Lara Croft GO is an exceptional Adventure/Puzzle that raises the bar for the genre.
90
Verdict
93%
Steam
86
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (93% positive from 4.0K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (86/100 critic average)
Outstanding soundtrack
No significant drawbacks reported
Lara Croft Go is a 2015 puzzle video game developed by Square Enix Montreal and published by Square Enix. A spin-off of the Tomb Raider series. The player moves Lara Croft as a puzzle piece through a board game while avoiding obstacles and manipulating the environment. The developers distilled major series motifs, such as boulder-chases and reaction-based gameplay, to suit Lara Croft Go's time-independent gameplay. The game was developed as a spiritual successor to its 2014 Hitman Go, based on another Square Enix Europe franchise. It was released in August 2015 for Android, iOS, Windows, and Windows Phone devices. Versions for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Steam were released in December 2016.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 11h ago
Lara Croft GO: Tactical Efficiency and The Portable Tomb Lara Croft GO is a stellar example of how to adapt a major franchise into a mobile-first experience. It distills the essence of classic Tomb Raider—the isolation, the traps, and the sense of discovery—into a series of beautifully minimalist, diorama-like puzzles. Thankfully, I can transfer my save as well. Because the game is built in Unity.
A sleek, turn-based puzzle game that trades tomb-raiding action for careful, grid-based step planning. The isometric art style is beautiful and translating Tomb Raider traps and enemies into spatial logic puzzles is a neat concept. That said, it clearly betrays its mobile-game origins with its short length, low difficulty curve, and lack of replay value on PC.
Good game. The visuals and soundtrack give the whole adventure a relaxing atmosphere, while solving the later puzzles feels genuinely satisfying. It’s a bit short and doesn’t offer much replay value, but I had a good time from start to finish.
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