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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold

First-person tactical shooter where you plan and lead squad assaults

Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Montreal · Published by Ubisoft · Released Sep 25, 2008

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Reviews
Very Positive
91% of 2,159
Recent reviews
Very Positive
87% of 16 in 30 days
Players
14
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
Unknown
no patch notes on Steam
Minimum PC
32 MB DirectX® 8-complian…
0.1 GB RAM · 3 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)

What is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold?

This mission-based, first-person tactical shooter follows a multinational counterterrorism unit pursuing a covert network across Europe, the Caribbean, and the Mediterranean. Before each operation, you choose operatives and equipment and plan squad movements on a map. During missions, you lead a squad and issue orders to clear rooms, rescue hostages, defuse bombs, and gather intelligence.

For you if...

  • +you prefer slow, careful combat to quick firefights
  • +you enjoy working out a plan before carrying it out
  • +you want demanding missions that reward precise timing

Not for you if...

  • −you want fast shooting without a planning phase
  • −you prefer forgiving missions with little trial and error

What players say

91% of 2,159 reviews are positive · 87% of 16 in the last 30 days

Players praise the squad planning and deliberate combat, and several recommend community mods. Complaints focus on launch and display problems on newer hardware; some players also criticize squad AI.

Players over time

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Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 31 players on Sep 28, 2026.

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Screenshots and trailer

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold system requirements

Minimum: 32 MB DirectX® 8-complian…, 0.1 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

Processor
800 MHz Pentium® III, AMD Athlon™, or equivalent (1.3 GHz Pentium 4, AMD Athlon, or equivalent recommended)
Graphics
32 MB DirectX® 8-compliant 3D video card with hardware T&L
Memory
128 MB RAM (XP users: 256 MB RAM required)
Storage
3 GB minimum hard drive space
DirectX
DirectX 8.1 or higher (DX9 included)

Does Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold run on Steam Deck?

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

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • The native resolution is not the default one
  • 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

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English.

Does Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold 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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