Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist

Third-person stealth action with flexible lethal and nonlethal approaches

Ubisoft Toronto · Published by Ubisoft · Released Aug 20, 2013

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 79% of 22K
Recent reviews: Mixed; 57% of 105 in 30 days
Playing now: 100; peak 24h 131
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist?

A third-person stealth action game in which Sam travels around the world to trace and stop the Blacklist threat. Missions let you avoid detection, silently incapacitate or kill enemies, or fight directly using surveillance tools, drones, weapons, and a mark-and-execute system.

For you if...

+you enjoy choosing between undetected and aggressive approaches
+you like tactical stealth built around gadgets and movement

Not for you if...

−you mainly want functional online co-op or competitive multiplayer

What players say

79% of 21,691 reviews are positive · 57% of 105 in the last 30 days

Players praise the flexible stealth, including undetected, lethal, nonlethal, and direct approaches. The most common complaints are frequent crashes, Ubisoft Connect login or account problems, and the loss of online co-op and multiplayer after the server shutdown; many players say offline launch options reduce the crashes.

Screenshots and trailer

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
Processor: 2.53 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo E6400 or 2.80 GHz AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 5600+ or better
Graphics: 512 MB DirectX® 10–compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 25 GB HD space
Notes: Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, headset, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended). Requires UPLAY account.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Third-party account: Uplay (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 28

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil. Text only: Traditional Chinese, Polish, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Hungarian, Czech.