Planning before action
The original game had a long planning phase: the player chose operators and weapons and drew routes for each team on the map. The action itself was short and mistakes were not forgiven. Red Storm was co-founded by Tom Clancy himself, and the game came out almost at the same time as his novel.
The series
- 1998Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
- 1999Rogue Spear
- 2003Raven Shield
- 2006Rainbow Six Vegas with cover and rappelling
- 2008Rainbow Six Vegas 2
- 2014The cancelled Patriots project
- 2015Rainbow Six Siege
- 2022Rainbow Six Extraction (co-op against aliens)
Echoes in Siege
Rainbow Six Siege contains several tributes to older games. The Calypso Casino map from 2026 nods to the Vegas era. More in Rainbow Six Siege.