Spec Ops: The Line overview

Overview

Spec Ops: The Line comes from YAGER and is published by 2K, Missing Link Games. It arrived on Steam on Jun 29, 2012, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Stats, and Steam Leaderboards. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, and Xbox so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Spec Ops: The Line's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 32 players at 22 September 2026 - 13:13:51 UTC, with a tracked peak near 13,940. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 93% positive across 56,263 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Spec Ops: The Line is available in 6 languages including:

9 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, bbfc, usk, and oflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Spec Ops: The Line has sold up to 4,000,000 units and has 28,294 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $69,000,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Spec Ops: The Line overview details

Spec Ops: The Line combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Spec Ops: The Line is a new original title from 2K Games that features provocative and gripping Third-Person modern military Shooter gameplay designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations where unimaginable choices affecting human life must be made. Features include, a gripping, storyline reminiscent of Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness but set in a ruined Dubai, tactical squad-based Delta Force gameplay throughout a horizontally and vertically oriented world, devastating sandstorms which can be used in combat, a variety of multiplayer modes and maps, and deep support featuring two factions. It’s been 6 months since Dubai was wiped off the map by a cataclysmic sandstorm. Thousands of lives were lost, including those of American soldiers sent to evacuate the city. Today, the city lies buried under sand, the world’s most opulent ruin. Now, a mysterious radio signal is picked-up from Dubai, and a Delta Recon Team is sent to infiltrate the city. Their mission is simple: Locate survivors and radio for Evac. What they find is a city in the grip of war. To save Dubai, they’ll have to find the man at the heart of its madness—Col. John Konrad. Gameplay Spec Ops: The Line is an action-packed Third-Person Shooter that delivers heart pounding physically close combat through a squad-based play mechanic. Players lead a team of three characters, Captain Martin Walker, Lieutenant Adams and Sergeant Lugo. Each character has his own distinct personality and specialized skills, and the mature story they each play a role in explores the dar…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Spec Ops: The Line is listed as a game with No longer available on Steam Store. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Stats, and Steam Leaderboards, and is associated with Action and Adventure. SteamPulse's latest observation records 32 players at 22 September 2026 - 13:13:51 UTC, a tracked peak of 13,940, and 93% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Story RichThird-Person ShooterActionPsychologicalAtmosphericSingleplayerWarThird PersonShooterDarkEmotionalMilitaryMultiplayerMaturePolitical

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