Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a single-player action-adventure game and the finale of the origins trilogy about Lara Croft, which began in 2013. The search for a Maya artefact takes Lara and her companion Jonah from Mexico into the Peruvian jungle. There she gets caught between the secret organisation Trinity and an impending catastrophe. The remote city of Paititi is an important setting.

The story combines exploration and climbing sections with stealth missions, combat and optional puzzle tombs. If you follow the campaign, you can manage without all side missions. Additional tomb chambers offer harder puzzles and rewards.

Released Sept 14, 2018 for Windows PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Feral Interactive also brought the Definitive Edition to macOS and Linux on Nov 5, 2019.

Since Oct 22, 2026, the Definitive Edition has also been available as a native Nintendo Switch 2 version. It includes the main game and all seven bonus tombs. The Switch 2 release is not a port for the first Switch generation.

Native versions are available for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch 2. On PC, Windows, macOS and Linux versions exist. On PS5 and Xbox Series, you can play the older console versions via backward compatibility, without them becoming standalone PS5 or Xbox Series versions.

For Nintendo Switch 2, Aspyr offers the Definitive Edition on its own and as part of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy. The latter also includes Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration.

In the jungle, Lara uses mud, vegetation and the height differences of the environment to get past enemies or take them out from an ambush. In open terrain, she uses a bow, firearms and improvised tools. Collected resources can be used to craft and upgrade equipment.

Underwater caves, abseiling passages and vertical temple complexes expand exploration. Hidden paths and optional challenges reward thorough searching. Paititi also offers residents, side quests and access to further tombs.

The Definitive Edition includes the campaign, seven additional challenge tombs and the released weapons, outfits and abilities. The expansions include additional stories and tasks around new tombs. The two-person co-op feature applies to designated bonus tombs and does not turn the main campaign into a co-op adventure.

The Switch 2 version released in 2026 is offered exclusively as the Definitive Edition. In October 2026, the Definitive Survivor Trilogy collection also came out, which includes this game together with its two predecessors.

On Windows, Shadow of the Tomb Raider requires at least an Intel Core i3-3220 or a comparable AMD CPU, 8 GB RAM and a GeForce GTX 660, GTX 1050 or Radeon HD 7770. Recommended are a Core i7-4770K or Ryzen 5 1600, 16 GB RAM and a GTX 1060 with 6 GB or Radeon RX 480 with 8 GB. The installation is planned to need about 40 GB of free storage.

The original requirements list Windows 7 64-bit, but the current Steam client requires Windows 10 or newer. The macOS and Linux versions have different hardware and system requirements. On Linux, Vulkan is required.

The entire story around Lara and Trinity is played alone. In selected bonus challenge tombs, two people can solve puzzles together. On Nintendo Switch 2, online co-op requires an internet connection and, if applicable, a Nintendo Switch Online membership.

The PC version offers German menus, German voice audio and German subtitles. The PlayStation 4 Definitive Edition also supports German text and German voice audio. For the Switch 2 collection, Nintendo lists German among the supported languages.