Tomb Raider: Catalyst similar games & best alternatives

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Tomb Raider: Catalyst

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2028

Should you play it?

What works

  • Large, immersive world with rich exploration
  • Challenging and clever environmental puzzles
  • Strong narrative with moral complexity
  • Fluid traversal mechanics including grappling hook
  • Appealing to both newcomers and longtime fans

Things to keep in mind

  • Unpredictable difficulty spikes and trial-and-error frustration
  • Occasional control glitches during complex movements
  • Punishing platforming with unforgiving camera angles
  • Final act relies on tedious fetch quests
  • No multiplayer or cooperative modes

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials

  • Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2

  • Tormented Souls 2

  • Tormented Souls

  • Resident Evil

  • Resident Evil

Less expressive

Games that feels like Tomb Raider: Catalyst but with less self-expression and customization

  • Ori and the Blind Forest

  • Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered

  • Shadow of the Colossus

  • Little Big Adventure 2

  • MO:Astray

  • Ministry of Broadcast

More relaxing

Games that feels like Tomb Raider: Catalyst but with a more relaxing feel

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered

  • Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered

  • Tomb Raider: Underworld

  • Tomb Raider: Legend

  • Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Tomb Raider: Catalyst: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 05/08/2026