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Tomb Raider

1996 action-adventure video game developed by Core Design
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Summary

Tomb Raider is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,724 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Origins Award for Best Action Computer Game[3]
  • Screenwriter: Vicky Arnold[4]
  • Composer: Nathan McCree[5]
  • Publisher: Eidos Interactive[6], Victor Interactive Software[7], Suntendy Interactive Multimedia Co.,Ltd.[8]
  • Genre: action-adventure game[9]
  • Followed by: Tomb Raider II[10]
  • Developer: Core Design[11]
  • Part of the series: Tomb Raider[12], Tomb Raider original series[13]
  • Operating system: Android[14], iOS[15]
  • Commons category: Tomb Raider[16]
  • Platform: MS-DOS[17], PlayStation (console)[18], Sega Saturn[19], N-Gage[20], DOS[21], macOS[22], Android[23], iOS[24], Pocket PC[25], Nintendo Switch[26], PlayStation 4[27], PlayStation 5[28], Microsoft Windows[29], Xbox One[30]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[31]
  • Language of work or name: English[32], French[33], German[34], Japanese[35], Russian[36]
  • Distribution format: digital distribution[37], digital download[38]
  • Review score: 91/100[39], 8.5/10[40], 7.9/10[41], 9.3/10[42], 10/10[43], ★★★★★[44]
  • Input device: touchscreen[45]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[46]
  • Publication date: October 25, 1996[47]
  • Characters: Lara Croft[48], Jacqueline Natla[49], Larson[50], Pierre Dupont[51]
  • Distributed by: Steam[52], Humble Store[53], PlayStation Store[54], Google Play[55], App Store (Apple)[56]
  • Narrative location: Los Alamos County[57], Peru[58], Greece[59], Egypt[60], Atlantis[61]
  • ESRB rating: Teen[62]
  • Official website: http://www.tombraider.com[63]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 12[64]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tomb Raider[65]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Other[66]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[67]

  • First release date: 1996-10-31[68]

  • Genre(s): ambient, classical, electronic, field recording, non-music[69]

  • Community tags: ambient, classical, electronic, field recording, non-music[70]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3cba4743-a222-337a-9f81-a982be3dd53d[71]

Why It Matters

Tomb Raider has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[72] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[73]

FAQs

What awards did Tomb Raider receive?

Honors received include Origins Award for Best Action Computer Game[3].

Related Entities

Android Core Design DOS Egypt Eidos Interactive Golden Disc Electronic Greece iOS macOS Microsoft Windows Peru PlayStation 4 Tomb Raider: Unfinished Business touchscreen United Kingdom Victor Interactive Software Xbox Series X and Series S

References

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  6. [9] ↑ . Rating Saturn: Tomb Raider. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . originsgames.com. originsgames.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . Igromania. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . Gen4. wikidata.org.
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  51. [53] ↑ . Humble Store. wikidata.org.
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  61. [63] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  62. [64] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  63. [65] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [66] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [67] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [68] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [69] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [70] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [71] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [72] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [73] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · JzK · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Playstation datacenter url → https://psxdatacenter.com/games/J/T/SLPS-00617.html, https://psxdatacenter.com/games/J/T/SLPS-91049.html, https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/T/SLUS-00152.html +3
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Playstation datacenter url: https://psxdatacenter.com/games/P/T/SLES-00024.html, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/84922048|TOMB RAIDER (#84922048)]] in [[:toolla"
  2. 9d ago · JzK · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Playstation datacenter url → https://psxdatacenter.com/games/J/T/SLPS-00617.html, https://psxdatacenter.com/games/J/T/SLPS-91049.html, https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/T/SLUS-00152.html +3
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Playstation datacenter url: https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/T/SLUS-00152.html, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/84919612|TOMB RAIDER (#84919612)]] in [[:toolla"
  3. 23d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 91/100, 8.5/10, 7.9/10 +3
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Review score: ★★★★★, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275226|batch #275226]]"
  4. 23d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Abandonware-france game id → 1945
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Abandonware-france game id: 1945, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275230|batch #275230]]"
  5. 15w ago · Teiron · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gry-online game id → 5562
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gry-online game id: 5562, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/180135975|Tomb Raider (1996) (#180135975)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6822|Gry-Online games"
  6. 17w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → —
    Ixbt games id → 5319
    Wine appdb id → —
    Playstation datacenter url → —
    + 228 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Games/Tomb_Raider, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293366659|Tomb Raider (#293366659)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8000|‎Giant Bo"
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