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The best Crystal Dynamics games

The 12 best games from Crystal Dynamics, ranked from 6,128 critic and player ratings.

The best Crystal Dynamics game is Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, with a critic score of 91/100. Updated November 2026.

  • Ranked releases span 1999 to 2020.
  • Average critic score across the 12 ranked games: 79/100.
  • 6,128 critic and player ratings behind this ranking.
  • About 12 hours to finish one of them on average (main story).

How this ranking is built
  • Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
  • A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
  • Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
  • Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
  • 12 games are listed on this page, carrying 6,128 ratings between them.
  • Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 13 November 2026.

Top 12

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01 Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1999 · 182 ratings · finished by 9% A third-person action-adventure game set after the events of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain (1996). Kain has established a vampiric empire in the world of Nosgoth, but when his lieutenant and progeny, Raziel, evolves wings before him, Kain casts him down in jealousy. Centuries later, Raziel awakens in a corrupted form and sets out to take revenge against his former brethren. 91 /100
02 Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition C Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition 2014 · 163 ratings · 2 Tier votes · finished by 15% Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is a re-release of Tomb Raider, developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square-Enix for the Playstation 4 and the Xbox One. The game is optimized for next-gen consoles, with the help of outside developers including United Front Games and Nixxes Software. Definitive Edition includes several visual and game play enhancements, and is packaged with all available downloadable content for the game. The game was released on January 28th, 2014. 88 /100
03 Rise of the Tomb Raider B Rise of the Tomb Raider 2015 · 1,351 ratings · 2 Tier votes · finished by 27% · 14 h to beat Join Lara Croft on her first great tomb raiding expedition as she seeks to discover the secret of immortality. Featuring high-octane action set in the most beautiful and hostile environments on earth, Rise of the Tomb Raider delivers cinematic survival action-adventure. 87 /100
04 Tomb Raider C Tomb Raider 2013 · 2,397 ratings · 2 Tier votes · finished by 28% · 10 h to beat A remaster of the original Tomb Raider, including The Unfinished Business expansion as well as the ability to toggle between original and remastered graphics. 85 /100
05 Shadow of the Tomb Raider B Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2018 · 696 ratings · 1 Tier vote As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be. 80 /100
06 Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light 2010 · 120 ratings · finished by 6% Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is a platform action video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iOS as part of the Tomb Raider series through digital distribution. Unlike previous games in the series, the game does not carry the Tomb Raider brand and has a heavy emphasis on cooperative gameplay. In multiplayer, players take the role as either Lara Croft or a 2,000-year-old Mayan warrior named Totec. They must work together in order to stop the evil spirit Xolotl and retrieve the Mirror of Smoke. A single-player campaign mode is available that does not include the non-playable character AI following or helping Lara. 79 /100
07 Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 2001 · 107 ratings · finished by 6% Soul Reaver 2 picks up where Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver left off, with Raziel having just plunged through the Chronoplast time portal in his relentless pursuit of Kain. Over the course of his quest for revenge, Raziel must unearth the mysteries of Nosgoth’s ancient races, expose the machinations behind the corruption of the Pillars, and the vampire genocide. Throughout the game, Raziel acquires numerous new abilities, weapon enhancements, and spells, all of which are critical to the completion of his epic adventure. Soul Reaver is a third-person combat adventure filled with devious puzzles and kick-ass combat. Fly, swim, jump, and even travel from the material world to the spectral realm to overcome obstacles and conquer your enemies. With over 40 abilities to choose from, no two fights will ever be the same. 77 /100
08 Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris 2014 · 123 ratings · finished by 4% Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is the sequel to Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and the second game in a spin-off from the main Tomb Raider series. The two-player cooperative campaign from the first game is expanded to support up to four players. They need to work together in a platform environment to explore the temple, defeat hordes of enemies from the Egyptian underworld, solve puzzles, and avoid traps, using a high-angle perspective like the previous game. When playing together, the level lay-outs change to support cooperative actions. 75 /100
09 Marvel’s Avengers Marvel’s Avengers 2020 · 171 ratings · finished by 11% Marvel’s Avengers is an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix in 2020. It features both a single-player campaign and multiplayer missions, combining narrative-driven gameplay with cooperative online play. The story follows Kamala Khan as she reunites the Avengers after a catastrophic event. Players can control multiple heroes, each with unique abilities and skill trees. 73 /100
10 Tomb Raider: Underworld Tomb Raider: Underworld 2008 · 261 ratings · finished by 11% Tomb Raider: Underworld represents a new advancement in exploration-based gameplay. As fearless adventurer Lara Croft explore exotic locations around the world, each designed with an incredible attention to detail resulting in breathtaking high-definition visual fidelity that creates a truly believable world and delivers a new level of challenge and choice. Reach new heights with the broadest range of acrobatic abilities and utilize objects within the environment to uncover new paths to explore. Discover ancient mysteries of the underworld hidden within the coast of Thailand, frozen islands of the Arctic Sea, the jungles of Mexico, and more. Each level is an elaborate multi-stage puzzle masked within an interactive environmental playground offering more flexibility over how the area is solved. Choose to pacify or kill, target multiple enemies at once with the new dual-target system, and shoot with one hand while suspended with the other. 72 /100
11 Tomb Raider: Anniversary B Tomb Raider: Anniversary 2007 · 255 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 11% 69 /100
12 Tomb Raider: Legend Tomb Raider: Legend 2006 · 302 ratings · finished by 14% 60 /100
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What is the best Crystal Dynamics game?

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver currently tops the ranking with a score of 91/100 across 182 ratings. Ranking updated November 2026.

How is this ranking built?

Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.