Rise of the Tomb Raider
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| Developers | |
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| Crystal Dynamics | |
| Windows | Nixxes Software[1] |
| macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive[2] |
| Linux | Feral Interactive[2] |
| Publishers | |
| 2023-present | Crystal Dynamics |
| OS X, Linux | Feral Interactive |
| 2016-2023 | Square Enix |
| Engines | |
| Foundation[3] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | January 28, 2016 |
| macOS (OS X) | April 12, 2018[2] |
| Linux | April 19, 2018[2] |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 86 |
| OpenCritic | 86 |
| IGDB | 87 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Asia, Contemporary, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Supernatural |
| Series | Tomb Raider (Survivor), Tomb Raider |
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| Tomb Raider (Survivor) | |
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| Subseries of Tomb Raider | |
| Tomb Raider (2013) | 2013 |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 2016 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 2018 |
| Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition | 2024 |
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action and adventure game in the Tomb Raider (Survivor) and Tomb Raider series.
Rise of the Tomb Raider was developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. The game was ported to Windows by Nixxes Software and ported to both Linux and MacOS by Feral Interactive, who also published these Linux and MacOS ports.
The Windows version received several updates around the end of 2021 that added support for DLSS 2.3.2.0, updated multiplayer infrastructure to use Epic Online Services (without the need for an Epic account), removed Denuvo from the game and implemented several stability-fixes (especially when using the DirectX 12 renderer).[4]
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| Developer website | |
20 Year Celebration Edition. | |
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| Epic Games Store | |
20 Year Celebration Edition. DRM-free when launched from the executable. |
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20 Year Celebration Edition. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
20 Year Celebration Edition. | |
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| GOG.com | |
20 Year Celebration Edition. Co-op Endurance mode is disabled, but some other otherwise online features are modified to work offline (Marketplace, storage of player card inventory and credits, Croft Manor playability, expedition achievements and rewards). | |
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| Humble Store | |
20 Year Celebration Edition. | |
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| Mac App Store | |
20 Year Celebration Edition. | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. | |
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| Steam | |
20 Year Celebration Edition. | |
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| Publisher website (unavailable) | |
20 Year Celebration Edition. | |
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| Amazon.com (unavailable) | |
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- Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on November 23, 2021.[5][6]
- The Linux version is considered a good port with a small performance gap compared to its Windows counterpart.[7]
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Advantage Pack | Included in Season Pass | |
| Ancient Vanguard | |
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| Apex Predator Pack | |
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| Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch | Included in Season Pass. | |
| Challenge Card Pack | |
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| Cold Darkness Awakened | Included in Season Pass. | |
| Endurance Mode | Included in Season Pass. | |
| Gold Pack | |
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| Hope's Bastion Pack | |
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| Prophet's Legacy | Included in Season Pass. | |
| Remnant Resistance Pack | |
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| Season Pass | Digital Deluxe Edition includes Season Pass. | |
| Season Pass Card Packs | Season Pass exclusive. | |
| Silver Pack | |
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| Sparrowhawk Pack | |
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| Siberian Ranger Pack | Included in Season Pass. | |
| Tactical Survivor Pack | |
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| Wild Pack | |
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| Wilderness Survivor | Included in Season Pass. | |
| 20 Year Celebration Pack | Included in Season Pass. | |
Essential improvements
- Rise of the Tomb Raider uses DirectX 11 by default, users may find that DirectX 12 can yield better performance over DirectX 11. This however is highly dependent on the users hardware.[8][9][10][11]
Skip launcher
Use the -nolauncher command line argument[12]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Rise of the Tomb Raider\ |
| Microsoft Store | Inaccessible due to being stored in isolated UWP registry.[13] |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Rise of the Tomb Raider/ |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Rise of the Tomb Raider/preferences |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Epic Games Launcher | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rise of the Tomb Raider\<user-id> |
| Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\39C668CD.RiseoftheTombRaider_r7bfsmp40f67j\SystemAppData\wgs\ |
| Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\391220\remote\ |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Shadow of the Tomb Raider/SaveData/ |
| Linux | |
| GOG.com | %LOCALAPPDATA%\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\58668848197088414\Storage\Shared\Files\ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
Launcher display settings (Steam version).
Launcher graphics settings (Steam version).
In-game general settings (Steam version).
In-game display settings (Steam version).
In-game graphics settings (Steam version).
