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Tomb Raider I-III Remastered is Aspyr's Feb 14, 2024 collection of the first three Tomb Raider games and their expansions, with new graphics you can switch off at any time, modern or classic controls and a photo mode. It scored 75 on Metacritic for PS5; a Challenge Mode came on Mar 12, 2026.
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered (in full, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft) is Aspyr's collection of Tomb Raider (1996), Tomb Raider 2 and Tomb Raider 3 with all their expansions and secret levels, released on Feb 14, 2024, Lara Croft's birthday. It keeps the original levels and lets you switch between the new graphics and the original polygons at any time, and adds modern controls, a photo mode and achievements. Critics were mixed, 75 on Metacritic for PS5, while players liked it more: 83% of 3,636 Steam reviews are positive, as of Nov 1, 2026. It is the easiest way to play the game that Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis remakes in 2027.
Quick facts
| Released | Feb 14, 2024 (Steam lists Feb 13 in US time) |
| Developer and publisher | Aspyr (Steam also credits Crystal Dynamics) |
| Platforms | PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, PC (Steam, Epic, GOG); Switch 2, iOS and Android since Mar 12, 2026 |
| Launch price | $29.99 |
| Contains | Tomb Raider + Unfinished Business, Tomb Raider II + Golden Mask, Tomb Raider III + The Lost Artifact |
| Metacritic | 75 (PS5), 75 (Xbox Series X), 73 (PC), 71 (Switch), as of Nov 1, 2026 |
| OpenCritic | 75 Top Critic Average, 57% recommend, as of Nov 1, 2026 |
| Length | 65.5 hours, all three games (HowLongToBeat, Nov 2, 2026) |
| Buy | Steam |
Sources: Crystal Dynamics, Nov 1, 2026; Steam, Nov 1, 2026; Crystal Dynamics: reveal, Sep 14, 2023; Crystal Dynamics: Challenge Mode, Mar 12, 2026; Metacritic, Nov 1, 2026; OpenCritic, Nov 1, 2026; HowLongToBeat, Nov 2, 2026.
What is in Tomb Raider I-III Remastered?
Three games and three expansions: the 1996 game with Unfinished Business, Tomb Raider 2 with Golden Mask, and Tomb Raider 3 with The Lost Artifact, plus their secret levels. The Unfinished Business levels reached consoles for the first time here, and the collection plays them in the order the developers first intended, the Atlantis pair first, per Stella's Tomb Raider Site. Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics announced it in a Nintendo Direct on Sep 14, 2023.
What changed from the originals?
- Graphics you can toggle. Updated character models, 3D pickups where the originals used flat sprites, and baked and real-time lighting; one button returns the original look.
- Two control schemes. Classic tank controls or a modern scheme, plus camera lock-on.
- Photo Mode with 21 poses.
- Achievements and trophies, over 200, one for locking Winston in the freezer.
- Boss health bars and a Restart Level option in the passport menu.
- New Game+ after one playthrough: no medi packs, tougher enemies, saving only at blue save crystals.
The levels themselves are the same, with touches such as openings that now act as visible light sources and more plants. Fans of the series worked on it: Timur Gagiev, maker of the OpenLara engine, was its technical director.
How do the controls work?
The classic controls are the 1996 ones: Up runs, Down hops back, Left and Right turn on the spot, and Walk stops Lara at edges. The modern scheme moves her in the direction you push, like a current third-person game. Reviewers did not like it. Kotaku said the modern controls lose sidestep and turning on the spot, which the grid-based levels need, and the remaster also changed the original's side-stroke in water, which used the sidestep buttons. Crystal Dynamics' own advice is that each scheme takes time to adjust to, and that the modern one allows moves the tank controls cannot. Players who want exact jumps can stay with classic. More on Controls and Movement and Tomb Raider Beginner Tips.
Reviews
Critics split between praise for the preservation and complaints about the remaster's limits. On Metacritic it holds 75 on PS5 from 34 critics, 75 on Xbox Series X, 73 on PC and 71 on Switch; OpenCritic's Top Critic Average is 75, with 57% of 97 critics recommending it, as of Nov 1, 2026.
PC Gamer gave it 78 and called it "the definitive version of these games", praising the instant graphics switch while faulting flat textures, the camera and spongy bosses. Kotaku called it "a colossal mess" as a remaster, for its controls, missing PC video options and lack of autosaves, but valued it as preservation. Players were warmer: 83% of 3,636 Steam reviews were positive on Nov 1, 2026. No official sales figure has been published as of Nov 2, 2026; see Tomb Raider Sales.
