Is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas runs great on the Steam Deck.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve rates it Playable on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it Gold on ProtonDB across 24 reports.
Game info
- Genres
- Action
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Release
- April 9, 2008
- Price
- $9.99
- Metacritic
- 85
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 Athlon 3500 recommended)
- Memory: 1 GB (2 GB recommended)
- Graphics: 128 MB DirectX 9.0c-compliant, Shader 3.0-enabled video card (256MB recommended) (see supported list*)
- Sound: DirectX 9-compliant sound card (PC audio solution containing Dolby Digital Live required for Dolby Digital audio)
- DirectX: DirectX 9 or higher
- Hard Drive: 7 GB free
- Peripherals supported: Windows-compatible mouse and keyboard, Xbox 360 Controller (with additional software download)
- Multiplayer: Broadband Internet connection with 128 kbps Kbps upstream or faster.
- *Supported video cards NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT / 6800 / 7300 / 7600 / 7800 / 7900, ATI Radeon X1600 / X1800 / X1900 families; Laptop versions of these cards are not fully supported. For an up-to-date list of supported chipsets, video cards, and operating systems, please visit the FAQ for this game at: .
Is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas compatible with Steam Deck?
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Playable
Community rating · 24 reports (ProtonDB)
Does it run well?
Runs well with the default settings.
- ✓Default controller config not fully functional
- ✓Controller glyphs don't match the Deck
- ✓Interface text is legible
- ✓Good performance with default settings
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas performance & FPS on Steam Deck
We don't have enough Steam Deck framerate reports for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas yet. Runs well with the default settings.
Tips for playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas on Steam Deck
- •Button prompts may show Xbox or PlayStation icons instead of Steam Deck glyphs.
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas playable on Steam Deck?
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas <strong>runs great</strong> on the Steam Deck. Valve rates it <strong>Playable</strong> on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it <strong>Gold</strong> on ProtonDB across 24 reports.
›Is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas Steam Deck Verified?
Not Verified, but Valve rates Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas as Playable on the Steam Deck.
›How many FPS does Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas get on Steam Deck?
We don't publish a single FPS figure — framerate depends on your settings, the scene and your TDP limit. Valve reports good performance with the default settings.
›How long does the battery last playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 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 specifically.
›Can you play Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas multiplayer on Steam Deck?
Yes — Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 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 on Steam Deck?
Yes. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas runs on the Steam Deck straight from Steam — no manual Proton setup or config files needed.
›Can the Steam Deck run Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas?
Yes — Valve reports that Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas performs well on the Steam Deck with its default settings.
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Community configurations
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