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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield came out on March 18, 2003 for PC, then for Mac on December 19, 2003. On Steam, 91% of 1,930 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 19 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 23 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck.
A tactical shooter with realistic properties, it adapts various features absent in previous installments of the franchise such as the ability to see one's weapon while in first-person view, many new weapons and upgrades, as well as a redesigned multiplayer.
Story
In 1945, as two members of the Nazi-sponsored Ustashe regime in Croatia manage to escape the country with huge amounts of Holocaust-era loot just before Allied troops move into the capital. Sixty years later, in 2005, elite multinational counter-terrorism task-force Rainbow finds itself investigating a series of attacks by Neo-Fascist terrorists against South American oil interests and European financial institutions.
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Media
Releases
Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.
PC and Steam Deck
Steam store pageSteam Deck: Playable runs, but may need some tweaks
Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 28, 2026.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield player count
concurrent players on SteamPlayers counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.