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Slay the Spire 2Lara Croft Spin-offs
The Lara Croft spin-offs are the Tomb Raider games outside the main series, led by the co-op games Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010) and Temple of Osiris (2014), the puzzle game Lara Croft GO (2015), the runner Relic Run (2015) and Tomb Raider Reloaded (2023).
The best-known Tomb Raider spin-offs, the games outside the main series, are two top-down co-op adventures, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010) and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (2014); two mobile games from 2015, the turn-based puzzler Lara Croft GO and the endless runner Lara Croft: Relic Run; the roguelike Tomb Raider Reloaded (2023); and The Lara Croft Collection, which put the two co-op games on Nintendo Switch. The best reviewed is Guardian of Light, at 85 on Metacritic for Xbox 360; Lara Croft GO, at 83 on iOS and 84 on PlayStation 4, won an Apple Design Award. None is part of the story the main games tell (see Tomb Raider Games in Order).
Quick facts
| First | Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Aug 18, 2010 |
| Latest | Tomb Raider Reloaded, Feb 14, 2023 |
| Best Metascore | Guardian of Light, 85 (Xbox 360), as of Nov 1, 2026 |
| Award | Lara Croft GO, Apple Design Award 2016 |
| Mobile downloads | Over 53 million paid downloads of the Lara Croft mobile games (May 2022) |
Sources: Metacritic, Nov 1, 2026; Pocket Gamer, Jun 2016; 80.lv, May 3, 2022.
Every spin-off
| Game | Released | Developer | Kind | Metascore | Main story |
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| Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light | Aug 18, 2010 | Crystal Dynamics | Isometric co-op action | 85 (Xbox 360), 84 (PS3), 82 (PC), 73 (iOS) | 6.5 hours |
| Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris | Dec 9, 2014 | Crystal Dynamics; Metacritic credits Nixxes | Four-player co-op action | 74 (PS4), 73 (PC), 72 (Xbox One) | 5 hours |
| Lara Croft: Relic Run | May 25, 2015 | Simutronics | Endless runner (mobile) | 71 (iOS) | Endless |
| Lara Croft GO | Aug 27, 2015 | Square Enix Montreal | Turn-based puzzle | 83 (iOS), 84 (PS4) | 3.5 hours |
| The Lara Croft Collection | 2023 (Switch) | Feral Interactive | Guardian of Light and Temple of Osiris together | Not scored | 11.5 hours for both |
| Tomb Raider Reloaded | Feb 14, 2023 | Emerald City Games (see below) | Top-down roguelike (mobile, Netflix) | Not scored | Not listed |
Sources: Metacritic pages for Guardian of Light, Temple of Osiris, Relic Run and Lara Croft GO, Nov 1, 2026; HowLongToBeat, Nov 2, 2026; Crystal Dynamics, Nov 1, 2026; TouchArcade, Feb 1, 2023. The Collection's time adds HowLongToBeat's two main-story times.
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010)
Crystal Dynamics' first spin-off dropped the Tomb Raider name and the over-the-shoulder camera: an isometric adventure in which Lara teams up with an Aztec warrior named Totec, built for two players. Square Enix published it on Aug 18, 2010, and Steam dates the PC version Sep 28, 2010. Keeley Hawes voiced Lara, as in Tomb Raider: Legend. HowLongToBeat players finish it in 6.5 hours, 16 for everything.
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (2014)
The sequel raised the co-op to four players in an Egyptian temple and came out on Dec 9, 2014 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. It scored lower than Guardian of Light, 74 at best, and reviewers singled out its couch co-op. It is usually billed as a Crystal Dynamics game, but Metacritic credits Nixxes Software; no primary source checked for this page settles it.
Lara Croft GO (2015)
Square Enix Montreal turned Lara's tomb raiding into a turn-based puzzle game, released Aug 27, 2015. It won a 2016 Apple Design Award and came to PlayStation 4 and Steam. It is short: 3.5 hours for the main puzzles, with two DLC chapters, The Cave of Fire (1.5 hours) and The Mirror of Spirits (under an hour).
