10 games similar to Tomb Raider, a Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Puzzle game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Tomb Raider.
01Shares AdventurePlatformPuzzleShooterBoth games follow Lara Croft through action-adventure gameplay combining platforming, puzzle-solving, and combat against wildlife and human enemies. The 2013 Tomb Raider reimagines Lara's origin, stranding her on a hostile island where she must recover artifacts and uncover ancient mysteries, mirroring the original's formula of exploration, betrayal, and survival against overwhelming odds.
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02Shares AdventurePuzzleBoth games center on a betrayed protagonist seeking revenge through exploration and combat. Dishonored shares Tomb Raider's action-adventure structure, where you navigate hostile environments, collect audio logs and artifacts, and solve puzzles to progress. Each mission's outcome depends on your choices, mirroring how Tomb Raider's puzzle solutions and combat approaches shape your path through ancient tombs and dangerous territories.
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03Shares AdventureShooterBoth games pair action-heavy combat with exploration across distinct locations, rewarding players who hunt for collectibles and artifacts throughout their journey. Wolfenstein channels Tomb Raider's treasure-hunting drive into a Nazi-hunting campaign, where scavenging weapons from fallen enemies mirrors looting tombs for gear. Each game emphasizes environmental navigation and boss fights as core progression mechanics, delivering satisfying combat encounters within a larger adventure.
Games like Wolfenstein: The New Order →
04Shares AdventureShooterBoth games structure their single-player campaigns around action-adventure combat paired with environmental exploration and puzzle-solving. Each features audio logs that flesh out the world's history, betrayal as a plot driver, and backtracking through interconnected spaces. BioShock Infinite shifts to first-person perspective and emphasizes ranged combat in open spaces, but maintains Tomb Raider's focus on navigating hostile environments while uncovering the mysteries of a dangerous, artifact-laden location.
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05Shares AdventureShooterBoth games center on action-adventure gameplay with third-person perspective and auto-aim combat. Tomb Raider and Grand Theft Auto V share sandbox environments that reward exploration and contain destructible elements. Each features betrayal as a story driver and includes achievements to unlock. While Tomb Raider emphasizes puzzle-solving and artifacts, GTA V expands the formula into an open world where three characters navigate survival and crime across interconnected missions.
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06Shares AdventureShooterFar Cry 3 shares Tomb Raider's blend of action-adventure exploration and survival combat across a sandbox environment. Both games emphasize scavenging artifacts and resources while battling dangerous creatures and human enemies. Where Tomb Raider uses puzzle-solving to unlock tombs, Far Cry 3 uses climbing and environmental traversal to navigate its island. Betrayal and moral compromise drive both narratives as protagonists fight to escape hostile territory.
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07Shares AdventurePuzzleBoth games combine third-person exploration with puzzle-solving and combat as you navigate atmospheric environments hunting for answers. Murdered: Soul Suspect trades archaeology for detective work, but shares Tomb Raider's structure of moving through interconnected locations, collecting clues and artifacts, and confronting enemies blocking your progress. Each emphasizes environmental investigation and backtracking to uncover secrets.
08Shares AdventureShooterBoth games cast you as a skilled operative navigating hostile environments filled with enemies and environmental hazards. Metal Gear Solid V shares Tomb Raider's third-person action focus and emphasis on exploration across large areas, though it trades tombs and puzzles for open-world stealth missions. Betrayal drives both narratives, and both reward methodical players who engage with their environments rather than rushing ahead.
Games like Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain →
09Shares AdventureBoth games center on third-person action-adventure exploration where combat, climbing, and puzzle-solving drive progression through hostile environments. Shadow of Mordor shares Tomb Raider's emphasis on traversal and environmental navigation alongside combat encounters. Where Tomb Raider hunts artifacts across ancient tombs, Shadow of Mordor pursues revenge through Mordor's open world, maintaining that core loop of exploration, combat, and discovery that defines the original adventure formula.
Games like Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor →
10Shares ShooterBoth games combine third-person action with environmental traversal through hostile spaces, requiring players to navigate and fight through structured levels toward specific objectives. Tomb Raider emphasizes puzzle-solving and artifact collection alongside combat, while Max Payne 3 prioritizes gunplay and cover-based shooting, but both deliver linear progression through dangerous locations punctuated by boss encounters and destructible environments that reward exploration.
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10 games similar to Tomb Raider: Tomb Raider, Dishonored, Wolfenstein: The New Order, BioShock Infinite, Grand Theft Auto V, Far Cry 3, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Most of these games share Action, Adventure, Shooter, Sandbox and Puzzle with Tomb Raider, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Tomb Raider.