Rise of the Tomb Raider™ similar games & best alternatives

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Rise of the Tomb Raider™

PlayStation 4, Linux, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One • 2016

Should you play it?

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration includes the base game and Season Pass featuring all-new content. Explore Croft Manor in the new “Blood Ties” story, then defend it against a zombie invasion in “Lara’s Nightmare”.

What works

  • Beautiful and immersive graphics
  • Engaging story and character development
  • Balanced gameplay with exploration, combat, and puzzles
  • Rich progression and customization systems
  • Extensive side content and dlcs

Things to keep in mind

  • Occasional bugs and performance issues
  • Some players find story and characters clichéd or underdeveloped
  • High system requirements for max settings
  • Limited multiplayer and social features
  • Certain gameplay elements can feel repetitive or grindy

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition

  • Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered

  • Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • God of War Ragnarök

  • Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition

More intense

Games that feels like Rise of the Tomb Raider™ but with a more intense feel

  • Dead Space

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

  • Tormented Souls 2

  • The Evil Within

  • Dead Space™ 2

  • Resident Evil 4

Less expressive

Games that feels like Rise of the Tomb Raider™ but with less self-expression and customization

  • Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition

  • Deadfall Adventures

  • Scars Above

  • The Chant

  • Outcast - A New Beginning

  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Tomb Raider: Legend

  • Tomb Raider Game of the Year

  • Tomb Raider: Underworld

  • Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered

  • Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Rise of the Tomb Raider™. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Rise of the Tomb Raider™. These titles are not in What to play next.

Rise of the Tomb Raider™: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Violence, Story.

Last update: 22/08/2026