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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold cover art

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Gold

Red Storm Entertainment · Ubisoft · 2008-09-25

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 25, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

7
playing now
91%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield is a 2003 tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Red Storm Entertainment and published by Ubi Soft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is the third entry in the Rainbow Six series. The game's plot follows Rainbow, a secret international counterterrorist organization, as they respond to a wave of terrorist attacks threatening South America.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 99 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 84k–167k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,088 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2014-02-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 22 of 42 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2842026-09-14 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 16 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 22 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
298Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 12 · peak 28Dec 2012 — avg 19 · peak 110May 2013 — avg 11 · peak 32Oct 2013 — avg 12 · peak 37Mar 2014 — avg 22 · peak 63Aug 2014 — avg 18 · peak 38Jan 2015 — avg 20 · peak 54Jun 2015 — avg 26 · peak 119Nov 2015 — avg 20 · peak 69Apr 2016 — avg 18 · peak 45Sep 2016 — avg 13 · peak 35Feb 2017 — avg 22 · peak 57Jul 2017 — avg 18 · peak 46Dec 2017 — avg 21 · peak 53May 2018 — avg 14 · peak 34Oct 2018 — avg 16 · peak 38Mar 2019 — avg 19 · peak 61Aug 2019 — avg 19 · peak 37Jan 2020 — avg 20 · peak 49Jun 2020 — avg 21 · peak 44Nov 2020 — avg 21 · peak 51Apr 2021 — avg 22 · peak 55Sep 2021 — avg 18 · peak 43Feb 2022 — avg 19 · peak 51Jul 2022 — avg 16 · peak 37Dec 2022 — avg 21 · peak 54May 2023 — avg 16 · peak 43Oct 2023 — avg 17 · peak 45Mar 2024 — avg 19 · peak 42Aug 2024 — avg 16 · peak 36Jan 2025 — avg 16 · peak 39Jun 2025 — avg 15 · peak 39Nov 2025 — avg 17 · peak 39Apr 2026 — avg 17 · peak 40Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 33
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-01-012026-08-112015-01-01 — best price $5.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-06-24 — best price $9.992017-03-23 — best price $3.392017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-03-22 — best price $3.392018-12-17 — best price $3.402019-03-12 — best price $3.402019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-12-17 — best price $3.402020-03-02 — best price $9.992020-06-19 — best price $9.992020-09-08 — best price $2.502021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-05-08 — best price $2.502021-08-25 — best price $2.502021-12-18 — best price $2.502022-03-07 — best price $2.492022-11-22 — best price $2.492023-03-11 — best price $9.992023-10-19 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-04-03 — best price $2.502024-06-16 — best price $9.992024-09-30 — best price $9.992024-12-17 — best price $2.502025-02-24 — best price $9.992025-05-11 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-18 — best price $9.992025-12-02 — best price $9.992026-02-09 — best price $2.492026-04-09 — best price $9.992026-07-02 — best price $2.502026-08-11 — best price $2.50
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

474772026-05-29 — 103 pageviews2026-06-02 — 100 pageviews2026-06-06 — 96 pageviews2026-06-10 — 138 pageviews2026-06-14 — 93 pageviews2026-06-18 — 102 pageviews2026-06-22 — 474 pageviews2026-06-26 — 116 pageviews2026-06-30 — 89 pageviews2026-07-04 — 97 pageviews2026-07-08 — 104 pageviews2026-07-12 — 123 pageviews2026-07-16 — 88 pageviews2026-07-20 — 99 pageviews2026-07-24 — 104 pageviews2026-07-28 — 100 pageviews2026-08-01 — 107 pageviews2026-08-05 — 113 pageviews2026-08-09 — 123 pageviews2026-08-13 — 115 pageviews2026-08-17 — 135 pageviews2026-08-21 — 114 pageviews2026-08-25 — 159 pageviews2026-08-29 — 133 pageviews2026-09-02 — 103 pageviews2026-09-06 — 122 pageviews2026-09-10 — 109 pageviews2026-09-14 — 101 pageviews2026-09-18 — 98 pageviews2026-09-22 — 103 pageviews2026-09-26 — 117 pageviews2026-09-30 — 105 pageviews2026-10-04 — 103 pageviews2026-10-08 — 97 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSCo-opActionClassicShooterStealthMilitaryStrategyTacticalRealistic

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.