Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection

UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection is a cinematic third-person action-adventure package for PC that combines UNCHARTED 4: A Thief’s End and UNCHARTED: The Lost Legacy. The current Steam and Epic Games Store listings still use the Legacy of Thieves Collection name; no verified PC rebrand or replacement edition was found. It is a story-focused release developed by Naughty Dog and Iron Galaxy Studios and published by PlayStation Publishing LLC.

The collection is best understood as two complete, linear adventures rather than one continuous campaign. Nathan Drake’s final treasure hunt and Chloe Frazer’s standalone expedition share the same broad design language, but their pacing, supporting characters, locations, and exploration spaces give each game a distinct identity.

How the adventure plays

The core loop alternates between third-person shooting, stealth encounters, climbing, environmental puzzles, vehicle sequences, and carefully staged cinematic set pieces. Most chapters move through a deliberate rhythm: investigate a location, identify a route through the environment, navigate a traversal sequence, fight or evade hostile forces, and then continue the story through an authored action scene.

Traversal is central to the collection. Nathan and Chloe climb ledges, swing across gaps, slide down steep surfaces, use ropes and grappling tools, and search large spaces for a safe route forward. The environments are not open-world sandboxes, but several areas provide more freedom than a simple corridor, letting players approach encounters from different elevations or investigate optional paths.

Combat uses an over-the-shoulder perspective with firearms, melee attacks, cover, and movement between defensive positions. Stealth takedowns can reduce enemy numbers before a firefight begins, while tall grass, vertical routes, and alternate vantage points support a more cautious approach. When stealth breaks down, the design shifts quickly into mobile shooting and close-quarters action rather than locking the player into a single fixed arena.

Puzzles are generally integrated into the environment instead of presented as separate mini-games. Players examine ruins, rotate mechanisms, move through architectural spaces, and interpret visual clues while the protagonists comment on their surroundings. The challenge is usually based on observation and route planning, with traversal itself often functioning as the answer to the puzzle.

Two campaigns, two different leads

UNCHARTED 4: A Thief’s End follows retired fortune hunter Nathan Drake as he is drawn back into a search for the pirate treasure of Henry Avery. His brother Sam, Victor Sullivan, Elena Fisher, and rival treasure hunters shape a personal story that places equal weight on family relationships, criminal competition, and the consequences of returning to a dangerous life.

Its campaign is the larger of the two experiences in terms of scope and variety. It moves through urban streets, tropical environments, archaeological sites, and expansive vehicle-driven areas. The game also gives its climbing and combat systems more room to develop, making it the natural starting point for players who want Nathan Drake’s concluding chapter.

UNCHARTED: The Lost Legacy shifts focus to treasure hunter Chloe Frazer and mercenary Nadine Ross as they travel through India’s Western Ghats in search of the Golden Tusk of Ganesh. Chloe’s lockpicking ability and Nadine’s combat experience complement one another, while their dialogue creates a different tone from Nathan’s established group dynamic.

The Lost Legacy is more compact and places greater emphasis on a broad, explorable region. Its optional objectives, treasure hunting, vehicle exploration, and flexible route planning create a slightly more open structure without turning the campaign into a traditional open-world game. Players who enjoy environmental exploration and character-driven partnership stories may prefer Chloe’s adventure.

Progression, collectibles, and replay features

This is not a loot-driven action game. There are no character classes, skill trees, crafting economy, or equipment rarity system defining progression. Instead, advancement comes from completing the authored story, learning traversal patterns, surviving combat encounters, and finding optional collectibles hidden throughout the environments.

Treasure collectibles, journal entries, and optional conversations reward players who slow down and inspect side paths. These discoveries add context to the locations and characters, while optional dialogue can reveal extra personality during quieter sections. The collection also includes Photo Mode, allowing players to pause selected moments and adjust the presentation for screenshots.

After completing the stories, players can revisit the campaigns through additional modes and modifiers associated with the original games. These options support challenge runs, combat experimentation, and collectible cleanup rather than providing a separate live-service progression track. The main replay value comes from improving encounter routes, discovering missed secrets, and revisiting the set pieces with different gameplay preferences.

