Tomb Raider: Underworld

Tomb Raider: Underworld

Skip · Shooter · 2008

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The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

It scores 47, under the fair line, at $8.99.

Cost per hourS
$0.91/hr
Reviews▼
77% of 7,004
Critics
80 players 3 lower
Genre rank
Top 43% Shooter

Holding it back: Reviews

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
9.9h
To 100%
18.9h 1.9x the story

Price and sales

Sales
102 on record
Typical cut
89% off
Steam low
$0.98 December 2017
Sale every
42d last October 2026
Lowest now $4.49 at GOGall-time low $0.78 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
24 now
Recent reviews
76% 30 days
Cheaper than
60% of its genre
Better reviewed
45% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

102 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.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 43 percent. It is cheaper than 60 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Tomb Raider: Anniversary ($8.99, scores 63) and Tomb Raider: Legend ($6.99, scores 73) both outscore it.

More about Tomb Raider: Underworld

7 of the 799 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2022 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 1,527 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 25 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended yesterday.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

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$0.91/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 76% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
Refunds7 of 799 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

Looks, plays and performs just like the original console release. If you like old school gaming this will scratch that itch.
siniztarmynde1196Recommendedafter 3.6h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam

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

About the game

Tomb Raider: Underworld represents a new advancement in exploration-based gameplay. As fearless adventurer Lara Croft explore exotic locations around the world, each designed with an incredible attention to detail resulting in breathtaking high-definition visual fidelity that creates a truly believable world and delivers a new level of...
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory. Windows only.

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

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Tomb Raider: Underworld scores 47/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/8140/tomb-raider-underworld
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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-3
Critics80
Players77
Metacritic critics · 7,004 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperCrystal Dynamics
PublisherCrystal Dynamics
GenreShooter
Released2008
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate