Vietcong
Vietcong is a 2003 tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Pterodon in cooperation with Illusion Softworks and published by Gathering for Microsoft Windows. It is set during the Vietnam War in 1967.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2003
- Developer
- Pterodon
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 26 March 2003 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Pterodon |
| Publisher | Gathering of Developers |
| Platforms | Xbox |
| Genres | First-Person Shooter |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q1155391, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Vietcong? How long to beat it
Total play time for Vietcong is about 19.6 hours to do everything, and around 8.3 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 8.3h | 19 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 12.4h | 9 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 19.6h | 2 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Vietcong sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Vietcong lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 64ahead of 17% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 36ahead of 77% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Vietcong
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Common questions about Vietcong
What platforms is Vietcong on?
Vietcong is available on Xbox. It first released in 2003.
Who made Vietcong?
Vietcong was developed by Pterodon and published by Gathering of Developers.
How long does it take to beat Vietcong?
about 8.3 hours for the main story, 12.4 hours with the main extras, 19.6 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.