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Within the “PC” category, the closest game to Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft is Tomb Raider: Chronicles — scoring 83/100 on our similarity scale. Tomb Raider: Legend and Tomb Raider: Underworld follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft. Each one has been evaluated across 11 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
✓ Nearly identical: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling.
≠ Missing: punishing difficulty.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
Same studio: Core Design.
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with exploration and discovery, while skipping punishing difficulty
Released 8 years after Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, setting mythology and setting medieval, while skipping punishing difficulty
Where it drifts furthest from Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft: tone.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
Released 10 years after Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with setting scifi, post-apocalyptic world and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping puzzle design
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
Released 11 years after Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping puzzle design
Released 8 years after Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and precision platforming
≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and setting cyberpunk, while skipping adventure storytelling
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, strong narrative focus and horror setting, while skipping puzzle design
Where it drifts furthest from Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft: tone.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
Same studio: Core Design.
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping precision platforming
Where it drifts furthest from Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft: tone.
Released 27 years after Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and puzzle design
≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting, while skipping precision platforming
Where it drifts furthest from Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft: tone.
Released 4 years after Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings setting scifi and setting space, while skipping puzzle design
On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
✓ Same family of third-person shooters: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, sandbox world and open world exploration, while skipping puzzle design
Released 7 years after Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
✓ Both are third-person shooters — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with setting scifi, while skipping puzzle design
✓ Fits the third-person shooters cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and sandbox freedom, while skipping puzzle design
Sleeping Dogs is a third-person action shooter with RPG elements, having Hong Kong as its central location. The city is an open world for the player’s exploration, and many gameplay features revolve around interacting with the surroundings.
Where it drifts furthest from Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft: tone.
Released 14 years after Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
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Shooter · Third-person shooter
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