Tomb Raider

video game franchise
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Tomb Raider
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Summary

Tomb Raider is a video game franchise[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video game series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,801 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Toby Gard[3]
  • Publisher: Eidos Interactive[4], Square Enix[5]
  • Genre: action-adventure game[6]
  • Developer: Core Design[7], Crystal Dynamics[8], Nixxes Software[9], Ubisoft Milan[10]
  • Commons category: Tomb Raider[11]
  • Platform: Dreamcast[12], Game Boy Advance[13], Mac[14], macOS[15], MS-DOS[16], Microsoft Windows[17], mobile phone[18], N-Gage[19], Nintendo GameCube[20], Nintendo DS[21], PlayStation (console)[22], PlayStation 2[23], PlayStation 3[24], PlayStation Portable[25]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[26]
  • Has part(s): Tomb Raider[27], Tomb Raider II[28], Tomb Raider III[29], Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation[30], Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness[31], Tomb Raider: Legend[32], Rise of the Tomb Raider[33], Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis[34], Tomb Raider: Catalyst[35], Shadow of the Tomb Raider[36]
  • Publication date: October 25, 1996[37]
  • Characters: Lara Croft[38], Jonah Maiava[39]
  • Official website: http://tombraider.com/[40]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tomb Raider[41]
  • Described at URL: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/video-game-franchises/tomb-raider[42]
  • Topic has template: Template:Tomb Raider series[43]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Tomb Raider universe[44]
  • Title: Tomb Raider[45]
  • Different from: Tomb Raider[46]
  • Units sold: 85,000,000[47], 88,000,000[48], 95,000,000[49], 100,000,000[50]
  • Derivative work: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider[51], Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life[52]

Why It Matters

Tomb Raider has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → video game franchise
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  2. 14w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → gamicus:Tomb_Raider_(series), video-games:Tomb_Raider
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  3. 15w ago · J 1982 · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → video game franchise
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  4. 18w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 22w ago · Numberguy6 · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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