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | Vert- | ||
| Multi-monitor | Cutscenes are pillarboxed to 16:9. Use the community patcher as a workaround. |
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| Ultra-widescreen | Cutscenes are pillarboxed to 16:9. Use the community patcher as a workaround. |
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| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | Use the related PCGW community tool. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Disable Exclusive Fullscreen for the Steam version. Microsoft Store fullscreen is borderless. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, SMAA, up to 4x SSAA. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 2.3 |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | The triple or double buffering option in the vsync section does not work since the selected option is ignored. Double buffering in DX11 and tripled buffering in DX12. |
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| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Pre-rendered cutscenes run at 30 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | HDR experience can be improved using: RenoDX See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
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| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
- Supports VRS on supported hardware.
- Nvidia VXAO (Voxel Accelerated Ambient Occlusion) is only available in DirectX 11.[16][17]
Input
In-game input settings (Steam version).
In-game rebinding (Steam version).
In-game controller settings (Steam version).
In-game controller buttons (Steam version).
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Two keys per action. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | Quick time events show icons instead of the key that needs to be pressed. | |
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | Launcher cannot be navigated with a controller, see skip launcher. Alternatively: launch the game under Steam's Big Picture Mode (Steam & Windows version only). |
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| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion | Also X-axis, as well as individually for aiming and free-look camera. |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger support | Microsoft Store version only.[18] |
| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers | DualShock 4, DualShock 3 [19] DualShock 3 only works on OS X and Linux[20]. |
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| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Light bar support | Standard Blue; does not change color according to gameplay. | |
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | Wired | |
| Nintendo controllers |
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| Tracked motion controllers | ||
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| Button/gesture prompts |
| Other controller(s) |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | At least XInput and DualShock 4. | |
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Gamepad Button prompts get prioritized when Gamepad Input is active. |
Audio
In-game audio settings (Steam version).
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, dialogue and effects. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Regular white or colored according to speaker. | |
| Closed captions | Cutscenes and some of the gameplay, enabled with subtitles. | |
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
- Dolby Atmos is only available on the Xbox One version.[21]
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | Also available the variant known as English (KSA), with the “prophet” word censored for Arabic countries.[22] | |||
| Arabic | Arabic voice overs only available on PlayStation 4 version.[23] | |||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Czech | Fan translation - #1 | |||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Fan translation, #1, #2. | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish | Not shown on Steam store page, but can be chosen in-game. | |||
| Thai | Fan translation | |||
| Turkish | Fan translation. | |||
| Ukrainian | Fan translation. |
- Files of languages you are not using, can be safely deleted to save disk space
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | ||||
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 2 | Co-op Only available with the Endurance Mode DLC. |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Peer-to-peer |
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| Native 3D | Dual-View Rendering Side-by-Side, AMD HD3D (Depricated, Steam only) and Windows DXGI 1.2 Stereo 3D (Microsoft Store only).[24] |
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| Nvidia 3D Vision | Steam version only.[24] Use Rise of the Tomb Raider - 3D Vision Fix or Helix Mod: Rise of the Tomb Raider (improvements for the official 3D mode) for better support. | ||
| vorpX | Dual-View Rendering (G3D), DirectVR Game officially supported by vorpX. |
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| Headsets | |||
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| SteamVR | VR only available in the Blood Ties story in the 20 Year Celebration Pack DLC.[25] | ||
| Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
| Windows Mixed Reality | |||
| Devices | |||
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| Tracked motion controllers | See Input for details. | ||
| Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
| Keyboard/Mouse | |||
| Tobii Eye Tracking | Supports: Aim at Gaze, Clean UI, Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking, Highlight at Gaze, Throw at Gaze. Head posing. Highlight and throw with gaze. |
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| Play area | |||
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| Seated | |||
| Standing | |||
| Room-scale | |||
Issues fixed
Low visual quality when using DLSS
- The game uses a flawed implementation of DLSS that runs full-screen post-processing effects before DLSS upscales the image.[26][27]
| Disable Depth of Field and Film Grain in the graphics menu of the game.[26] |
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The map/objectives screen is not shown when pressing tab
- The in-game state of the Tab ↹ key can get stuck if the user is e.g. using Alt+Tab ↹ to switch to another application. When this issue occurs, the key gets stuck in a state where any subsequent key presses are not recognized by the game, preventing the map/objectives screen from opening.[28]
Rebind the Map option to an alternate key through the in-game keybinding screen.[28]
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| Steam only: Using ⇧ Shift+Tab ↹ to open the in-game overlay of Steam resets the in-game state of the Tab ↹ key.[28] |
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Some elements of the game do not work in higher frame rate
The following issues happen when running the game on higher frame rate:
- Lara won't grab the edge by falling off the zip line in The Lost City
| Cap the frame rate at 60 FPS |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11, 12 | Toggleable from launcher or settings. |
| Metal support | ||
| Vulkan | 1.1 | Linux Only |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Intelligent Music Systems | [29] |
| Interface | Scaleform GFx | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
| Multiplayer | Epic Online Services | [30] |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum[31] | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-2100 AMD equivalent | Intel Core i7-3770K | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | 8 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 25 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon HD 7770 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 (1920x1080) Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti (2560x1440) |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.13.4 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 2.3 GHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 27 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 680MX AMD Radeon R9 M290X Intel Iris Graphics 540 2 GB of VRAM |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 17.10 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-4130t AMD equivalent | Intel Core i7-3770K | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 12 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 28 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon R9 285 2 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti | ||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
- Vulkan compatible GPU is required.
