Single-player games like Tomb Raider III (1998)
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Tomb Raider III (1998), 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 III (1998) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider III (1998).
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 IV: The Last Revelation (1999)
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider III (1998) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider III (1998).
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 I (1996)
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider III (1998) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider III (1998).
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 V: Chronicles (2000)
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider III (1998) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider III (1998).
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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Tomb Raider: Legend
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider III (1998) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider III (1998).
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.
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Tomb Raider VI: The Angel of Darkness (2003)
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider III (1998) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tomb Raider III (1998).
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: Underworld
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider III (1998) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider III (1998).
Tomb Raider: Underworld represents a new advancement in exploration-based gameplay. As fearless adventurer Lara Croft explore exotic locations around the world, each designed with an incredible attention to detail resulting in breathtaking high-definition visual fidelity that creates a truly believable world and delivers a new level of...
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Split Apart
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider III (1998) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider III (1998).
A retro survival horror game about envy. There's an unrelenting stench of mold and hostility permeating the stale air of this place. You need to find a way out, by any means necessary.
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Switchblade
Single-player alternative to Tomb Raider III (1998) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tomb Raider III (1998).
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.