Tomb Raider: Video game franchise centering around the adventures of the English archaeologist Lara Croft

Originally the games were made by Core Design. Now they are being made by Crystal Dynamics. The first game was sold in 1996 for PC, PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

The main character of the game is a woman called Lara Croft. She is an archeologist and explores ancient places, searching old relics, often fighting a great danger to the world.

Since 2001, Paramount Pictures has made two movies like the game, starring Angelina Jolie. And 2018 movies, Angelina Jolie has been switch into Alicia Vikander.

The first six games in the series was made by Core Design. In 2003, parent company Eidos moved development of the Tomb Raider games from Core Design to Crystal Dynamics, another Eidos-owned studio, after the sixth game, Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, was met with dislike from critics.

Main games

• Tomb Raider (1996)
• Tomb Raider II (1997)
• Tomb Raider III (1998)
• Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999)
• Tomb Raider Chronicles (2000)
• Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003)
• Tomb Raider: Legends (2006)
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007)
• Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)
• Tomb Raider (2013)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)

Spin-offs

• Tomb Raider (2000)
• Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword (2001)
• Tomb Raider: The Prophecy (2002)
• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010)

• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
• Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
• Tomb Raider Reboot (2018)