Single-player games like Tomb Raider I (1996)
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Tomb Raider I (1996), ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Tomb Raider II (1997)
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
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Mirror's Edge™
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Them and Us
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Them and Us is a classic, survival horror game with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Discover the truth of Alicia’s past as she descends further into her strange, unending nightmare.
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Valkyrie Saga
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Join Roll the Valkyrie as she subverts fate in a retro indie platformer taking after PSX classics. Climb, dash, jump, and glide your way up a falling sky island, to stop it from destroying the world below.
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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands is the next chapter in the fan-favorite Sands of Time universe. Visiting his brother's kingdom following his adventure in Azad, the Prince finds the royal palace under siege from a mighty army bent on its destruction.
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Pseudoregalia
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
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I Am Alive
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Prince of Persia®
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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...
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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...
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The Saboteur™
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Catherine Classic
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tomb Raider I (1996).
Catherine: a tale of love, betrayal, and the terror of commitment. Experience the mature action-adventure-puzzle game unlike any other from the makers of the Persona series, now enhanced for PC in all its Classic glory. Is love over? Climb to the top or die trying.
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Tomb Raider VI: The Angel of Darkness (2003)
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tomb Raider III (1998)
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (1999)
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Tomb Raider V: Chronicles (2000)
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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..
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Switchblade
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider I (1996) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.