Modders Delca and Trxye have spent years pouring their hearts into a fan project that reimagines legendary Tomb Raider adventures in side scroller fashion, which is a tall job for anyone, but they’ve pulled it off with flying colors. They’ve created 11 levels inspired by the series’ first three games, and you’ll be guiding Lara Croft through reinvented places such as Peru, Greece, Venice, and the sunken ship the Maria Doria, all of which have been updated with a 2D twist.
Delca had already dabbled in an official Tomb Raider Remastered collection, but when Trxye joined the team about a year ago, the two of them went back to the drawing board and started from scratch. That kind of attention has paid off handsomely, as new game feels like a love tribute to the originals, but with a unique twist all its own.
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The gameplay is just as you remember it, with Lara still able to run over platforms, dive into water, climb walls, and fight monsters with the same timing and weight as before. According to classical physics, she can still perform a swan dive that ends horribly if there is concrete waiting for her, and those traps will spring shut just as quickly as before. Secrets are still hidden in places that fans used to memorize (and then carefully avoid) back in the day.
The audio and visuals are all from the PlayStation era, so the soundtrack and Lara model are exactly what fans of the franchise would expect. In terms of gameplay, Delca and Trxye painstakingly selected 11 levels that take in a variety of environments, including rainforests, ancient ruins, freezing Antarctic bases, and the opulent halls of Atlantis. Each one has been painstakingly rebuilt level by level to operate precisely in the side scroller style, resulting in platforming sequences that demand precise leaps, fighting, and puzzles that take just as much careful thought as before.
The release date is slated for May 2026, and all you have to do is go to TRCustoms.org, the main site for Tomb Raider fan creations, and download the game with no account or purchase required.
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