Stealth, the Last Known Position system, and swift takedowns give Sam Fisher’s story a tactical edge. At $9.99 from Ubisoft Store, the single-player campaign is the key reason to buy; the former co-op and multiplayer modes no longer function on Steam PC.At $9.99 on Steam, you can compare Ubisoft Store’s offer with the base price while weighing whether the tactical stealth-action appeals to you.
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72%Steam Reviews4.8K reviews83Metacritic/100
Released: Apr 29, 2010
Action · Stealth · Co-op · Singleplayer · Third Person
Steam·Platform:Steam·United States Steam official price~ $9.99Buy now
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Past 36 months · Updated daily
Historical Low~ $2.002025-10Current Low Across Stores~ $9.99Ubisoft Storevs. Historical Low+400%
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01About Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction™
Sam Fisher investigates his daughter’s death and finds himself hunted by his former agency. This stealth-action game lets you misdirect enemies with Last Known Position and take down targets using Mark and Execute.Steam player reviews: 72% positive from 4,820 reviews.
Credits
Composer
Amon Tobin
Developer
Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher
Ubisoft
Steam player reviews
72%positiveMostly Positive4,820 Steam reviews
Lowest recorded in 36 months
$2.002025-10-08 · UUbisoft StoreBase game · same records as the chart above; USD history, not a regional Steam low.
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French
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Steam PC edition data · 2026-11-11
02Before you buy
Play modes
Single-player is listed for Steam PC. Online features are no longer supported, and multiplayer and co-op modes do not function.
Interface languages
The listed interface languages are English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
03Frequently asked questions
What is the story about?
Sam Fisher investigates his daughter’s death, uncovers betrayal by his former agency, and races to stop a terrorist threat.
What defines the gameplay?
Stealth-action is built around outmaneuvering enemies with Last Known Position and swiftly eliminating targets with Mark and Execute.
Do co-op and multiplayer still work?
No. Online features are unsupported, and multiplayer and co-op modes are no longer functional.
Popular Steam reviews
Native-language selection · 10 reviews
Selected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.
RecommendedSteam player
THE GAME IS WORKING!
After days of research I found the solution for it popping up for 2 seconds then shutting off. You don't need to change any compatibility settings, the problem is within the .ini file.
1. Show hidden files in your C drive and navigate to Program Data>Ubisoft>Conviction>ConvictionUserPC.ini
2. Once the ini is opened in notepad, navigate to [UserVideoOptions.<username>]
3. Change <VisualQuality=> from 0 to 2
4. Change <FullscreenViewportX=> & <FullscreenViewportY=> to the relevant dimensions of your screen. For mine it was 1920 for x and 1080 for Y.
5. MOST IMPORTANTLY, change <MaxRefreshRate=> to your monitors maximum refresh rate. For mine it was 120.
6. Boot the game again and click yes when it says your os isnt supported. Hope this helps!
The game is working perfectly for me!Show moreShow less
0.2 hours at review109 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
HEY I THINK YOU GUYS FORGOT TOO TURN YOUR SERVERS BACK ONShow moreShow less
30.6 hours at review123 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
*WARNING READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUY OR IF YOU HAVE BUYED THE GAME and you can't play*
Because uplay servers have been shut down ages ago by ubisoft Unfortunately you can't play the Coop aspect from this game and you can't redeem any dlc keys. It doesn't matter at all tho if you only want to play the single player story OFFLINE there isn't any content cut out from this aspect.
Now to run Splinter Cell Conviction after you purchased and downloaded the game from the steam store YOU MUST also download and install (for free) Ubisoft Connect from ubisoft's official website then you have to login with the account you have linked to steam and THEN run the game otherwise the game will not launch (if you haven't already played any other ubisoft game like rainbow six siege,the crew,ghost recon etc... and this is the first ubisoft game you own via steam (IN THAT RARE CASE) you obviously need to register a new ubisoft connect account and link it with the steam account you've purchased splinter cell.
To run the game in 1080p you need to go first in the game's .ini file and change the resolution from there "manually" the following link will take you to a related steam community discussion (i did it,it works) about what values to change inside the game folder: https://steamcommunity.com/app/33220/discussions/0/540734423732579717/Show moreShow less
0.2 hours at review99 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
I just want to play SINGLE PLAYER and I paid for the game. What am I greeted with? A screen saying "A Ubisoft service is unavailable at the moment. Please try again later" (and later and later and later). Please bend me over a table and screw me harder Ubisoft.Show moreShow less
0.5 hours at review115 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Really Bad Performance Issues? TRY THIS FIX!
