Excellent puzzles and level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“This game has possibly the best exploration puzzles I have seen in any game.”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%Crystal Dynamics2007Adventure · Action · Puzzle
−89%$8.99$0.98
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A faithful, atmospheric remake of the first Tomb Raider with excellent puzzles and level design, but the Steam port is buggy and the camera and jumping frustrate. Skip it if you hate janky controls.
Great for
Classic Tomb Raider fans who like exploration and platforming puzzles and can tolerate jank
Main risk
Lara missing ledges, a bad camera and port bugs make platforming infuriating or even blocking
What players love
Faithful, well-done remake of the original
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It’s not just the same game again with better graphics it actually reimagines the original in a way that still feels true to Tomb Raider.”
Steam review · 13.8 h played ↗
Beautiful visuals, atmosphere and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“All the enviroments are jaw dropping with varying levels of verticality”
Steam review · 13.8 h played ↗
Satisfying acrobatics and exploration
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“loved the exploration and puzzles”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗
Cheap on sale and runs on Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“when it was priced at $0.98 and I couldn't help myself. For that price, it's a no-brainer”
Steam review · 22.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Buggy, broken PC port
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“This has got to be the buggiest and the most unoptimized PC port I have ever experienced in my video gaming history.”
Steam review · 24.3 h played ↗
Lara misses ledges and jumps unpredictably
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Lara will often not jump, not grab, or randomly let go of ledges and poles.”
Steam review · 25.3 h played ↗
Awful camera
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The camera tracks and follows your every movement causing you to fight the camera with the right joystick and gives you a headache from the dizziness.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Buggy bosses and clunky combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“What is game breaking is the T-rex boss is completely broken, it just gets stuck in walls”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
Crashes, won't launch on modern Windows
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Doesn't work on Windows 11. Crashes on startup with ERROR OUT OF TABLE RANGE.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Brutal late levels and unfair platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“The slope jump is punishingly precise, and the swinging poles are bugged to the extent”
Steam review · 18.3 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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