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Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch

Lara Croft enters the Wicked Vale and comes face-to-face with Baba Yaga, a supernatural entity described in Slavic folklore. This DLC adds a brand-new story with 3 hours of new gameplay, as well as a new…

77 26 January 2016

Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch is an adventure developed by Crystal Dynamics, released 26 January 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.

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What Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch is

Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch is an adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and released in 2016. It was published by Square Enix Europe. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rise of the Tomb Raider is a 2015 action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Microsoft Studios and Square Enix. The game is the eleventh main entry in the Tomb Raider series, the sequel to 2013's Tomb Raider, and is the second instalment in the Survivor trilogy. Its story follows Lara Croft as she ventures into Siberia in search of the legendary city of Kitezh while battling the paramilitary organization Trinity, which intends to uncover the city's promise of immortality. Lara must traverse the environment and combat enemies with firearms and stealth as she explores semi-open hubs. In these hubs she can raid challenge tombs to unlock new rewards, complete side…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, stealth and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Tomb Raider series

Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch is the 92nd of 140 entries we hold in the Tomb Raider series. The next entry was Rise of the Tomb Raider: Cold Darkness Awakened in 2016. Its critic score of 77 is 5 points above the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is The Tomb Raider Trilogy at 92.

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How it was received

Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 1 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 25GB.

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What it launched against

Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch launched on 26 January 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2 and Yakuza Kiwami. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch — frequently asked questions

When did Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch come out?
Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch was released on 26 January 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch?
At minimum, Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch needs Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent, 6 GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB graphics, 25 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch?
The main story of Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch takes around 1 hrs.
How many GB is Rise of the Tomb Raider: Baba Yaga - The Temple of the Witch?
The PC version needs about 25 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("25 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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