Enter the Tomb Raider universe
One adventurer. Several histories.
Explore Lara Croft’s Survivor, Classic and Legend timelines, with animation, films, comics and novels in their own continuity branches.
Universe orientation
For the current connected route, start with Tomb Raider (2013), then Rise, Shadow and The Legend of Lara Croft Seasons 1 and 2. Classic and Legend are separate timelines. Legend trilogy release order is Legend → Anniversary → Underworld; historical order places Anniversary first.
Use the continuity filters to explore each story group.Universe explored
Explore Lara Croft’s Survivor, Classic and Legend timelines, with animation, films, comics and novels in their own continuity branches.
Select a continuity to follow one route. Chronicles is a retrospective anthology. DLC and remasters stay attached to their games. Catalyst and Legacy of Atlantis remain upcoming, with unconfirmed exact placement.
Showing 14 of 27 released stories.
Lara’s origin adventure on Yamatai.
The Divine Source adventure. Attached DLC: Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch, Cold Darkness Awakened, Blood Ties and Lara’s Nightmare. These mix story material with challenge/alternate modes; they are not all separate canon events.
The Survivor trilogy finale. Challenge-tomb story DLC stays with this game.
Post-Survivor animated continuation.
Continues Lara’s journey after Season 1.
Includes Unfinished Business. Remastered collections are versions of these stories, not extra events.
Includes The Golden Mask. Remastered collections are versions of these stories, not extra events.
Includes The Lost Artifact. Remastered collections are versions of these stories, not extra events.
Includes The Times Exclusive Level. The opening revisits Lara’s youth. Remastered collections are versions of these stories, not extra events.
A retrospective anthology spanning earlier adventures; the frame follows The Last Revelation. Remastered collections are versions of these stories, not extra events.
The continuation after The Last Revelation and Chronicles. Remastered collections are versions of these stories, not extra events.
Reimagines the original adventure within the Legend continuity. Historical prequel to Legend; release order is Legend → Anniversary → Underworld.
Lara investigates her mother and Excalibur.
Continues Legend and the Natla storyline from Anniversary.
Not part of the checklist
These records are tracked for context but are excluded from chronology numbers, filters and progress until release.
Find your route
Use one authoritative timeline, then choose the view that matches how you want to experience the universe.
For the current connected route, start with Tomb Raider (2013), then Rise, Shadow and The Legend of Lara Croft Seasons 1 and 2. Classic and Legend are separate timelines. Legend trilogy release order is Legend → Anniversary → Underworld; historical order places Anniversary first.
Quick answers
Direct answers based on the same chronology, continuity labels and coverage notes used in the guide.
For the current connected route, start with Tomb Raider (2013), then Rise, Shadow and The Legend of Lara Croft Seasons 1 and 2. Classic and Legend are separate timelines. Legend trilogy release order is Legend → Anniversary → Underworld; historical order places Anniversary first.
This universe does not have one useful release-order view across every branch. Follow the chronology and use the continuity filters to keep separate story groups clear.
27 released mapped records; 29 including upcoming and archived material, including grouped side stories and adaptations. Coverage follows the supplied September 8 editorial guide; it is not an exhaustive episode or edition inventory. Coverage is current through 8 September 2026.
Suggested routes
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The origin trilogy and its connected screen continuation.
Classic: I → II → III → Last Revelation → Chronicles → Angel of Darkness. Legend story order: Anniversary → Legend → Underworld.
Explore optional continuities in Everything. The Jolie and Vikander films are separate from each other and the games.
Story versions
Researched editions and adaptations stay together under one story.
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Official franchise, creator and publisher sources anchor the chronology. Conflicts and uncertain placements are labelled.
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