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Tomb Raider I (1996)
Adventurer Lara Croft has been hired to recover the pieces of an ancient artifact known as the Scion. With her fearless acrobatic style she runs, jumps, swims and climbs her way towards the truth of its origin and powers - leaving only a trail of empty tombs and gun-cartridges in her wake.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Tomb Raider is a single player Sega Saturn game. You are a globe trotting explorer, alone and isolated, forced to navigate and survive various places like tombs, crypts, jungles, and more. Armed with a pair of pistols and only very occasional save points, Lara Croft faces off…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“Very challenging and entertaining!! A must play for people who like third-person action games.”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“Incredibly unforgiving action game where you dodge traps and fight off creatures. It's good. A classic in the genre.”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:57 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Action · Classic · Female Protagonist · Singleplayer · Puzzle · Third Person · Platformer · Retro · 1990's · Action-Adventure · Old School (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 Processor: 1.8 GHz Processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9 DirectX®: 9.0 Hard Drive: 2 GB HD space