Darkside Game Studios · YAGER^*

Spec Ops: The Line

2012 third-person shooter · shooter game^*

At a glance

Genres

third-person shooter
shooter game^*

Play modes

co-op mode
single-player video game
multiplayer video game

Series

Spec Ops

Game facts

Developers

Darkside Game Studios
YAGER^*

Publishers

2K
Missing Link Games^*
2K Games^*

Engines

Unreal Engine 3

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Platforms

Players by platform

Microsoft Windows^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
8^*

Content classifications

ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*
Classification
M - Mature^*

Compatibility and community reports

Steam Deck^*
Compatibility category
Unsupported^*
Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Unsupported^*
Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Platinum^*
Reports
52^*
Community confidence
strong^*
Controller support · 2026-06-27^*
Controller support
Full^*

System requirements

Linux · Unspecified tier^*
Operating system
Ubuntu 14.10, Mint 17.1 or similar Linux Distribution^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz^*
Memory
4GB Hard Disk Space: 6 GB Free Video Card: NVidia/AMD OpenGL 4.1/OpenGL level 3.2 compatible Video RAM: 512Mb Sound: ALSA/PulseAudio compatible Recommended Graphics Drivers nVidia: NVidia 340.65 or better. 331 series are unsupported. AMD: AMD Catalyst (aka fglrx) 14.12 or better MESA drivers and Intel Graphics are not currently supported.^*
Conditions
Minimum^*
Windows · Unspecified tier^*
Operating system
Windows XP SP3^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 equivalent^*
Memory
2 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 6 GB free Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600XT (256 MB memory) DirectX®: 9.0 Sound: DirectX Compatible Additional: Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include: STEAM Client, Microsoft Direct X, Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, Visual C++ 2005 SP1 RedistributableCompatible^*
Conditions
Minimum^*
macOS · Unspecified tier^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Dual Core processor^*
Memory
2 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 6 GB free Video Card: Radeon HD 4670/4850/4870 Sound: Stereo Compatible Additional: Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game). Two button Mouse recommended.^*
Conditions
Minimum OSX: 10.7.5^*
Windows · Minimum^*
Memory
2 GB^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 equivalent^*
Windows · Recommended^*
Memory
3 GB^*
Processor alternatives
2.4 GHz Quad Core processor^*
Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*
Memory
3 GB^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
macOS^*
Supported
Yes^*
Linux^*
Supported
Yes^*

Interface languages

English^*
French^*
German^*
Italian^*
Japanese^*
Spanish - Spain^*

Game features

Single-player^*
Multi-player^*
Cross-Platform Multiplayer^*
Steam Achievements^*
Full controller support^*
Steam Cloud^*
Stats^*
Steam Leaderboards^*
Remote Play on TV^*
Family Sharing^*

Store genres

Action^*
Adventure^*

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 from Spec Ops: The Line

Screenshot 2 from Spec Ops: The Line

Screenshot 3 from Spec Ops: The Line

* Provisional data