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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®

Ubisoft · 2008-04-01

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreXbox

Action

Franchise: Tom Clancy’s · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Feb 28, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 29, 2002 (Xbox), Mar 28, 2003 (PlayStation 2), Q2 2004 (Mac)

Enter the world of cinematic stealth action with Splinter Cell, the game that propelled the genre to cult status. You are Sam Fisher, an elite covert agent in the NSA's top-secret division: Third Echelon.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® is an Action game released in 2008, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 4043 reviews).

21
playing now
88%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (419 ratings)
14h
to beat · completionist 17h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a 2002 action-adventure stealth game developed by Ubi Soft Montreal and published by Ubi Soft. It is the first game in the Splinter Cell series. Endorsed by author Tom Clancy, it follows the activities of NSA black ops agent Sam Fisher. The game was inspired by both the Metal Gear series and games created by Looking Glass Studios, and was built using Unreal Engine 2.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 353 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 162k–323k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,043 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.07 at GreenManGaming (2022-09-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 127 of 163 observed days · $3.92 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
757520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

89132026-09-15 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 16 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 22 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 38 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 89 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 21 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 30 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 47 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 41 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 45 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 35 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 33 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 25 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 46 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 63 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 46 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 49 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 33 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 39 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 28 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
786Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 28 · peak 84Dec 2012 — avg 17 · peak 107May 2013 — avg 7 · peak 19Oct 2013 — avg 8 · peak 32Mar 2014 — avg 20 · peak 81Aug 2014 — avg 9 · peak 25Jan 2015 — avg 10 · peak 35Jun 2015 — avg 18 · peak 78Nov 2015 — avg 12 · peak 34Apr 2016 — avg 9 · peak 27Sep 2016 — avg 9 · peak 23Feb 2017 — avg 10 · peak 30Jul 2017 — avg 14 · peak 48Dec 2017 — avg 15 · peak 43May 2018 — avg 13 · peak 32Oct 2018 — avg 16 · peak 77Mar 2019 — avg 17 · peak 82Aug 2019 — avg 12 · peak 29Jan 2020 — avg 15 · peak 41Jun 2020 — avg 18 · peak 56Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 58Apr 2021 — avg 17 · peak 42Sep 2021 — avg 17 · peak 48Feb 2022 — avg 20 · peak 49Jul 2022 — avg 19 · peak 47Dec 2022 — avg 25 · peak 62May 2023 — avg 23 · peak 94Oct 2023 — avg 17 · peak 45Mar 2024 — avg 32 · peak 77Aug 2024 — avg 27 · peak 57Jan 2025 — avg 24 · peak 58Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 60Nov 2025 — avg 35 · peak 105Apr 2026 — avg 26 · peak 56Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 48
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.23$1.072015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-05-05 — best price $8.102015-10-28 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-03-30 — best price $3.392017-11-28 — best price $4.992018-06-01 — best price $5.002018-11-16 — best price $3.402019-03-26 — best price $9.992019-07-11 — best price $3.392019-10-28 — best price $8.492020-01-23 — best price $3.392020-03-31 — best price $5.312020-06-15 — best price $3.392020-09-04 — best price $9.992020-11-27 — best price $2.492021-02-06 — best price $8.912021-04-27 — best price $8.892021-08-13 — best price $1.472021-11-20 — best price $9.992022-01-24 — best price $5.652022-04-17 — best price $9.992022-07-13 — best price $2.492022-09-28 — best price $4.992022-12-21 — best price $2.202023-03-17 — best price $2.152023-06-13 — best price $8.912023-09-17 — best price $9.992023-12-28 — best price $2.492024-04-24 — best price $2.502024-09-02 — best price $9.992025-01-09 — best price $9.992025-04-26 — best price $9.992025-08-25 — best price $2.492025-12-11 — best price $2.492026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-29 — best price $9.992026-09-05 — best price $4.992026-10-10 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4212542026-05-30 — 360 pageviews2026-06-03 — 306 pageviews2026-06-07 — 382 pageviews2026-06-11 — 274 pageviews2026-06-15 — 304 pageviews2026-06-19 — 308 pageviews2026-06-23 — 290 pageviews2026-06-27 — 278 pageviews2026-07-01 — 289 pageviews2026-07-05 — 306 pageviews2026-07-09 — 348 pageviews2026-07-13 — 314 pageviews2026-07-17 — 299 pageviews2026-07-21 — 299 pageviews2026-07-25 — 306 pageviews2026-07-29 — 299 pageviews2026-08-02 — 352 pageviews2026-08-06 — 360 pageviews2026-08-10 — 352 pageviews2026-08-14 — 309 pageviews2026-08-18 — 310 pageviews2026-08-22 — 340 pageviews2026-08-26 — 328 pageviews2026-08-30 — 372 pageviews2026-09-03 — 392 pageviews2026-09-07 — 371 pageviews2026-09-11 — 378 pageviews2026-09-15 — 266 pageviews2026-09-19 — 325 pageviews2026-09-23 — 380 pageviews2026-09-27 — 338 pageviews2026-10-01 — 339 pageviews2026-10-05 — 290 pageviews2026-10-09 — 254 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Where its players are

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

Player tags

Co-opActionClassicShooterStealthStrategyTacticalAdventureDifficultController

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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