Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold
Worth it · Shooter · 2008
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$2.4975% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.47/hr
- ReviewsS
- 91% of 2,101
- Critics
- 85 players 6 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 10% Shooter
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.49 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 6.8h
Price and sales
- Sales
- 82 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 February 2014
- Sale every
- 45d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 9 now
- Cheaper than
- 46% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 87% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 82 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 10 percent. It is better reviewed than 87 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® ($9.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 ($4.99, scores 64).
More about Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold
This site sampled 395 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 75 percent of the 388 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 20 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
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What players say
One of if not the best tactical shooter and rainbow six game by miles. The mechanics and gameplay loop of RS3 is absolutely foundational for the modern tactical shooter of this kind- Games like Ready or Not, Ground Branch, Operator etc. all owe RS3 for establishing (and in a lot of cases even exceeding) many of the gameplay mechanics that make those games what they are. My favourite thing about this game, other than...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Despite being a true classic, this game is very difficult to enjoy today, as it has undeniably aged quite a lot. If you are a big fan of the genre, it is certainly worth giving it a try, but for me personally, it was a rather challenging experience, especially considering that I have also played all the old Splinter Cell games. I did my best, but ultimately, I couldn't bring myself to finish the campaign. Still, I...
I wish I can leave a mixed review but it is what it is this game did not age well the planning system does not work for me the athena sword expansion does not work for me mission 9 is broken as hell I stopped playing at that point the side modes are fun though overall this game is still better than rainbow six siege I like men
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Raven Shield:Command an elite multinational squad of special operatives against hidden terrorist forces. In Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, the third installment to the wildly popular Rainbow Six series, Team Rainbow faces the hidden global forces of a new and secretive foe.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 123 MB of memory, 32 MB DirectX 8-compliant 3D video card with hardware T&L, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold scores 73/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/19830/tom-clancy-s-rainbow-six-3-goldReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.