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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas

Squad-based tactical shooter clearing rooms amid a Las Vegas siege

Ubisoft Montreal · Published by Ubisoft · Released Apr 9, 2008

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Reviews
Very Positive
80% of 1,837
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
79% of 24 in 30 days
Players
5
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
Unknown
no patch notes on Steam
Minimum PC
DirectX 9 GPU
1 GB RAM · 7 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)

What is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas?

This first-person tactical shooter puts you in command of a Rainbow squad during a terrorist siege in Las Vegas. You move through streets and casinos, plan room entries, mark enemies with a snake camera, and direct teammates through missions with multiple routes.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy planning room entries before a firefight
  • +you like demanding single-player campaigns with squad commands

Not for you if...

  • −you want a shooter driven by a detailed story
  • −you prefer fast shooting without stopping to plan

What players say

80% of 1,837 reviews are positive · 79% of 24 in the last 30 days

Players praise the deliberate squad combat and Las Vegas map design. They complain about abrupt deaths, repeated checkpoints, and bugs or poor performance on modern PCs. Players report that online multiplayer and co-op no longer work.

Players over time

▼ -39% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 25 players on Oct 4, 2026.

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Nov 7, 20265
Nov 6, 20267
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Oct 29, 20263
Oct 28, 20268
Oct 27, 20264
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Oct 25, 20267
Oct 24, 20268
Oct 23, 20262
Oct 22, 202610
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Oct 20, 20264
Oct 19, 20265
Oct 18, 202610
Oct 17, 20269
Oct 16, 20264
Oct 15, 20268
Oct 14, 202611
Oct 13, 202615
Oct 12, 20268
Oct 11, 20267
Oct 10, 20267
Oct 9, 202617
Oct 8, 202614
Oct 7, 202615
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Oct 5, 202623
Oct 4, 202625
Oct 3, 202614
Oct 2, 202615
Oct 1, 202612
Sep 30, 20267
Sep 29, 202616
Sep 28, 202623
Sep 27, 202622
Sep 26, 202624
Sep 25, 202614
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Sep 23, 202621
Sep 22, 202613

Screenshots and trailer

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 1 GB RAM, 7 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

Processor
3 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 3000 (3.5 GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon 3500 recommended)
Graphics
128 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant, Shader 3.0-enabled video card (256MB recommended) (see supported list*)
Memory
1 GB (2 GB recommended)
Storage
7 GB free
DirectX
DirectX 9 or higher

Does Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.

Does Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing
Age rating
17+
Languages
Text only: English, French.

Does Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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