Games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
If Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rise of the Tomb Raider™, Sniper Elite 5 and Metro Exodus — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and epic. 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 →Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a 2018 action-adventure game set in a tropical jungle and Maya ruins. Players explore a vast open world as Lara Croft, navigating through challenging traversal-platforming sections and solving intricate tomb puzzles that are integrated directly into the main campaign. The game features resource-crafting, stealth-kills with melee weapons, and a skill-tree with totem-style progression. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, with dark, epic moments throughout. Reviewers highlight the brutal stealth kills and intricate tomb-puzzle designs as standout features. The Definitive Edition is currently available on Steam for $39.99 USD and runs as Playable on Steam Deck, holding an 85% positive rating from over 23,350 Steam reviews.
About Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition: 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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Rise of the Tomb Raider™
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Top pick for Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration includes the base game and Season Pass featuring all-new content. Explore Croft Manor in the new “Blood Ties” story, then defend it against a zombie invasion in “Lara’s Nightmare”.
Sniper Elite 5
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Second-strongest match for Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.
Metro Exodus
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Third-strongest match for Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
Bleak Faith: Forsaken
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #4 for Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.
HITMAN World of Assassination
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #5 for Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.
HITMAN™ 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #6 for Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
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Shares an immersive mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #7 for Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Darksiders III
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Ranked #8 for Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth.
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Uncharted Waters II
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
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"Uncharted Waters II" was released in 1993, the second game of the series. It is set primarily in Europe of the 16th century, the time of exploration. Players choose from among 6 different characters, each with their own background.
Rise of the Tomb Raider™
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Reviewers of Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration includes the base game and Season Pass featuring all-new content. Explore Croft Manor in the new “Blood Ties” story, then defend it against a zombie invasion in “Lara’s Nightmare”.
The Last of Us™ Part I
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
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Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight
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Shares an immersive mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
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Rise as the Dark Knight and experience the essential Batman story in a bold, action-packed adventure with hard-hitting combat, an open-world Gotham City, and the signature LEGO charm that fans know and love.
Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Reviewers of Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Amidst the scorched sands of ancient Persia, there is a legend spun in an ancient tongue. It speaks of a time borne by blood and ruled by deceit. Drawn to the dark powers of a magic dagger, a young Prince is led to unleash a deadly evil upon a beautiful kingdom.
Sleeping Dogs
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Shares a dark mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Reviewers of Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.
Prince of Persia®
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Reviewers of Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
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...
THE DESCENT
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Reviewers of Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The Descent, a horror walking sim in Rockwell Mine, immerses players in miners' harsh life and unsettling mine encounters. Play as an investigator uncovering a hometown mystery.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~75% under Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~50% under Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~75% under Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~63% under Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
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Priced ~50% under Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
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Priced ~75% under Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
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
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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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
HITMAN World of Assassination
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.
HITMAN™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Frequently asked about Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
- Does Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition run on Steam Deck?
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition cost?
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition are Rise of the Tomb Raider™, Sniper Elite 5, Metro Exodus.
- Who developed Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition?
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition was developed by Eidos-Montréal, Crystal Dynamics, Nixxes and published by Crystal Dynamics, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral interactive (Linux).
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