Players who enjoy authored archaeological adventures with climbing, puzzles, and third-person combat may also find a useful mechanical comparison in survival-focused third-person exploration games such as Tomb Raider 2013. Uncharted is more linear and more heavily directed, but both games use traversal, ruins, optional discoveries, and ranged combat as parts of the same adventure loop.

What the PC collection includes

The PC package contains the single-player campaigns of both UNCHARTED 4: A Thief’s End and UNCHARTED: The Lost Legacy. It does not include the multiplayer modes associated with the original console versions, so buyers should approach it as a two-campaign story collection rather than a competitive or cooperative package.

The commercial model is straightforward: the collection is sold as a paid base package, and the PC storefront listings do not present a season pass, recurring service layer, or separate campaign DLC structure. The two included adventures are the main content offering, with collectibles, bonus options, and replay modifiers supporting additional play after the story.

Unlike a retro compilation, this edition is built around remastered presentations and PC-specific configuration. The visual options include adjustable texture and model quality, anisotropic filtering, shadows, reflections, and ambient occlusion. The collection also supports ultrawide monitors and high-resolution display output, while cinematic scenes preserve their designed presentation rather than simply expanding every frame to fill the display.

PC controls and platform features

The PC version supports keyboard and mouse input, the DualShock 4 controller, XInput gamepads, and other compatible controllers. Full control remapping gives players flexibility over movement, aiming, traversal, and combat actions. DualSense haptic feedback and adaptive trigger effects are supported through a wired PC connection, making the PlayStation controller the most feature-rich option for players who want those effects.

Additional PC options include a reworked interface, scalable menu elements, GPU and VRAM detection tools, variable load-speed support, auto-pause behavior, and the ability to minimize the game in the background. The Steam version also lists Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing, and Remote Play on TV. The Epic Games Store version lists cloud saves and controller support.

Localization is extensive. Storefront information lists interface and subtitle support across European, Asian, and Middle Eastern languages, including English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Dutch, and several additional text languages. Full audio is available in a smaller selection of languages, while Arabic is listed for audio rather than interface text on the storefront language tables.

Players who prefer classic archaeological platforming can also compare its climbing-and-puzzle rhythm with focused third-person tomb adventures like Tomb Raider: Anniversary. Anniversary puts more weight on environmental puzzle solving, while Legacy of Thieves gives more time to stealth, shooting, character dialogue, and large cinematic action sequences.

Who should play it?

Legacy of Thieves Collection is a strong fit for players who want story-driven action, expressive characters, guided exploration, environmental puzzles, and set pieces that are tightly choreographed around the player’s movement. It is especially approachable for newcomers because each campaign explains its mechanics through play and does not require mastery of a complicated progression system.

It is less suitable for players seeking a large open world, deep character builds, competitive multiplayer, campaign co-op, or a systemic sandbox where every encounter behaves differently. The campaigns are authored experiences. Their value comes from pacing, presentation, traversal design, and the contrast between quiet exploration and explosive action.

UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection FAQ

Is Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection still the current PC name?

Yes. Steam and Epic Games Store listings currently use UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection. No verified PC rebrand, definitive replacement name, or storefront transition superseding this title was found.

Which games are included?

The package includes the single-player campaigns of UNCHARTED 4: A Thief’s End and UNCHARTED: The Lost Legacy. The first follows Nathan Drake and Sam Drake’s search for Henry Avery’s pirate treasure. The second follows Chloe Frazer and Nadine Ross in India’s Western Ghats.

Does the PC version have multiplayer or co-op?

No. The PC collection is presented as a single-player package and does not include online multiplayer, local co-op, or split-screen campaign play.

Does it support keyboard and mouse?

Yes. Keyboard and mouse controls are supported alongside DualShock 4, DualSense, XInput, and other compatible gamepads. The PC release also includes full control remapping.

Does the PC edition support ultrawide monitors?

Yes. The PC version includes ultrawide monitor support, high-resolution output options, adjustable graphical settings, and interface scaling tools.

Is DualSense support available on PC?

Yes. Haptic feedback and adaptive trigger effects are supported with a DualSense controller connected to PC through a wired connection.

Is this an open-world game?

No. Both campaigns are authored, chapter-based action-adventures. Some areas, particularly in The Lost Legacy, provide broader spaces for optional exploration, treasure hunting, and alternate routes, but the collection is not a persistent open-world game.