Spec Ops: The Line was just unexpectedly delisted

The 2012 third-person shooter Spec Ops: The Line has been delisted from the Steam store, and no one knows why.

Players interested in buying the game can’t find it anywhere on Steam, and its publisher 2K Games hasn’t made any statements announcing its departure or if it’ll come back.

Check out Spec Ops: The Line for yourself below.

Now before anyone starts panicking, you can still buy the game on other PC stores, as well as the Xbox store so it isn’t gone for good. That being said, its unexpected disappearance from Steam certainly raises some questions, and at the time of writing we don’t have many answers.

For those who haven’t played, Spec Ops: The Line was a sort of reboot for the Spec Ops series, and became critically-acclaimed for its action-packed gameplay, great graphics for its time and more importantly, a compelling narrative.

While Call Of Duty or Battlefield almost glorify war by pitting players against a ruthless antagonist or terrorist group, Spec Ops: The Line took a more grounded approach to military combat. Many who played got the impression it was an anti-war game because of its emotional story and while that may be true, others have claimed it simply doesn’t sugarcoat conflicts and shows them for what they truly are.

Whether or not this has any relevance to its delisting from the Steam store is unknown, but it would be convenient timing given the many conflicts currently happening across the world. Though if this were the case, surely it’d be inaccessible from other store pages as well.

With any luck, this is simply a mistake or bug on Steam’s end of things, and hopefully Spec Ops: The Line is relisted sometime this week.

If you haven't played it yet we’d highly recommend giving it a go, either on PC or Xbox platforms.