The content warning and the patch-notes controversy
Two disputes followed launch. The first was a notice shown at first boot, in which Crystal Dynamics says the games contain "offensive depictions of people and cultures" rooted in racial and ethnic prejudice, presented unaltered so their harm can be acknowledged. Kotaku called it "a spectacularly disingenuous message", since nothing in the marketing mentioned the content before purchase. PC Gamer's review, which said these depictions were at their worst "nothing less than racist", was corrected after first saying the remaster did not acknowledge them; the statement appears briefly at the first boot only.
The second was about the patch notes. Aspyr's update of Apr 11, 2024 listed 155 fixes but did not mention that the Lara Croft pinup posters in The Lost Artifact's Sleeping with the Fishes level were gone from the remastered graphics, though still there in the original graphics, Kotaku reported on Apr 22, 2024. Players called it censorship, and a NexusMods user released a mod to restore them. Crystal Dynamics had promoted the posters a week after launch. Aspyr said on Apr 23 that they had been "inadvertently removed in the HD version" during texture work, and Update 3 on Jun 6, 2024 brought them back: its notes say the posters "are now appearing in HD mode."
Updates and Challenge Mode
Update 3 also added an Outfit Selector and water caustics missing from the first two games, and Update 1.2 added a "Bloody T-Rex" Lara outfit to Photo Mode. On Mar 12, 2026 a free Challenge Mode arrived: replay any level with modifiers for health, damage and enemies, earn 10 outfits and 15 achievements, or use it with no modifiers as a level select. The same day the collection came to Switch 2, iOS and Android, where the first level of each game is free.
Editions and price
It launched digitally at $29.99. Physical editions followed on Sep 24, 2024: $34.99, a $54.99 Deluxe for PS5 and Switch, and a $199.99 Limited Run Games Collector's Edition, as announced in May 2024. Steam also sells a Tomb Raider I-VI Remastered Bundle with Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered, and on Nov 1, 2026 the collection was 80% off on Steam until Nov 6. All stores are on Where to Buy Tomb Raider Games.
Frequently asked questions
What is in Tomb Raider I-III Remastered? Tomb Raider I-III Remastered contains Tomb Raider (1996) with Unfinished Business, Tomb Raider 2 with Golden Mask, and Tomb Raider 3 with The Lost Artifact, with all their secret levels.
When did Tomb Raider I-III Remastered come out? Tomb Raider I-III Remastered came out on Feb 14, 2024 on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC, and on Switch 2, iOS and Android on Mar 12, 2026.
Can you play Tomb Raider Remastered with the original graphics? Yes. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered switches between the new graphics and the original polygons at any time with one button.
Does Tomb Raider I-III Remastered have modern controls? Yes. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered offers classic tank controls or a modern scheme; reviewers such as Kotaku found the modern one lacks sidestep and turning on the spot.
Is Tomb Raider I-III Remastered good? Tomb Raider I-III Remastered scored 75 on Metacritic for PS5 and 75 on OpenCritic, and 83% of 3,636 Steam reviews were positive, as of Nov 1, 2026; critics praised the preservation and criticized the controls.
Why does Tomb Raider Remastered have a warning? Tomb Raider I-III Remastered opens with a Crystal Dynamics notice that the games contain offensive depictions of people and cultures rooted in racial and ethnic prejudice, which it left unaltered.
Is Tomb Raider I-III Remastered the same as Legacy of Atlantis? No. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered is Aspyr's 2024 update of the original games; Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is a new reimagining of the 1996 game by Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog, due Feb 12, 2027.
Sources
- Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft, Steam, read Nov 1, 2026
- Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Crystal Dynamics, read Nov 1, 2026
- Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics reveal Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Crystal Dynamics, Sep 14, 2023
- Tomb Raider 1, 2, 3 Remasters Coming To Console And PC In 2024, GameSpot (Eddie Makuch), Sep 14, 2023
- Everything you Need to Know about Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Crystal Dynamics, Feb 8, 2024
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- Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Update 3 Patch Notes, Crystal Dynamics, Jun 6, 2024
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- Physical Editions of Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Now Available for Pre-Order, Crystal Dynamics, May 21, 2024
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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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Lara Croft Spin-offsThe 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).
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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.
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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 (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 (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 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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Unfinished BusinessUnfinished Business is the four-level expansion to the 1996 Tomb Raider, first released in the 1998 Gold edition for Windows and Mac, which sends Lara back to Egypt and Atlantis. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered includes it and plays it in a different order from the classic release.
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Controls and MovementThe 1996 Tomb Raider uses tank controls on a grid of blocks: Up runs forward, Left and Right turn Lara in place, and jumps cover set distances. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered adds modern controls, and Legacy of Atlantis replaces the grid with sprinting, a grapple and Survivor-style climbing.