Credit /u/Heroheenie

pc users only (sorry console players, i wish i knew a better solution for you guys)

this won’t work unless you own the game (obviously)

TOP PRIORITY i would recommend backing up your save file as this guide has a possibility of overwriting it and there’s been issues with save files and the new update. you can do this by going to “C:\Users(yourname)\AppData\Roaming\TRX” and copying the contents to another location. after that you can copy them back if your saves stop registering in the game for whatever reason

open the windows run program. you can do this by pressing the windows button + R on your keyboard. after that you want to put in the command “steam://open/console” and it’ll open the steam console.

when the steam console is open you will want to put in the command “download_depot 2478970 2478971 5075321733709810017”, this is the command to download the last version before patch 5. it includes the game id, depot id, and manifest id gotten from steamdb. after you put this command in, steam will start downloading that version to a separate file location. when it’s done it’ll tell you the directory, but it’s usually located somewhere like “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\content”. i would recommend you move the contents of the folder to another place on your computer so that you have a backup.

to play the game (assuming your steam copy is updated already) go into steam, right click on tomb raider 1-3, go to manage, and then click browse local files. after that you want to delete everything in Tomb Raider I-III Remastered. then you want to copy the backup you made earlier into this folder.

to prevent it from updating back, i’d recommend going into properties and turning off steam cloud, then going into updates and setting automatic updates to “wait until i launch the game”. if you REALLY want to be sure you can also go into your steamapps folder and scroll until you find “appmanifest_2478970”. then right click, go to properties, and set the file to read only.

REALLY hope this helps some of you guys