Lara Croft: Relic Run (2015)
Simutronics' endless runner for phones came out on May 25, 2015 and scored 71 on iOS. Whether it is still offered in the stores today is not known as of Nov 2, 2026.
Tomb Raider Reloaded (2023)
A top-down roguelike action game for iOS, Android and Netflix, released worldwide Feb 14, 2023, Lara's birthday, after a soft launch in some Asian countries in December 2020. Netflix members got it without ads or in-app purchases. It was announced for the series' 25th anniversary as a Square Enix London Mobile game with Crystal Dynamics, but launch coverage names Emerald City Games as the developer and CDE Entertainment as publisher, likely the same team after the 2022 sale to Embracer, which is not confirmed. Keeley Hawes is its main Lara, and for a time after launch players could pick the voices of Shelley Blond, Judith Gibbins or Jonell Elliott (see Lara Croft Voice Actors). Its current availability is not known as of Nov 2, 2026.
The Lara Croft Collection (2023)
Feral Interactive's Nintendo Switch release of Guardian of Light and Temple of Osiris, the only way to play the two on Switch. Crystal Dynamics dates it Jun 1, 2023; Feral Interactive's announcement says Jun 29.
Crossovers
Lara also turns up in other games, sold on Steam as add-ons: Dead by Daylight's Tomb Raider Chapter (Jul 16, 2024), Pinball FX's Tomb Raider Pinball (Jun 19, 2025) and its VR version (Oct 14, 2026), and The Crew Motorfest's Tomb Raider Pack (Oct 7, 2026), by Steam's dates as of Nov 1, 2026.
Frequently asked questions
What are the Lara Croft spin-off games? The Tomb Raider spin-offs are Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010), Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (2014), Lara Croft: Relic Run (2015), Lara Croft GO (2015) and Tomb Raider Reloaded (2023), plus The Lara Croft Collection on Switch.
Is Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light a Tomb Raider game? It is a Tomb Raider spin-off by Crystal Dynamics that leaves the Tomb Raider name off: a top-down co-op adventure, not part of the main series' story.
Can you play Guardian of Light and Temple of Osiris on Switch? Yes, as The Lara Croft Collection by Feral Interactive, released in June 2023 (Crystal Dynamics says Jun 1, Feral says Jun 29).
How long is Lara Croft GO? About 3.5 hours for the main puzzles and 7 hours for everything, by HowLongToBeat players' times as of Nov 2, 2026; it is the shortest Tomb Raider game.
Is Tomb Raider Reloaded on Netflix? Tomb Raider Reloaded launched on Netflix on Feb 14, 2023 for members, without ads or in-app purchases, and on iOS and Android; whether it is still offered is not known as of Nov 2, 2026.
Sources
- Metacritic: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Metacritic, read Nov 1, 2026
- Metacritic: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Metacritic, read Nov 1, 2026
- Metacritic: Lara Croft: Relic Run, Metacritic, read Nov 1, 2026
- Metacritic: Lara Croft GO, Metacritic, read Nov 1, 2026
- HowLongToBeat: search "lara croft", HowLongToBeat, read Nov 2, 2026
- Steam search "tomb raider", Steam, read Nov 1, 2026
- The Lara Croft Collection, Crystal Dynamics, read Nov 1, 2026
- The Lara Croft Collection Blasts onto Nintendo Switch on June 29th, Feral Interactive, 2023
- Apple rewards Lara Croft GO, Chameleon Run and Inks with Design Awards, Pocket Gamer, Jun 2016
- Tomb Raider Reloaded trailer and release date, TouchArcade, Feb 1, 2023
- Tomb Raider: actrices de voz originales de Lara se reuniran en nuevo juego de la serie, LevelUp (Mardokeo Galvan), Oct 31, 2021
- Tomb Raider Lifetime Sales Have Surpassed 88M Copies, 80.lv (Ana Kessler), May 3, 2022
- History of Tomb Raider (1996 - 2018), Nick930, Sep 7, 2018 (video)
Moments
History of Tomb Raider (1996 - 2018)
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Shadow of the Tomb RaiderShadow of the Tomb Raider (2018) ends the Survivor trilogy, with Lara Croft trying to stop a Maya apocalypse in the jungle. Eidos-Montréal led it with Crystal Dynamics; critics liked it less than the two before it, at 82 on Metacritic for Xbox One and 80 on OpenCritic.
