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Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist
In this stealth-action thriller, a terrorist group known as the Engineers launches the Blacklist, a series of escalating attacks on US interests. Only one man can stop them: legendary covert agent Sam Fisher.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
27 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“1,400+ hours and Ubisoft turned this game into an empty shell. Spies vs Mercs is dead. Co-op barely exists anymore. Huge parts of the DLC and bonus content are inaccessible on PC because of the server shutdowns. A game…”
“I recommend SC Black List as a game but the thumbs down is for Ubisoft who are absolute scum sucking parasites. First SCBL stands as one of the last good stealth games. Its a lot of fun and marks also the last ever SC…”
“WARNING: Don't just accept the thumbs up, Please Read! Having offically played through the game, I must say that while I've been a fan of Splinter Cell for a long time, The game is...just...so...BUGGY! The game is great…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“WARNING: Don't just accept the thumbs up, Please Read! Having offically played through the game, I must say that while I've been a fan of Splinter Cell for a long time, The game is...just...so...BUGGY! The game is great…”
“Dla mnie jest to najlepszy Splinter Cell obok Chaos Theory. Chcesz grać jak John Wick, nie ma problemu. Chcesz grać jak stary Sam Fisher i przejść etapy bez zauważenia, nie ma problemu. Wiele dróg do celu. Sama fabuła…”
“Great story. clean stealth gameplay. Highly recommend”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Dla mnie jest to najlepszy Splinter Cell obok Chaos Theory. Chcesz grać jak John Wick, nie ma problemu. Chcesz grać jak stary Sam Fisher i przejść etapy bez zauważenia, nie ma problemu. Wiele dróg do celu. Sama fabuła…”
“Amazing game, also tested it on Arch, works like a charm.”
“Classic one of the best splinter cell games next to chaos theory and Pandora Great controls on Steam deck OLED Great story great action this is definitely one of the splinter cell games I would recommend I'm running it…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A futuristic spec ops stealth shooter. You can choose between 3 primary playstyles: ghost, panther and assault. ghost being actively avoiding enemies, panther being actively hunting/killing enemies and assault being…”
“This game is amazing. Did you like what they did with Conviction? There's a playstyle for that. Did you prefer the original games stealth approach? There's a playstyle for that. The animations are the best animations…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“GOOD GAME, BEEN PLAYING SINCE ORIGINAL RELEASE, ALWAYS SOMETHING TO COME BACK TO”
“Great game, Loved it, Ended it multiple times.”
33 of the 104 reviews raise this · 18 of them still recommend the game.
“I recommend SC Black List as a game but the thumbs down is for Ubisoft who are absolute scum sucking parasites. First SCBL stands as one of the last good stealth games. Its a lot of fun and marks also the last ever SC…”
“Would love to recommend, but it's unstable to the point of being unplayable. Took me a good while to get it to even launch, but then had constant CTDs, cursor flickering all over my screen, audio issues, and more.”
“Every purchase of a Ubisoft game is another reminder not to buy a game from them. These worthless monkeys make me enter my password EVERYTIME I launch the game. They couldn't be bothered to fix basic launch issues. The…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I recommend SC Black List as a game but the thumbs down is for Ubisoft who are absolute scum sucking parasites. First SCBL stands as one of the last good stealth games. Its a lot of fun and marks also the last ever SC…”
“Every purchase of a Ubisoft game is another reminder not to buy a game from them. These worthless monkeys make me enter my password EVERYTIME I launch the game. They couldn't be bothered to fix basic launch issues. The…”
“One of the greatest splinter cell games ever! 10/10 <3 P.S.: Ubisoft connect is terrible, please remove it from your games! P.S. 2: PLEASE don't let splinter cell franchise die!”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“1,400+ hours and Ubisoft turned this game into an empty shell. Spies vs Mercs is dead. Co-op barely exists anymore. Huge parts of the DLC and bonus content are inaccessible on PC because of the server shutdowns. A game…”
“I recommend SC Black List as a game but the thumbs down is for Ubisoft who are absolute scum sucking parasites. First SCBL stands as one of the last good stealth games. Its a lot of fun and marks also the last ever SC…”
“Besides being another Ubisoft port that they messed up (as usual) and needing to change the launch options just to get it to run (put -offline -offline_mode -nointro into Steam launch options), its good. Not great, but…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Splinter Cell Conviction but still broken and tbh kinda slightly creepy in how jingoistic it is Where the previous game went full "rogue agent" like Mission Impossible, this one went full Call of Duty. It's exceedingly…”
“uses an American concentration camp as a set piece for a mission and doesn't give Sam any dialog with camp guards and you aren't allowed to kill Guantanamo bay guards there are only 2-3 missions where you aren't…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Would love to recommend, but it's unstable to the point of being unplayable. Took me a good while to get it to even launch, but then had constant CTDs, cursor flickering all over my screen, audio issues, and more.”
“I had an amazing time with this game over 10 years ago. Unfortunately, as it stands, the game seems barely playable on newer hardware. I've tried multiple fixes, including launch options one, but none of them helped to…”
“Its decent, not a stealth simulator like I think it should be, however it feels satisfying enough. Biggest let down is that Ironside didn't voice Fisher, but obviously he was dealing with his health and I understand…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 80.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“- Right click your Splinter Cell: Blacklist - go to Properties > Launch Options > Add: -offline -offline_mode - you're done. Enjoy the game in offline.”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“this port has issues with crashing, but luckily you can put "-offline -offline_mode -nointro" in launch options and resolve it. i had crashes every 20-30min, but none after i used the above launch options. as far as the game goes, it's fantastic. still hold up in 2026. you can…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“another Ubislop abandonware title to fix chronic crashing community fix by "Legion" -offline -offline_mode -nointro put that into launch options, game is fixed”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:45 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Achievements Added to Splinter Cell Blacklist
Agents, We are pleased to announce that Steam Achievements are now available for Splinter Cell: Blacklist! As a heads up, achievements will be retroactively earned for the accomplishments already comp
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Stealth · Action · Co-op · Third Person · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Shooter · Adventure · Tactical · Third-Person Shooter · Online Co-Op · Parkour (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , German * , French * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Traditional Chinese, Russian * , Japanese * , Polish, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Hungarian, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil * * |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.splintercell.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
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 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB DirectX® 10–compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher DirectX®: 9 Hard Drive: 25 GB HD space Sound: DirectX 10–compliant DirectX 9.0c–compliant Additional: Peripherals Supported: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, headset, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended). Requires UPLAY account.