| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Tactical shooter First-person shooter |
| Developer(s) | Red Storm Entertainment Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Shanghai Ubisoft Quebec |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Classic Mac OS, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, macOS, Mobile phone, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, iOS, Xperia Play, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Amazon Luna, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S |
| First release | Rainbow Six August 21, 1998 |
| Latest release | Rainbow Six Mobile March 2024[1] |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (often shortened to Rainbow Six or R6) is a tactical shooter video game series by Red Storm Entertainment and Ubisoft, marketed under the Tom Clancy's banner of military-themed video games. Based on the novel Rainbow Six by American author Tom Clancy, it revolves around a fictional international counterterrorist organization called "Rainbow". Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six started in 1998 and as of 2024 consists of 13 entries with 6 expansion pack from early installments.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is one of the most popular and most influential tactical shooter series, and early installments in the series helped propel the tactical shooter genre into the mainstream. Since the mid-2010s, a significant esports scene has formed around newer Rainbow Six games.
The original game in the series is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (1998).