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    Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

    Eidos Montréal · 2019 · 6 platforms

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

    In Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition experience the final chapter of Lara’s origin as she is forged into the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.

    AdventureShooter

    01 — About

    The story

    In Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition experience the final chapter of Lara’s origin as she is forged into the Tomb Raider she is destined to be. Combining the base game, all seven DLC challenge tombs, as well as all downloadable weapons, outfits, and skills, Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition is the ultimate way to experience Lara’s defining moment. Survive and Thrive In the Deadliest Place on Earth: Master an unforgiving jungle setting in order to survive. Explore underwater environments filled with crevasses and deep tunnel systems. Become One With the Jungle: Outgunned and outnumbered, Lara must use the jungle to her advantage. Strike suddenly and disappear like a jaguar, use mud as camouflage, and instill fear in enemies to sow chaos. Discover Dark and Brutal Tombs: Tombs are more terrifying than ever before, requiring advanced traversal techniques to reach them, and once inside they are filled with deadly puzzles. Uncover Living History: Discover a hidden city and explore the biggest hub space ever found in a Tomb Raider game.

    In the two months since Rise of the Tomb Raider, Lara Croft and her friend Jonah Maiava have dedicated themselves to stopping the activities of paramilitary organization Trinity. The two track a cell to Cozumel in Mexico that is led by Pedro Dominguez, the head of Trinity's High Council. Slipping inside nearby tombs being excavated by Trinity, Lara discovers a temple containing the Dagger of Chak Chel and references to a hidden city. Murals adorning the walls allude to the Silver Box of Ix Chel and warn of "the Cleansing", a Mayan apocalypse culminating in a permanent solar eclipse. Lara ignores the warnings and takes the Dagger to prevent Trinity from acquiring it. Dominguez catches her and reveals that by taking the Dagger, Lara has triggered the Cleansing. He takes the Dagger, intending to unite it with the Box to stop the Cleansing and use the power it grants him to remake the world in his image. Lara and Jonah escape a tsunami that destroys Cozumel and foreshadows the coming apocalypse. Despite growing tensions between them over her actions, Lara and Jonah pursue Dominguez into the Amazon. Their plane crashes in the Peruvian jungle during the second cataclysm—a massive storm—and the two find their way to Paititi, the hidden city shown in the murals. Exploring local tombs reveals that piercing the Box with the Dagger will grant the user the power of the god Kukulkan, which must be used to halt the Cleansing. Lara witnesses Trinity soldiers being slaughtered by strange humanoid monsters later identified as the Yaaxil, guardians of the Box. When Lara saves a boy named Etzli, she and Jonah are brought into Paititi by his mother Unuratu, queen of the city. Lara sees Dominguez is the leader of a cult dedicated to Kukulkan and Unuratu reveals he is her brother-in-law Amaru, who was taken by Trinity as a child and raised to complete the ritual and reshape the world in their image. Unuratu directs Lara to the Box, but Lara finds it is missing. Believing the cult already has the Box, Lara, and Unuratu attempt to steal it, but Unuratu is captured. Lara also encounters the Yaaxil and their leader Crimson Fire. Lara infiltrates the cult's temple and overhears Amaru telling Unuratu that the Box was hidden by Andres Lopez, a missionary sent to Paititi by Trinity during the Spanish conquest of South America. Lara rescues Unuratu and realizes that Amaru does not fully understand the ritual; rather than merely imbuing Kukulkan's power, the ritual sacrifices it to stop the Cleansing. Unuratu is shot by Commander Rourke, Amaru's second in command. Before she dies, Unuratu implores Lara to complete the ritual but warns her not to let the Box influence her. Rourke attacks Lara and Jonah, who are separated as they leave Paititi to decipher the next clue. Thinking Jonah dead, Lara goes on a rampage that destroys an oil refinery and slaughters everyone there except Rourke, who escapes. She momentarily breaks down when she finds Jonah alive, but he manages to calm her, and they decipher the Box's location. Driven mad by the Box, Lopez established a mission near Paititi where he trained acolytes to complete the ritual. Lara and Jonah find a secret catacomb beneath the missiong leading to Lopez's tomb and the Box. Amaru finds them and forces Lara to surrender the Box. He admits that he ordered her father's death to prevent him from finding Paititi and revealing it to the world. Lara tries to persuade Amaru to use the ritual to benefit the world. He refuses, as the Cleansing will only affect Paititi. Amaru has used his position in Trinity to manipulate them into preventing it. He leaves Lara and Jonah to escape the third cataclysm, a massive earthquake that causes a landslide and destroys the mission. Back in Paititi, Lara and Jonah help the newly-crowned Etzli lead an assault on an underground temple complex at Paititi's center. They plan to disrupt Amaru's ceremony while avoiding the fourth cataclysm, a volcanic eruption threatening Paititi. Lara is forced to go on alone when Trinity cuts off Etzli's forces. She encounters the Yaaxil and Crimson Fire, convincing them to help her stop Amaru. Lara takes on the symbolic role of Ix Chel while Crimson Fire becomes Chak Chel. While the Yaaxil kill Rourke and the Trinity High Council, Lara makes it to the temple summit. She fails to stop Amaru from piercing the Box and absorbing Kukulkan's power as an eclipse blocks the sun. Lara overpowers Amaru after a lengthy battle; accepting defeat, he transfers Kukulkan's power to Lara as he dies. True to Unuratu's warning, she is tempted to use the Box to revive her parents, but instead lets Crimson Fire symbolically stab her, sacrificing Kukulkan's spirit and stopping the Cleansing. In the aftermath, Unuratu is laid to rest, and Jonah decides to take a vacation. Lara stays in Paititi to help Etzli restore the city to its former glory. A post-credits scene shows Lara planning her next adventure at Croft Manor, acknowledging that her role is not to solve the world's mysteries, but to protect them.

