Games like Tomb Raider I (1996)
If Tomb Raider I (1996) is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tomb Raider II (1997), Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (1999) and Tomb Raider III (1998) — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its exploration rewards observation, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Tomb Raider I (2012) brings the 1996 Core Design classic to modern platforms. The game casts players as adventurer Lara Croft as she retrieves fragments of the ancient Scion artifact across sprawling tomb complexes. The gameplay combines precision platforming with inventory management, auto-targeting combat, and environmental puzzle-solving, while branching pathways reward careful observation and exploration. Players describe the tank-control scheme as turning platforming itself into a puzzle, with each obstacle conquered delivering genuine satisfaction. The game runs without official Steam Deck support. Reviewers highlight the atmospheric tomb settings, retro aesthetic, and challenging difficulty that create an immersive experience despite the title's age.
About 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.
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Tomb Raider II (1997)
WHY THIS
Shares tank controls and an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Top pick for Tomb Raider I (1996) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
The second instalment in the Tomb Raider series invites you to join Lara as she travels around the globe to retrieve a precious artefact before it falls into the wrong hands. The legendary artefact, the Dagger of Xian, is said to give its possessor the power of a fire breathing dragon.
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (1999)
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Second-strongest match for Tomb Raider I (1996) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
According to Egyptian legend, Horus, son of the light, outwitted the evil God Set and imprisoned him in a secret tomb. Five thousand years later, Lara Croft discovers the lost tomb and unwittingly unleashes the evil God Set, fulfilling the ancient prophecy of his return to plunge mankind into darkness!
Tomb Raider III (1998)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Third-strongest match for Tomb Raider I (1996) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Thousands of years ago a meteor crashed into Antarctica and the shockwaves of its impact are being felt in the modern age. Lara Croft will follow clues leading to a deadly secret, boldly leaping chasms and blasting monsters that no one has leaped or blasted before. This time she faces a mystery that's from way out of this world.
Daisy la Fleur
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Tomb Raider I (1996) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
A PS1-esque art nouveau action-adventure game inspired by classic 90s games. Something strange has arrived in early 1900's France! It looks like Daisy is the one to stop it! Uncover the mystery behind these, tentacle monsters, jelly fish creatures, and even escaped brains! Welcome to Daisy la Fleur!
The Mansion of The Macabre
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tomb Raider I (1996) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Explore the Crowley Manor and unravel the secrets of the Occult. Inspired by the Works of HP Lovecraft and a love letter to classic 90’s survival horror games.
Kafkaesque: The Nightmare Trial
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Tomb Raider I (1996) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Survive a twisted bureaucratic nightmare where every resource counts. Battle corrupted officials and solve psychological puzzles. Your choices shape multiple endings as you fight to prove your innocence.
Tomb Raider: Legend
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Ranked #7 for Tomb Raider I (1996) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Follow Lara Croft down a path of discovery as she travels the globe to remote, exotic locales in search of one of history's greatest artifacts, that unleashes unwelcome figures from Lara's mysterious past.
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares save anywhere, precision platforming and an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Ranked #8 for Tomb Raider I (1996) fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Her legacy lives on! Play the next series of Tomb Raider adventures in this remastered collection of Lara Croft's darkest adventures.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Tomb Raider I (1996)
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I Am Alive
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Reviewers of Tomb Raider I (1996) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
I Am Alive casts the player as a lone survivor in a believable, dark and insecure post-apocalyptic world.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Reviewers of Tomb Raider I (1996) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Dishonored
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Reviewers of Tomb Raider I (1996) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Mirror's Edge™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Reviewers of Tomb Raider I (1996) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.
Prince of Persia®
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Reviewers of Tomb Raider I (1996) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia® franchise returns for the first time on next-generation platforms with an all-new epic journey. Built by the same award-winning Ubisoft Montreal studio that created Assassin's Creed™, Prince of Persia has been in development for over three years to deliver a whole new action-adventure gaming...
Portal
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Tomb Raider I (1996) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Reviewers of Tomb Raider I (1996) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of...
The Saboteur™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Reviewers of Tomb Raider I (1996) cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
This open-world action thriller takes you through the seedy streets of Paris as you seek to undermine the German authority and lead a rebellion. Fight across rooftops and through dangerous alleys, and operate a wide variety of vehicles as you navigate your terrain.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tomb Raider I (1996) at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Tomb Raider I (1996) on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Tomb Raider I (1996) on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Tomb Raider I (1996) on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Tomb Raider I (1996) on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Tomb Raider I (1996) on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Tomb Raider I (1996) on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Tomb Raider I (1996) on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Tomb Raider I (1996) on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Tomb Raider I (1996).
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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More from Core Design
Other recommendable Steam games by Core Design, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Tomb Raider II (1997)
WHY THIS
Shares tank controls and an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Tomb Raider I (1996). Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
The second instalment in the Tomb Raider series invites you to join Lara as she travels around the globe to retrieve a precious artefact before it falls into the wrong hands. The legendary artefact, the Dagger of Xian, is said to give its possessor the power of a fire breathing dragon.
Tomb Raider VI: The Angel of Darkness (2003)
WHY THIS
Shares inventory management with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Tomb Raider I (1996). Shares Action with Tomb Raider I (1996).
A series of grisly murders brings Lara into conflict with a sinister Alchemist from the past, and a secret alliance of powerful individuals shrouded in mystery. Accused of the murder of her one time mentor, Werner Von Croy, Lara becomes a fugitive on the run.
Tomb Raider III (1998)
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Tomb Raider I (1996). Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Thousands of years ago a meteor crashed into Antarctica and the shockwaves of its impact are being felt in the modern age. Lara Croft will follow clues leading to a deadly secret, boldly leaping chasms and blasting monsters that no one has leaped or blasted before. This time she faces a mystery that's from way out of this world.
Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (1999)
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Tomb Raider I (1996). Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
According to Egyptian legend, Horus, son of the light, outwitted the evil God Set and imprisoned him in a secret tomb. Five thousand years later, Lara Croft discovers the lost tomb and unwittingly unleashes the evil God Set, fulfilling the ancient prophecy of his return to plunge mankind into darkness!
Tomb Raider V: Chronicles (2000)
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Tomb Raider I (1996). Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Lara Croft is missing in Egypt - presumed dead. Those closest to her gather together at the Croft Estate on a grey, rainy day for a memorial service in her honour. Afterwards, the friends sit quietly together in the study of the Croft Mansion and reminisce about Lara's past exploits; exploits that have until now remained a secret..
Switchblade
WHY THIS
Another title from Core Design, the studio behind Tomb Raider I (1996). Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
You must guide Hiro, the Bladeknight through the labyrinth of the Undercity, to recover the 16 fragments of the shattered Fireblade. Once you have collected all 16 fragments, you must use it to defeat Havok, to bring to an end his reign of terror and to avenge your people.
Frequently asked about Tomb Raider I (1996)
- Does Tomb Raider I (1996) work on Steam Deck?
- Tomb Raider I (1996) is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Tomb Raider I (1996) cost?
- Tomb Raider I (1996) is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tomb Raider I (1996)?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tomb Raider I (1996) are Tomb Raider II (1997), Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (1999), Tomb Raider III (1998).
- Who developed Tomb Raider I (1996)?
- Tomb Raider I (1996) was developed by Core Design and published by Crystal Dynamics.
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