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?

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, Android
• Tomb Raider II (1997) – PS1, PC, Classic Mac OS, iOS, Android
• Tomb Raider III (1998) – PS1, PC, Classic Mac OS
• Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999) – PS1, Sega Dreamcast, PC, Classic Mac OS
• Tomb Raider (2000) – Gameboy Color
• Tomb Raider Chronicles (2000) – PS1, Sega Dreamcast, PC, Classic Mac OS
• Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword (2001) – Gameboy Color
• Tomb Raider: The Prophecy (2002) – Gameboy Advance
• Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003) – PS2, PC, macOS
• Tomb Raider: Legend (2006) – PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, PC, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007) – PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, macOS
• Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008) – PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, Nintendo DS, Nokia N-Gage 2.0, macOS
• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010) – PS3, Xbox 360, PC, iOS, Android
• Tomb Raider (2013) – PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, macOS, Nvidia Shield, Google Stadia
• Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (2014) – PS4, Xbox One, PC
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015) – PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, macOS, Linux, Google Stadia
• Shadow 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)