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The Angel of DarknessTomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (Tomb Raider 6, 2003) was Core Design's last Tomb Raider, a troubled PlayStation 2 and PC game rated 52 and 49 on Metacritic, the lowest of any main-series game. Weeks after it launched, Eidos moved the series to Crystal Dynamics.
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The Last RevelationTomb Raider: The Last Revelation (Tomb Raider 4, 1999) is Core Design's Egypt game, in which Lara Croft frees the god Set and must imprison him again, and which ends with her apparent death. Metacritic lists no critic score for it, but its users rate it 8.3.
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Tomb Raider (1996)Tomb Raider (1996) is the first Tomb Raider game, made by Core Design in Derby and published by Eidos Interactive in late 1996 on Sega Saturn, PlayStation and PC. Lara Croft hunts the Scion across 15 levels in Peru, Greece, Egypt and Atlantis; it sold over 7 million copies.
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Tomb Raider (2013)Tomb Raider (2013) is Crystal Dynamics' reboot, Lara Croft's origin story on a stormbound island, published by Square Enix on Mar 5, 2013 with Camilla Luddington as Lara. It scored 86 to 87 on Metacritic and had sold 11 million copies by 2018, though Square Enix first called its sales below target.
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Tomb Raider 2Tomb Raider 2 (Tomb Raider II, 1997) is Core Design's first sequel, sending Lara Croft after the Dagger of Xian from the Great Wall of China to Venice, a sunken ship and Tibet. It holds an 85 on Metacritic for PlayStation, one of the best scores in the series.
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Tomb Raider 3Tomb Raider 3 (Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft, 1998) is Core Design's third game, in which Lara Croft tracks four artifacts carved from an Antarctic meteorite through India, Nevada, the South Pacific and London. It scores 76 on Metacritic and is the longest classic Tomb Raider to finish.
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Tomb Raider ChroniclesTomb Raider Chronicles (Tomb Raider 5, 2000) is Core Design's fifth game, four short flashback adventures told by Lara Croft's friends at her memorial after The Last Revelation. It scored 57 to 63 on Metacritic, and its PC version came with the Tomb Raider level editor.
See also
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Tomb Raider Games in OrderThe Tomb Raider games in release order run from Tomb Raider (1996) through Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018), the Remastered collections of 2024 and 2025, and Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis on Feb 12, 2027, with Catalyst after it. In story order the Survivor trilogy comes first, then the 1996 adventure.
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Tomb Raider: LegendTomb Raider: Legend (2006) is Crystal Dynamics' first Tomb Raider, a fast, short adventure in which Lara Croft hunts the pieces of Excalibur to learn her mother's fate. It scored 82 on Metacritic and shipped over 2.9 million units in its first months.
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Lara Croft Voice ActorsAlix Wilton Regan voices Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and Catalyst. Before her, Lara was voiced by Shelley Blond, Judith Gibbins, Jonell Elliott, Keeley Hawes and Camilla Luddington, and by Hayley Atwell in Netflix's animated series.
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Core DesignCore Design was the studio in Derby, England, that created Tomb Raider and Lara Croft, made the first six games from 1996 to 2003 for publisher Eidos, then lost the series to Crystal Dynamics. Toby Gard, credited with creating Lara, left after the first game and returned at Crystal Dynamics in 2004.
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Crystal DynamicsCrystal Dynamics is the California studio that has made Tomb Raider since 2003, from Tomb Raider Legend to the Survivor trilogy. Owned by Embracer Group since 2022, it is making Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis with Flying Wild Hog and Tomb Raider Catalyst, both published by Amazon Game Studios.
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Rise of the Tomb RaiderRise of the Tomb Raider (2015) is Crystal Dynamics' second Survivor game, sending Lara Croft to Siberia in search of the Lost City of Kitezh. Critics rated it among the best Tomb Raider games, at 86 on both Metacritic and OpenCritic.