Rise of the Tomb Raider Coming to Linux on April 19

Ron Perillo / 6 years ago

Better Late Than Never

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration came out in 2016, but MacOS gamers were finally able to play it starting April 12. UK-based publisher Feral Interactive has ported the game for Apple users and now they are also releasing a Linux version. Using Vulkan graphics technology, Linux and Mac users can experience the action packed adventure that Windows gamers know.

The 20 Year Celebration edition of Rise of the Tomb Raider is the definitive version of the game. It comes with not only the base install but the entire DLC collection as well. That includes blood Ties, Baba Yaga: Temple of the Witch, and Cold Darkness Awakened. This adds several more hours of gameplay over the base install. Plus, it includes eight outfits, seven weapons and over 35 expedition cards. Furthermore, it introduces a new co-op endurance mode as well as a Nightmare mode where Lara faces off hordes of zombies.

Can My System Run Rise of the Tomb Raider on Linux?

Rise of the Tomb Raider Coming to Linux on April 19

Since it requires Vulkan, the system requirement is suprisingly lenient.

Minimum System Requirements

OS: Ubuntu 17.10
Processor: Intel Core i3-4130T or AMD equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: 2GB AMD R9 285 (GCN 3rd Gen and above), 2GB Nvidia GTX 680 or better
Storage: 28 GB available space
Additional Notes:
- * Requires Vulkan
- * Nvidia graphics cards require driver version 396.18 or later. If you need to update your drivers, we recommend using the Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA.
- * AMD graphics cards require Mesa 17.3.5 or later. If you need to update your drivers, we recommend using the Padoka Stable PPA.
- * Vega graphics cards require Mesa 18.0 or later.
- * AMD GCN 1st and 2nd generation graphics cards are not supported.
- * Intel graphics cards are not supported.
- * Requires an SSE2 capable processor.