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Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shadow of the Tomb Raider cover
Developers
Eidos Montreal
Crystal Dynamics
Windows Nixxes Software
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive[1]
Linux Feral Interactive[1]
Publishers
Square Enix
Engines
Foundation
Release dates
Windows September 14, 2018
macOS (OS X) 2019[1]
Linux 2019[1]
Shadow of the Tomb Raider on Wikipedia
Tomb Raider (1996) 1996
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Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft 1998
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation 1999
Tomb Raider Chronicles 2000
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness 2003
Tomb Raider: Legend 2006
Tomb Raider: Anniversary 2007
Tomb Raider: Underworld 2008
Lara Croft (series)
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Lara Croft GO 2015
Rise of the Tomb Raider 2016
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2018
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered 2024

Key points

DirectX 12 is the recommended graphics API for the best performance.[2][3][4]
Includes an in-game benchmark.
Support for Nvidia's Ray-Traced Shadows.[5]

General information

Official website
Official forum
Square Enix Support Center
Steam Community Discussions
GeForce.com Graphics and Performance Guide

Availability

All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.[6]
A demo is available on Steam.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Season Pass
Windows
Official Wallpaper Available by pre-ordering any edition of the game.
Windows
Skills Booster Pack Available by pre-ordering any edition of the game.
Windows
The Forge Included in Season Pass.
Windows
The Pillar Included in Season Pass.
Windows
Spectre Gear Included in Season Pass, Croft Edition and The Forge.
Windows
Golden Eagle Gear Included in Season Pass, Croft Edition and The Pillar.
Windows
Croft Edition Extras Included in the Croft edition.
Windows
Deluxe Extras Included in the Digital Deluxe edition.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip launcher and fix Steam overlay

Use the -nolauncher command line argument[citation needed]

Game data

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Eidos Montreal\Shadow of the Tomb Raider\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/750920/pfx/[Note 1]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Shadow of the Tomb Raider\<user-id>\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/750920/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

SMAA4x uses MSAA 4x, SMAA and TAA.[3]

Input settings

In-game gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game remapping settings.
In-game remapping settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

All languages have an option to turn on native voices for some characters to improve immersion.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Arabic

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
2 Co-op
Only the Challenge Tombs of DLCs.

Connection types

VR support

In-game Tobii eye tracking settings.
In-game Tobii eye tracking settings.
3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Side by side.
Nvidia 3D Vision
Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking

Issues unresolved

Audio issues

Various audio issues may occur, like sound crackling or cutting out momentarily.[7]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 Toggleable from launcher or settings.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Wwise
Interface Scaleform GFx
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-3220
AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
AMD Radeon HD 7770
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/750920/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (750920) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shadow of the Tomb Raider coming to macOS and Linux in 2019 - Feral News - last accessed on 2018-11-20
  2. Imgur - Shadow of the Tomb Raider Display Settings - last accessed on 2018-09-20
    "DirectX 12 is our recommended graphics API for the best performance and to allow the use of the latest hardware features.

    DirectX 11 is available for use on older operating systems or graphics hardware.
    "
  3. 3.0 3.1 Digital Foundry - Shadow of the Tomb Raider PC Analysis (YouTube) - last accessed on 2018-09-20
  4. Computer Base - Shadow of the Tomb Raider im Test: DirectX 12 wirkt, aber schnell muss die GPU trotzdem sein 2/3 (German) - last accessed on 2018-09-20
  5. 19-03-2019 PC Patch Notes for patch 1.0.280 (Patch #13)
  6. Shadow of the Tomb Raider EULA
  7. will the goddamn sound issues ever be fixed? :: Shadow of the Tomb Raider General Discussions - last accessed on 2019-01-27