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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Desert Siege™

A squad-based tactical shooter expansion set in East Africa

Red Storm Entertainment · Published by Ubisoft · Released Jul 15, 2008

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Reviews
Very Positive
89% of 202
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
0
daily peak, Nov 2, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
Unknown
no patch notes on Steam
Minimum PC
16 MB DirectX® 8.0-compli…
0.1 GB RAM · 2 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)

What is Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Desert Siege™?

This first-person shooter expansion follows U.S. Army Green Berets in East Africa in 2009, as Ethiopia invades Eritrea. You fight through eight single-player missions across both countries. In multiplayer, teams attack or defend territory in Siege and Domination matches.

For you if...

  • +you prefer tactical planning to constant run-and-gun action

Not for you if...

  • −you expect substantial changes to the original game's mechanics

What players say

89% of 202 reviews are positive

Players praise the African setting and the additional missions. The recurring complaint is that the campaign is short, with too few levels.

Screenshots and trailer

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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Desert Siege™ system requirements

Minimum: 16 MB DirectX® 8.0-compli…, 0.1 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

Processor
Pentium® II 450 MHz, AMD K6 III 500, or equivalent
Graphics
16 MB DirectX® 8.0-compliant 3D card; Voodoo™ cards not supported
Memory
128 MB of RAM or above
Storage
2 GB available hard disk space
DirectX
DirectX® version 8.0 or higher

Does Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Desert Siege™ have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Desert Siege™ 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
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • The native resolution is not the default one
  • 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.

Does Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Desert Siege™ 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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