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FranchiseTom Clancy’sSeriesSplinter Cell

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

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First release
Mar 28, 2005
Genres
Shooter, Tactical · Action, Stealth
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube

You are Sam Fisher, the NSA's most elite black-ops agent. To achieve your mission you will kill from close range, attack with your combat knife, shoot with the prototype Land Warrior rifle, and use radical suppression techniques such as the inverted neck break. Also take on cooperative multiplayer infiltration missions, where teamwork is the ultimate weapon.

Also known as Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, SPC:CT, Splinter Cell 3D, SPC:CTSplinter Cell 3D
… See more, Splinter Cell 3, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory 3DS, SPCT

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Storyline
The year is 2008. Citywide blackouts ... stock exchange sabotage … electronic hijacking of national defense systems ... this is information warfare. To prevent these attacks, operatives must infiltrate deep into hostile territory and aggressively collect critical intelligence, closer than ever to enemy soldiers.Read more

The year is 2008. Citywide blackouts ... stock exchange sabotage … electronic hijacking of national defense systems ... this is information warfare. To prevent these attacks, operatives must infiltrate deep into hostile territory and aggressively collect critical intelligence, closer than ever to enemy soldiers.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mar 28, 2005
PlayStation 2
Mar 28, 2005
Xbox
Mar 28, 2005
All 9 release dates
Nintendo GameCube
Mar 31, 2005
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 01, 2005
PlayStation 2
Apr 01, 2005
Xbox
Apr 01, 2005
Nintendo GameCube
Apr 01, 2005
Nintendo GameCube
Apr 14, 2005
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
15h
Main + Extras
17h
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person, Third person
Keywords
modern warfare, secret agent, bloody, murder, minigames
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At a Glance

Critic Score
78
Main Story (IGDB)
15h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
17h
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Overview

Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Very Positive, 5,432 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Local co-opIGDB · 17 Oct
  • LAN co-opIGDB · 17 Oct
  • Co-op campaignIGDB · 17 Oct

Feature data: IGDB

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