggy PC port with janky camera and controls. Skip it if you hate crashes or clunky 2006 controls.
Great for
Tomb Raider fans and nostalgic players who want a short, cinematic platformer and will tweak settings or use fixes.
Main risk
Crashes and bugs on modern PCs (especially Next Gen content) plus clunky camera, controls and motorcycle sections.
What changed in the last 30 days
21 recent reviews
Few recent negatives, mostly about a buggy port, bad camera and climbing, and no launching on new PCs. Evidence is thin, so low confidence.
21 recent reviews
What players love
Charismatic Lara and fun story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Lara's character is the strongest part of this game as from the get go she is chatty, witty, confident and intelligent while still staying classy.”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗
Nostalgia and holds up visually
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“still looks amazing for a 20 year old game.”
Steam review · 134.2 h played ↗
Fluid acrobatic platforming and grapple
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the platforming is the most polished and glitch free out of the era”
Steam review · 41 h played ↗
Short, tight and cheap on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“A fun, short tomb raider experience.”
Steam review · 35 h played ↗
Great soundtrack and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The OST is by far the best of this era and It has this awesome early 2000's nostalgia downtempo feel.”
Steam review · 41 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and bugs, especially Next Gen content
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“In 2024, this port still isn't fixed, and it crashes and freezes a lot.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
Clunky controls and unreliable ledge grabs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the climbing glitches and makes it so that u are facing a direction in which you are basically holding on to air and it causes you to jump in the wrong direction getting you killed”
Steam review · 19.8 h played ↗
Weak, repetitive combat and bad auto-aim
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The auto aim doesn't even auto aim and youre shooting someone else when someone is clearly right behind you.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Awful camera
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Camera is terrible. Overly-aggressive auto-centering combined with annoying restrictions in movement result in not being able to see anything in a number of scenarios”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗
Brutal motorcycle sections, especially Kazakhstan
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“you have to get every health pack along the way without missing one or else you die because there's no way to actually avoid the damage on a motorcycle”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Frustrating, buggy boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“At that point, the game ignores and delays the commands the gamer gives, therefore Lara Croft doesn‘t fight this enemy.”
Steam review · 17.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support
Steam doesn’t list requirements for this game.
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