Adventures have always been a player favorite. Especially since a studio, Core Design, was encouraged to redefine the genre in 1996 with a game called tomb Raider: an exciting story, 3D settings, hand-to-hand combat against all kinds of enemies, puzzles to solve and all the charm of a protagonist who has remained young to this day. Neither more nor less than the always intrepid Lara Croft.
so with And tomb Raider looming on the horizon, With Amazon Games involved, we encouraged each other to put a face and eyes to the success of the saga, which has already seen several reboots, redone, restart or whatever you want to call them. So nothing better to put things into context than to look at the numbers they achieved.
There are no two like Lara Croft
as you are told, this saga arrived in the mid 90s and puts us in the shoes of Lara Croft, an adventurer who will be in charge of traveling the planet in search of ancient archaeological artifacts as if it were a female version of Indiana Jones. Without a doubt, this series has left us with some of the most memorable adventures in video game history and it seems that it has no particular intention of stopping.
So to celebrate the fact that the new generation has yet to give us a little more joy, here is We bring you the top 5 titles that made the most money. let’s start
5. Tomb Raider III
In the third installment of the original saga, Lara will have to travel the world to find a mysterious artifact that belonged to an ancient civilization, before an evil society gets ahead of her. Without a doubt, an adventure that was devastating at the time due to the numbers reached. Economically, he was very successful because he got 5.94 million units sold worldwide.
4.Tomb Raider II
This second adventure continued the success of the first installment but made the game a bit bigger. He nailed it in that regard, setting the action in China and adding a wide variety of settings that, for the time, captivated gamers around the world. It managed to sell 6.85 million copies.
3. Rise of the Tomb Raider
Without a doubt, we are facing the episode that returned the franchise to new generations of consoles. This title saved the saga from the shadows by using a significantly improved combat system and a story adapted to new times, much more complex and deep. It was a mega hit reaching approximately 7 million games sold around the world.
2.Tomb Raider
Obviously, the original had to occupy a privileged position within this list. It is, for many, one of the great classics in the history of video games and although it may now seem obsolete and rudimentary to us, it was a real boom at the time. Seeing all this, it was normal that it became a bestseller, obtaining 7.16 million copies solds.
1. Tomb Raider (2013)
As was logical and expected by many fans, it was decided to make a to restart to restart the franchise and wash its face for future generations. The result is, for many, the best to restart never made for a video gameleaving all the aspects that had characterized the franchise at a superlative and superb level: story, gameplay, development, puzzles, enemies… it all fits together. That it is a success is not enough, since it sold 11 million sets. Amazing.
If you want to get all the games of the saga tomb Raider for PC, with a 75% discount, you can get them here.
Table of Contents
