Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Fair · Shooter · 2007

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 89% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$8.99Fair

Typical seasonal cut

$0.9889% offFair

Cost per hourS
$0.74/hr
Reviews▼
82% of 7,470
Critics
83 players 1 lower
Genre rank
Top 22% Shooter

Holding it back: Reviews

Watch this gameOne alert at $0.98 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
12.2h
To 100%
20.8h 1.7x the story

Price and sales

Sales
103 on record
Typical cut
89% off
Steam low
$0.98 December 2017
Sale every
43d last October 2026
Lowest now $4.49 at GOGall-time low $0.78 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
73 now
Cheaper than
60% of its genre
Better reviewed
58% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

103 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 89 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended yesterday.

Its score sits in the top 22 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 60 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Tomb Raider: Legend ($6.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Tomb Raider: Underworld ($8.99, scores 47).

More about Tomb Raider: Anniversary

This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2022 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 1,043 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 16 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended yesterday.

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.74/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 81% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
Refunds3 of 800 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

This is probably the best of all the Tomb Raiders. The classic game with modern controls and graphics.
MetallimeisterRecommendedafter 5.0h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews
Tomb Raider: Anniversary is still amazing even after so many years. I loved replaying it
LivilyRecommendedafter 8.9h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
This remake of Lara's first adventure is an upgrade on all fronts over legend. Animations are more fluid and movement is faster and Lara's design has been refined and no longer drifts into uncanny valley as it happened sometimes on Legend. Staying true to the original game, Lara doesnt change her outfit throughout the whole game although you can unlock more outfits by gathering collectibles. Combat feels weighter...
Argenwarrior_DestroyerofPeroniaRecommendedafter 14h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Tomb Raider: Anniversary retraces Lara Croft's original genre-defining adventure — globe-trotting 3rd person action-adventure in pursuit of the legendary Scion artifact. Using an enhanced 'Tomb Raider: Legend' game engine, the graphics, technology and physics bring Lara's adventure and pursuit of a mystical artifact known only as the...
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Windows only.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Tomb Raider: Anniversary scores 63/100 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/8000/tomb-raider-anniversary
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Reviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-1
Critics83
Players82
Metacritic critics · 7,470 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperCrystal Dynamics
PublisherCrystal Dynamics
GenreShooter
Released2007
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate