Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
Third-person stealth action built around light and shadow
Ubisoft · Released Apr 1, 2008
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 4,050
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 85% of 40 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 29
- peak 24h 48
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 91/100 (critic reviews)
What is Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®?
A third-person, single-player stealth action game set amid cyberterrorism and rising international tensions. Across missions in different parts of the world, you infiltrate secure sites, hide in shadows, climb, interrogate people, and gather intelligence to uncover a conspiracy.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning your way past guards and lights
- +you like choosing between lethal and nonlethal approaches
- +you prefer solo espionage missions with tactical gear
Not for you if...
- −you want firefights to take priority over stealth
- −you prefer open-world exploration to structured missions
What players say
88% of 4,050 reviews are positive · 85% of 40 in the last 30 days
Players praise the stealth gameplay built around light and shadow. They report launch failures, broken lighting, and controller problems, and several recommend community fixes. Some also criticize inaccurate shooting and uneven level design.
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- Processor
- Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™ 800 MHz
- Graphics
- 32 MB 3D video card (64
- Memory
- 256 MB of RAM or above
- Storage
- 1.5 GB available hard disk space
- DirectX
- DirectX® version 8.1 or higher
Recommended
- Processor
- Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™ 1.0 GHz
- Graphics
- 64 MB 3D video card/
- Memory
- 256 MB of RAM or above
- Storage
- 2.1 GB available hard disk space
- DirectX
- Direct X 8.1
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Minor audio issues on Steam Deck
- Native resolution not supported
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
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