Tomb Raider games in order: By release date and timeline

TOMB RAIDER is a cult classic among videogame fans.

Doused in nostalgia, it can be tempting to play the lengthy franchise front to back – but where to start?

Tomb Raider is a hugely successful action franchise which started in 1996

In what order should you play the Tomb Raider games?

Playing the Tomb Raider games in story order may prove to be tricky as there are three separate timelines in the Lara Croft franchise.

There’s the original timeline which began with the original Tomb Raider game in 1996, ending with 2003’s Tomb Raider: The Angel Of Darkness.

Next is the legend timeline, which began with Tomb Raider: Legend in 2006 and finished in 2008 with Tomb Raider: Underworld.

Lastly, there’s the survivor timeline which started with the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot and ended as a trilogy with 2018’s Shadow Of The Tomb Raider.

Tomb Raider games in release order

Lara Croft has come a long way since her 1996 debut in Tomb Raider, and has gone on to feature in various follow-up games.

There have also been two films starring Angelina Jolie as the all-action archeologist and a 2018 reboot with Alicia Vikander.

Here are the Tomb Raider games in release order:

Tomb Raider (1996) – PS1, Sega Saturn, MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS, N-Gage, iOS, AndroidTomb Raider II (1997) – PS1, PC, Classic Mac OS, iOS, AndroidTomb Raider III (1998) – PS1, PC, Classic Mac OSTomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999) – PS1, Sega Dreamcast, PC, Classic Mac OSTomb Raider (2000) – Gameboy ColorTomb Raider Chronicles (2000) – PS1, Sega Dreamcast, PC, Classic Mac OSTomb Raider: Curse of the Sword (2001) – Gameboy ColorTomb Raider: The Prophecy (2002) – Gameboy AdvanceTomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003) – PS2, PC, macOSTomb Raider: Legend (2006) – PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, PC, Nintendo DS, Game Boy AdvanceTomb Raider: Anniversary (2007) – PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, macOSTomb Raider: Underworld (2008) – PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, Nintendo DS, Nokia N-Gage 2.0, macOSLara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010) – PS3, Xbox 360, PC, iOS, AndroidTomb Raider (2013) – PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, macOS, Nvidia Shield, Google StadiaLara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (2014) – PS4, Xbox One, PCRise of the Tomb Raider (2015) – PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, macOS, Linux, Google StadiaShadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) – PS4, Xbox One, PC, macOS, Linux, Google Stadia

Tomb Raider games in chronological order

Original timeline:

Tomb Raider (1996)Tomb Raider II (1997)Tomb Raider III (1998)Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999)Tomb Raider Chronicles (2000)Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003)

Legend timeline:

Tomb Raider: Legend (2006)Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007)Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)

Survivor timeline:

Tomb Raider (2013)Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)

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