Ubisoft Paris Reveals Rainbow Six Tactics, A Turn-Based Single-Player Game For 2027

Ubisoft Paris is developing Rainbow Six Tactics, a single-player turn-based tactical game for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, planned for release in 2027, according to Gamespark. The game has no online elements or shop and was presented during a preview event for the BLAST R6 Osaka Major in Osaka, where a presentation and a hands-off demo were held.

Missions are turn-based and alternate with management sections at the Rainbow team's base, Hereford. The game features a recon phase using drones through fog of war, followed by a breach phase where time stops and the player can queue up to 12 actions for up to four operators. The player controls Bishop, a commander known from the Rainbow Six Vegas series, returning from retirement.

The roster consists of 15 operators chosen from over 70 in Rainbow Six Siege, with abilities and equipment recreated as closely as possible. Operator Nøkk was changed because the game has no surveillance cameras; she instead becomes invisible to all enemies for a set number of turns. Art director Kim Furnell and senior international product manager Mathilde Philippe were present at the event.

Original maps and a story tied to Siege

All maps are original hand-made maps for this game, and no Siege maps are carried over. The story was created in cooperation with the Montreal Siege team and covers the rebuilding of Rainbow over Year 10 to Year 11. The PC version will be offered via Ubisoft Connect, Steam and the Epic Games Store, and will also support Ubisoft+, GeForce NOW and Blacknut.

In background, Furnell previously worked as an environment artist on Skull and Bones, Watch Dogs Legion and Watch Dogs 2 and has been at Ubisoft for 10 years. Ubisoft Paris has previously developed Mario + Rabbids and Ghost Recon titles. The game was conceived around the question of how to connect players of older Rainbow Six titles such as Vegas with the generation that discovered the series through Siege.