Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis release date: February 12, 2027, with price, editions and PC requirements

Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis release date and platforms

The Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis release date is February 12, 2027. That is the date on the game's Steam page, and the PlayStation Blog gives the same date for PS5 pre-orders. It moves the game out of the 2026 window it was first announced with, according to Video Game Chronicle's report from the delay, which also confirmed a Nintendo Switch 2 version for the same day.

The game is aimed at PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2. Amazon Game Studios is the publisher listed on Steam, with Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog as developers, and the game runs on Unreal Engine 5. If you want to start earlier, the Deluxe Edition carries an Advance Access window, covered below.

Price and editions: what you get at each tier

On Steam, the Standard Edition costs $59.99 and the Deluxe Edition costs $69.99. The Deluxe Edition's selling point is Advance Access, which lets you play two days before full release. Steam's listing is the source for these US prices.

Video Game Chronicle reported UK pre-order pricing at the delay announcement: £49.99 for Standard with a Survivor Outfit pre-order bonus, £59.99 for Deluxe with 48 hours of early access, a Parisian Fugitive Outfit and a post-launch DLC story pack, and £159.99 for a Collector's Edition. The Collector's Edition adds a Lara Croft vs T-Rex statue, a premium steel case, a mini art book, a Croft signet pin and an Atlantean Talisman keychain. We have not seen the Collector's Edition on the Steam page, so check your regional store for what is on sale where you live.

Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis PC requirements

Steam lists a modest minimum for a modern Unreal Engine 5 game: Windows 10 or 11 64-bit, an Intel Core i5-8600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 16GB of RAM, and a graphics card equal to a GTX 1070 8GB, an RTX 2060 Super or an RX 5700. Storage is 80GB. Steam does not publish frame rate or resolution targets for either tier.

The recommended tier steps up to an Intel Core i7-9700K or Ryzen 5 5600X, the same 16GB of RAM, and an RTX 3080 or RX 6800 XT. The storage figure stays at 80GB for both. The Steam page we opened does not mention Denuvo or any other anti-tamper software, and does not say whether an SSD is required.

What the game is: a reimagining of the 1996 original

Legacy of Atlantis is a reimagining of the original 1996 Tomb Raider rather than a sequel. Steam's description sends Lara Croft through locations including Peru, Greece, Egypt and a Mediterranean island as she hunts for pieces of the Scion. Gameplay is described as climbing, solving puzzles with ancient contraptions, and fighting wildlife, mercenaries and mythological creatures.

It was one of two Tomb Raider games revealed at The Game Awards in December 2025, according to Video Game Chronicle. The other, Tomb Raider: Catalyst, is planned for 2027 and set in northern India, which means Lara has two games in roughly the same release year.

How the team is redesigning Lara Croft

A PlayStation Blog post on October 22, 2026, by Amazon Game Studios, walks through how Lara's look has evolved. Crystal Dynamics' Brendon Bengston says the question the team keeps asking is "how do we make this the most realistic-looking Lara while sticking with that original design?" The 1996 design is the baseline for every change.

The technical detail is specific. Hair has moved from solid polygon shapes to hair cards, which let artists craft exact strands. Skin uses subsurface scattering, and custom blend shapes show fine facial lines during expressions. For clothing, the team 3D-printed a base body, dressed it in real clothes and scanned it, and for one outfit hired a tailor to make an actual garment.

Tone and story: what the developers say about Lara

Narrative Director John Stafford, also of Crystal Dynamics, says the team kept Lara's intelligence, fearlessness and thrill-seeking, deepened her emotional range, and combined the tones of several eras of the series. His summary of her core trait: "Lara must always feel like someone who needs to know what's behind the next door."

Flying Wild Hog's Aleksandra Skiba frames the challenge as making Lara more believable while keeping her recognizable, saying "You have to figure out what you can do now to make them better." These are developer statements, not reviews, so they tell you the intent rather than how it plays.

Why the delay and the date matter

A February release puts Legacy of Atlantis outside the crowded holiday window, when GTA VI is due on November 19, 2026, per Take-Two. Whether that was the reason for the move is not something the publisher has said, so treat it as context rather than motive. What is verifiable is the sequence: first announced for 2026, then moved to February 12, 2027, with Switch 2 added at the same time.

For a series that has two games in the same release year, the date also sets up a comparison. Legacy of Atlantis goes back to the 1996 original, while Catalyst, per Video Game Chronicle, is set in northern India. Players choosing between them will have the Steam page, the PlayStation Store listing and eventually reviews to go on, and none of the reviews exist yet.

Should you pre-order, and what is still unknown

Pre-orders are open on Steam and the PlayStation Store. Since the game is more than three months away and was already delayed once, waiting costs nothing unless you want the pre-order outfit or Deluxe early access. Digital pre-orders on most stores can be cancelled until release, but check the refund terms where you buy.

Still unconfirmed: file sizes on consoles, the Switch 2 price, the Switch 2 performance target, and any review or hands-on impressions. The one reported date variant, a February 13 launch for parts of Asia and Oceania on PlayStation, appears in a single outlet and we could not confirm it, so we are not treating it as official.