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

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 2,093
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 87% of 16 in 30 days
Playing now: 11; peak 24h 17
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

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 2,093 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.

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold system requirements

As published by the developer.

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)