What players are searching for before launch
Most visitors arriving before February 2027 are not looking for a lore essay. They want a campaign walkthrough that maps Peru, Greece, Egypt, and the Atlantean island; a controls cheat sheet that matches the Summer Game Fest demo; and a clear read on new systems such as Focus Mode, the artifact skill tree, and herb brewing. This homepage is the hub. Every module below sends you into a dedicated page instead of dumping the entire wiki into one scroll.
Because the game is still unreleased, we mark what comes from official sources and what is inferred from the 1996 structure. The Lost Valley cog puzzle, raptor fights, and T-Rex chase have been played. The Egypt light-beam "meta puzzle," human mercenaries, and four-weapon loadout have been confirmed by developers. Treat later-region pages as briefing rooms, not fake complete walkthroughs.
Release facts at a glance
Worldwide launch is February 12, 2027, with February 13 in Japan, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Deluxe and Collector owners get 48-hour early access from February 10. The dedicated release date page and the news hub track the delay, gamescom 2026 footage, and what still has not moved. Developers are Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog. Publisher is Amazon Game Studios. Engine is Unreal Engine 5. The PC build uses Denuvo. Audio ships in English, French, German, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, and Simplified Chinese, with additional text languages including Italian, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Korean, and Traditional Chinese. Russian is not listed. Compare SKUs on the editions page or with the edition compare tool. PC owners should read system requirements before buying a digital copy they cannot boot.
Walkthrough rooms
The expedition still follows the classic spine: Peru for Qualopec, Greece for Tihocan, Egypt for the last Scion piece, then Natla's island. Start with the Peru walkthrough if you want the Lost Valley cog route, Vilcabamba notes, and the T-Rex set piece. Continue through the Greece walkthrough for St. Francis' Folly, the Colosseum, and the Palace of Midas. The Egypt walkthrough covers the Temple of Khamoon beam puzzle. The Atlantis walkthrough prepares the pyramid, Natla, and the Scion's endgame. The hub sits at campaign walkthrough.
Guides for the new systems
If you have never played a classic tomb, read how to play Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis first. Then split your practice: how to solve puzzles without living on the scanner, how to traverse with the wrist grapple and climbing axe, and how to beat dinosaurs without turning the valley into a cover shooter. The Lost Valley chase has its own page: how to beat the T-Rex. Independent difficulty sliders for puzzles, combat, and traversal are confirmed, so a puzzle-first player and a combat-first player can share the same save philosophy without sharing the same pain.
Combat, gear, and the story underneath
Combat is built around motion. Dual pistols remain usable for the whole game. Shotgun, SMG, and assault rifle cover close, mid, and long range. Human mercenaries add cover pressure that animals cannot. Read the combat overview, then the weapons guide. Progression lives in artifacts that feed the skill tree, while gear explains the scanner, grapple, and axe. Story pages cover Lara Croft, Natla, and the triumvirate, the Scion, and the four great regions. If you are still deciding whether to pre-order, the preview review and PC spec checker are the last two doors.
Keep reading
- Campaign walkthrough
Region-by-region route through Peru, Greece, Egypt, and Atlantis.
- How to play
The first-hour loop: explore, scan optionally, solve, then fight on the move.
- Controls
PlayStation demo mapping for jump, grapple, dodge, fire, aim, and Focus.
- gamescom 2026
Twenty minutes of Peru from Xbox Day 1, plus the T-Rex interview.
Frequently asked questions
When does Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis release? +
February 12, 2027 worldwide on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam, and Nintendo Switch 2. Deluxe early access begins February 10. Some Asia-Pacific territories follow on February 13.
Is this a remake of the 1996 game or a new story? +
It is a ground-up reimagining of the 1996 original, not a texture pack and not Tomb Raider: Anniversary. The Scion hunt remains the spine, with expanded environments, modern traversal, and story links that the developers say reach toward Lara's future, including Tomb Raider: Catalyst.
Do I need the Survivor trilogy first? +
No. The team is designing a jumping-on point. The jade necklace and climbing axe are nods to that history, but the demo and marketing treat this as Lara already at the top of her game.
Where should a new player start on this wiki? +
Read how to play, then controls, then the Peru walkthrough. If you care about loadouts, open weapons and the skill tree. If you care about buying, open editions and the spec checker.