TL;DR > Lazy, Skip to the second to last short paragraph ;p
Guess what! If you aren't running this on a toaster or refrigerator, your system is probably too powerful for the engine and built-in settings of this game to keep up! Congrats!!!
Most people going through the trouble of trying to play this probably remember how large the storage capacity was of the systems this was released on. 32Mb Flash Drives and 64Gb external HDD's that replaced the entire upper grate on top of your Xbox 360. Tiny in comparison to the terabytes on my M2 SSD. Point is, read/write speed and multi-core functionality, like all tech, has far surpassed the times when all game data except save games were kept on the game's disk. The CPU didn't have to perform to today's standards since the influx of information from the game's disk was a couple dozen megabytes per second at best.
The tiny Storage Drive for software on a basic Smart TV is miles better than the disk drive on an Xbox 360 when it comes to read/write speed, so whatever you are running Steam on right now is fine.
So that's good, right? That means the game should run fine!
Well, the people who ported this didn't really think through how the improvement in tech would affect the game on modern systems, so the game still keeps a majority of the same built-in system settings. What does that mean? It means all that immediate access to the game data granted by your SSD/HDD means nothing, because the game engine is thinking you are running on a decade and a half old CPU.
Well, easy fix. Open up task manager while the game is open (Ctrl+Shift+ESC is a shortcut for task manager btw). Go to the Details tab. Right click on the Conviction executable, select Set Affinity, then check the likely many unchecked cores in that menu and accept the change. Now the game can use your CPU to its full potential.
Hope this helps! This is one of my favorites from my 360 days and when I saw it was on Steam, I immediately bought it only to be confronted with horrendous stuttering and the animations/graphics lagging behind audio. After doing a bit of exploring, I discovered the CPU was being used far less than any other subsystem. Found out it was only using 1 core of my i7-12700KF. Changed the CPU Affinity for the executable and it fixed my problems immediately once I finally noticed itShow moreShow less
2.2 hours at review85 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Uplay....why'd it have to be Uplay...Show moreShow less
0.5 hours at review109 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Fun game. Has a long campaign that is totally worth the 20 bucks. Not to mention the entirely seperate co-op campaign. Great gameplay, graphics, and stealth mechanics. Haven't ran into a bug yet.Show moreShow less
7.9 hours at review73 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
The Splinter Cell Conviction Servers has been shut down years ago and to activate the DLC as well as the deluxe edition content has to be done through the in-game menu in extras and in the exclusive content tab. Which is nonfunctional as far as I know so the entire DLC is a scam, report this to steam as it shouldn't even be sold as a customer has the right to a quality and functional product and this is sadly not a functional product.
Alot of the reviews are from years ago when it was working and have yet to be updated to todays state of neglect as you have to go through alot of hoops to get this game working on modern systems. I paid for this game and I expect a working product from the get go.
If you still sell this game then you still support this game. Fix it or take it off the damn store.
Edit* It turns out the uplay version is updated and fully functional, the DLC works and you get the Gamestop exclusive pre order items with it so everyone on steam is given the middle finger.
So let me get this straight, purposely selling a product that ubisoft broke themselves by killing the servers and still advertising it to include the deluxe edition items and the DLC you offer still has co-op mentioned in the description both require access to servers which are shut down, and the solution to access the DLC is to pirate it or buy it on uplay, and playing co-op you need some P2P program.
Damn violating consumer protection laws, just report this trash company to the Federal Trade Commission or equivalent if you live in another country. Might as well advocate for right to repair laws to even include software as apparently companies like ubisoft is unable to, we the community have to fix decent games ourselves.
Its clear Ubisoft doesn't care and should just take their garbage off steam, go be exclusive with Sweeney Weeney over at EPIC. Stop scamming people here at steam, I am sure their are other products they sell on steam that suffer the similar issues and are perfect on uplay.Show moreShow less
0.6 hours at review97 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Awful stealth game.
Good action game.
Awful Splinter Cell game.
Good Jason Bourne game.
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In short, it was a beautiful mistake.Show moreShow less
37.9 hours at review56 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
It's a fun game, very well done but hampered by Ubisoft's idiotic front end and horrible DRM. Ubisoft, once again screwing their paying customers while the pirates can play it issue free. What's wrong with this picture?Show moreShow less
0.3 hours at review91 people found this helpful
Source: original Steam user reviews. Helpful votes are an archived snapshot, not live data. Last collected: 08/15/2026.
