Is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Playable
Yes — Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 is playable on the Steam Deck, with some caveats.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 is playable on the Steam Deck. Valve lists it as Unsupported on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it Gold on ProtonDB across 38 reports. Despite the official label, players report it runs well on the Deck.
Game info
- Genres
- Action
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Release
- April 16, 2008
- Price
- $9.99
- Metacritic
- 78
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- Supported OS: Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS
- Processor: 3 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 3000 (3.5 GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon 3500 recommended)
- Memory: 1 GB of RAM
- Graphics: 128 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant, Shader 3.0-enabled video card (256 MB recommended) (see supported list*)
- Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compliant sound card (NVIDIA nForce or other motherboards/soundcards containing the Dolby Digital Interactive Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio.)
- DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
- Hard Drive: 7 GB free
- Peripherals supported: Windows-compliant keyboard and mouse, Xbox 360 Controller for Windows
- Multiplayer: Broadband Internet connection with 128 kbps Kbps upstream or faster.
- *Supported video cards: ATI RADEON X1600-1950 / HD 2000 / 3000 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6600-6800 / 7 / 8 series ; Laptop versions of these cards are not fully supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game.
Is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 compatible with Steam Deck?
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Unsupported
Community rating · 38 reports (ProtonDB)
Does it run well?
No reliable Steam Deck performance data yet.
- ✓Not supported on SteamOS
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 performance & FPS on Steam Deck
We don't have enough Steam Deck framerate reports for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 yet. No reliable Steam Deck performance data yet.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 playable on Steam Deck?
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 <strong>is playable</strong> on the Steam Deck. Valve lists it as <strong>Unsupported</strong> on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it <strong>Gold</strong> on ProtonDB across 38 reports.
›Is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 Steam Deck Verified?
No. Valve lists Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 as Unsupported, though community reports may differ — see the verdict above.
›How many FPS does Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 get on Steam Deck?
We don't publish a single FPS figure — framerate depends on your settings, the scene and your TDP limit. Based on the data, it sits in the playable range for most players.
›How long does the battery last playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 on Steam Deck?
Battery life isn't fixed — it depends on your brightness, TDP cap and framerate target, typically landing anywhere from 2 to 6 hours on the Steam Deck. We don't have a measured figure for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 specifically.
›Can you play Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 multiplayer on Steam Deck?
Yes — Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 has no Deck-blocking anti-cheat reported, so its online and multiplayer modes should work like on any PC.
›Can you play Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 on Steam Deck?
Yes, though expect a tweak or two: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 may need a specific Proton version, a settings change, or putting up with small on-screen text.
›Can the Steam Deck run Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2?
The Steam Deck can run Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2, though we don't have a measured framerate for it yet — it depends on your settings and TDP limit.
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Community configurations
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