- Nvidia GPUs require driver version 396.24 or later. AMD GPUs require Mesa 17.3.5 or later. Vega GPUs require Mesa 18.0 or later.
- AMD GCN 1st and 2nd generation and Intel GPU's are not supported.[32]
References
- ↑ Nixxes - RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Rise of the Tomb Raider™: 20 Year Celebration sets forth for macOS and Linux | Feral News
- ↑ And the Tomb Raider engine is ACTUALLY called… Foundation (archived) - last accessed on 2016-03-20
- ↑ [23-11-2021 PC Patch Notes for patch Rise of the Tomb Raider, build 1.0. 1026.0] - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ steamdb.info - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-29
- I have confirmed that the MS Store version also have Denuvo removed. The executable of that version has a code signing certificate timestamped as November 29, 2021.
- ↑ Rise of the Tomb Raider is now officially available on Linux, here’s a look at it with benchmarks - last accessed on 2025-07-01
- ↑ Verified by User:Synkro on 2024-10-21
- Tested with a Ryzen 5 3600 and RTX 4070, Special K's PresentMon data showed around a 90%~100% increase in both GPU and CPU performance at the lowest settings the game would allow.
- ↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2024-10-21
- Tested on Steam and Microsoft Store copies with a Ryzen 5 7600 and RTX 3060 12GB, both the minimum and average framerates (at the default High settings) were raised by about 20 FPS on the Steam version. However, the Microsoft Store version's framerate dropped by 50% in the Syria part of the game, while seeing the same gains as the Steam version otherwise.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mine18 on 2024-10-21
- Additional Testing.
- ↑ Verified by User:Sandemc on 2024-10-21
- Additional Testing.
- ↑ Skip the Launcher - last accessed on 2022-08-15
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-08-29
- Verified through Process Monitor. The location within the isolated UWP registry is the same as for the other Windows versions, but since its stored in a separate inaccessible container, there's no way of reaching the registry data from outside of the game.
- ↑ Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2018-04-19
- ↑ Reddit - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ Why is VXAO option missing from DirectX 12 and only appears when in DirectX 11??? :: Rise of the Tomb Raider General Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrntptrs1 on 2022-08-15
- Still true as of the latest update
- ↑ http://wccftech.com/rise-tomb-raider-9-windows-store/
- ↑ Verified by User:Al2009man on 2024-11-08
- Tested by using both DualShock 4 and DualSense via USB and Bluetooth, and later using Special K's Input Management. It turns out that DS4 Launch model is also compatible.
- ↑ Can I play Rise of the Tomb Raider™: 20 Year Celebration with a gamepad? - last accessed on 2025-07-01
- ↑ HDR and Dolby Atmos support :: Rise of the Tomb Raider General Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ Localization - Saudi Arabia - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ Rise of the Tomb Raider to be Fully Localized in Arabic - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 [03-01-2016] PC Patch notes for patch 1.0.629.3 (Patch #4)
- ↑ SteamVR support for Rise of the Tomb Raider “Blood Ties” story chapter now available! - last accessed on 2025-07-01
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Verified by User:Aemony on 2022-12-17
- Confirmed using the DLSS Indicator as well as comparison shots that full-screen post-processing effects are run before the DLSS upscaling pass, which ends up harming the visual quality of the screen when compared to native rendering. Disabling Depth of Field and Film Grain works around the worst of the issue.
- ↑ GitHub - NVIDIA/DLSS - DLSS Programming Guide Release.pdf - last accessed on 2022-12-17
- "For best image quality place DLSS as close to the start of post processing as possible (before any/as few effects as possible are applied to the frame)."
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Verified by User:Aemony on 2024-09-29
- ↑ Intelligent Music Systems developers website - last accessed on 17 May 2023
- ↑ 23-11-2021 PC Patch Notes for patch Rise of the Tomb Raider, build 1.0. 1026.0 (Patch #16) - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ Rise of the Tomb Raider – Windows Games on Microsoft Store
- ↑ Linux system Requirements - last accessed on 17 May 2023