Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Fair · Shooter · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 7 of its last 7 seasonal sales; 90% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$39.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$7.8680% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $3.12/hr
- Reviews▼
- 85% of 89,404
- Critics
- 77 players 8 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 40% Shooter
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.86 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 12.8h
- To 100%
- 42.5h 3.3x the story
- Achievements
- 99
Price and sales
- Sales
- 71 on record
- Typical cut
- 82% off
- Steam low
- $3.99 October 2026
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1,398 now
- Recent reviews
- 79% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 3% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 67% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
90% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
71 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 82 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended yesterday.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 40 percent. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 67 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Rise of the Tomb Raider™ ($29.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Darksiders III ($5.99, scores 47).
More about Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Critics scored it 77. Players sit 8 points higher at 85 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 2,223 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 12.8 hours; clearing it takes 43, which is 3.3 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 12.8 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended yesterday.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
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What players say
Not a bad game, but it doesn't generate the same excitement and feels more boring to play than the previous 2 games in the series. it's still okay for a couple of evenings.
2 more reviews
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a beautiful way to finish Lara Croft's journey. The exploration and tombs are easily the best part of the game. The environments look amazing, and finding hidden locations and solving puzzles never gets old. The story also has some really emotional moments and gives Lara's character more depth. The combat can feel repetitive at times, and the stealth isn't always perfect, but the...
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the best one out of reboot trilogy. You have enormous map (however there is not enough variety of it), a lot of tombs (DLCs add even more), prettiest graphics out of trilogy, new mechanics which are introduced in nice pace, finally at least different looking supernatural "enemies" - Yaaxil and to top all of that stunning soundtrack. Story is somewhat good - could be much better, still...
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About the game
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 660/GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon HD 7770, 40 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition scores 50/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/750920/shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-definitive-editionReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.