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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory®
Experience one of the most critically acclaimed stealth-action games of all time. Uncover a conspiracy that hits close to home and stop World War III.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Must-play stealth masterpiece with a GOAT OST by Amon Tobin”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“[h1] Splinter Cell Chaos Theory AKA the Greatest Stealth Game Ever Made [/h1] [h2] ⚠️ Please note: This review is only half. The continuation is in the comments below as I wasn’t aware of the characters limit (yes, I’m stupid) [/h2] From all of the dozen of games I played over…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“I LOVED this game for years, and replayed it so many times. But I'm gutted to say it's just too much hassle to play now. Three levels in and can't get half way through before one glitch or another from running it on modern hardware, or a machine with multiple screens, gets in…”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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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 |
| Player tags | Stealth · Action · Third Person · Classic · Co-op · Great Soundtrack · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Tactical · Immersive · Multiplayer · Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://splintercell.us.ubi.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Supported OS: Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS Processor: Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon, 1.4 GHz (Pentium IV or Athlon 2.2 GHz recommended) System Memory: 256 MB of RAM or above (512 MB recommended) Video Card: 64 MB DirectX 9.0c compliant graphics card (128 MB recommended) Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compliant sound card (EAX 2.0 or higher recommended) DirectX Version: DirectX® version 9.0c or higher Hard Disk: 4 GB available hard disk space Supported Peripherals: Windows compatible mouse and keyboard, joystick for Solo and Co-op modes M