    02 — At a glance

    Age

    PEGI 18+

    Released

    Nov 19 2019

    Platforms

    LinuxMacPC (Microsoft Windows)PlayStation 4Xbox OneGoogle Stadia

    Developer

    Eidos Montréal

    Publisher

    Square Enix

    Genres

    AdventureShooter

    03 — World & gameplay

    Technical sheet

    Classification

    Franchise
    • Tomb Raider
    Themes
    • Action
    • Historical
    • Mystery
    • Survival
    Game modes
    • Co-operative
    • Single player
    Perspective
    • Third person
    Engine
    • Crystal Engine

    Links

    • Official website(opens in a new tab)
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    • GOG(opens in a new tab)
    • Xbox(opens in a new tab)
    • PlayStation(opens in a new tab)
    • Wikipedia(opens in a new tab)
    • Community wiki(opens in a new tab)
    • Discord(opens in a new tab)
    • Reddit(opens in a new tab)
    • YouTube(opens in a new tab)
    • Twitch(opens in a new tab)
    • X (Twitter)(opens in a new tab)
    • Bluesky(opens in a new tab)
    • Facebook(opens in a new tab)
    • Instagram(opens in a new tab)

    04 — Age ratings

    Mature audiences

    PEGI18+

    PEGI 18

    PEGI

    Content descriptors

    • Strong Language
    • Blood
    ACB15+

    ACB MA 15+

    ACB

    CERO18+

    CERO Z

    CERO

    Content descriptors

    • Language
    ESRB17+

    Mature 17+

    ESRB

    Content descriptors

    • Blood and Gore
    • Blood
    • Sexual Themes
    GRAC18+

    GRAC 18

    GRAC

    Content descriptors

    • Blood and Gore
    • Strong Language
    USK16+

    USK 16

    USK

    05 — Languages

    Available worldwide

    11 languages supported

    LanguageInterfaceAudioSubtitles
    English—
    French—
    Italian—
    German—
    Spanish—
    Arabic—
    Chinese (Simplified)—
    Polish—
    Portuguese—
    Russian—
    Korean——

    06 — How long is this game?

    Source: HowLongToBeat

    Estimated duration

    • Completionist51.0h

    07 — Media

    See it in action

    19 screenshots · 1 videos

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition screenshot
    Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition screenshot
    Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition screenshot
    Trailer

    Trailer

    09 — Expansions

    DLC & extensions

    Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy

    Mar 18, 2021

    Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy

    Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy is the complete edition of the Tomb Raider origin games. The collection contains all the definitive edition content from each prequel title; Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. Follow Lara on her formative journey across the world, starting in Tomb Raider trapped on the shrouded island of Yamatai off the coast of Japan, to the harsh Siberian tundra hiding an immortal secret in Rise of the Tomb Raider, and finally to the mountainous landscape of Peru to uncover a cataclysmic power in Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

    12 — Price history

    Last 90 days

    13 — Community voice

    What players say

    14 — In the same franchise

    More from the franchise

    • View Tomb Raider
    Tomb Raider
    86

    Tomb Raider

    Core Design·10/1996
    Tomb Raider II
    85

    Tomb Raider II

    Core Design·11/1997
    Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
    76

    Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft

    Core Design·11/1998
    Tomb Raider: Legend
    80

    Tomb Raider: Legend

    Crystal Dynamics·04/2006
    Tomb Raider: Anniversary
    77

    Tomb Raider: Anniversary

    Buzz Monkey Software·06/2007
    Tomb Raider: Underworld
    76

    Tomb Raider: Underworld

    Crystal Dynamics·11/2008
    Tomb Raider

    Tomb Raider

    Crystal Dynamics·03/2013
    Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
    74

    Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

    Crystal Dynamics·12/2014
    Rise of the Tomb Raider
    86

    Rise of the Tomb Raider

    Crystal Dynamics·11/2015
    Shadow of the Tomb Raider
    75

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider

    Eidos Montréal·09/2018
    Zen Pinball World: Adventures of Lara Croft

    Zen Pinball World: Adventures of Lara Croft

    Zen Studios·06/2025
    Zen Pinball World: Secrets of Croft Manor

    Zen Pinball World: Secrets of Croft Manor

    Zen Studios·06/2025

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