House

Lore & Background

The House map represents a quiet domestic space torn apart by the machinery of counter-terrorist operations. In the world of Rainbow Six Siege, these raids on civilian-adjacent structures are not uncommon; the threat of a hostage situation or a fortified safehouse can drag a suburban home into the crosshairs of elite operators. The map's design reflects that tension—familiar kitchen counters and bedroom doorways become kill zones, and the garage, a symbol of everyday life, transforms into a fortified entry corridor lined with cover and breach points.

Fans often appreciate the map's grounded, almost mundane aesthetic. Unlike the high-rise offices or military installations of other Siege maps, House feels like a home someone actually lives in. That ordinariness makes the violence of a tactical breach feel more visceral. A breaching round punching through a drywall partition into a family dining room, a flashbang detonated in a narrow upstairs hallway—these moments carry a weight that open-field maps simply cannot replicate.

Within the broader Siege narrative, maps like House underscore a recurring theme: the operators of GIGN, SAS, Spetsnaz, and their allied units do not fight only in war zones. They fight in kitchens, garages, and basements, in the places where ordinary people sleep and cook. The map is a reminder that the line between civilian life and the battlefield can be as thin as a single plasterboard wall.

In Their Own Story

The rain had stopped an hour ago, but the garage door still dripped, each drop ticking against the concrete floor like a metronome counting down to something. Vega crouched behind the driver's seat of the rusted sedan parked in the corner, her eyes tracking the dust motes drifting through the single shaft of light cutting across the workshop. Somewhere above, a floorboard creaked. She pressed her cheek to the cool metal of the car roof and exhaled slowly.

"Two up top, maybe a third in the back room," she whispered into her comms. Static crackled, then a calm voice confirmed the count. She peeled off the car and moved along the wall, her boots silent on the oil-stained concrete. The drywall separating the garage from the kitchen was thin—she could feel it give slightly under her fingertip. One clean shot, and the kitchen would be open. One clean shot, and the element of surprise would be gone.

She raised her weapon, aligned the crosshair on the seam where the wall met the ceiling, and waited for the call. Above her, a muffled voice said something she couldn't make out. Then the floorboards stopped creaking. Silence. The kind of silence that means someone is holding their breath, waiting for the same moment she was waiting for.

Vega fired.

Reader's Guide

House is set in a suburban residential neighborhood, with the action centered on a two-story family home, its attached garage, and a small outdoor yard area. The layout spans a ground floor containing the garage, living room, kitchen, and dining area; an upper floor with a hallway, bedrooms, and a bathroom; and a full basement accessible via an interior staircase. The outdoor space connects the front entrance to the side and rear of the house, offering limited cover and a narrow sightline along the back wall.

Key tactical features to exploit:

- Garage-to-living-room wall: A heavily destructible partition that, once breached, opens a wide-angle crossfire into the kitchen and dining area. Defenders can reinforce it, but attackers can also use it as a secondary entry after a flash or smoke. - Basement staircase: The basement provides a vertical route that bypasses the main ground-floor choke points. A defender camped in the basement can ambush attackers who push through the kitchen without checking below, and the tight stairwell limits the number of operators who can engage simultaneously. - Upstairs hallway and bedroom doors: The narrow upstairs corridor creates a natural choke point. Destructible bedroom doors and the shared bathroom wall allow for crossfire angles that can catch opponents mid-rotation between rooms. - Back yard and rear door: The outdoor strip along the back of the house is a contested sightline. A defender with a camera or a reinforced rear door can deny this approach, while an attacker who clears it gains a flanking angle into the kitchen and dining area.

Operator synergy on House favors players who excel in tight, reactive spaces. Breach specialists who can quickly open new angles—using breaching rounds, explosives, or close-range flashbangs—dominate the interior rooms. Defenders who can layer traps, cameras, and reinforced panels in the garage and hallway create layered denial that forces attackers to commit time and resources. Mobile operators with short-range utility (smokes, flashbangs, close-range gadgets) thrive in the kitchen and living room, where the distance between cover positions is barely a few meters. Conversely, long-range snipers struggle to find stable sightlines, making the map a natural playground for aggressive, room-to-room play. The basement rewards defenders who are comfortable in darkness and close-quarters, as the limited visibility and narrow staircase negate most long-range advantages. Ultimately, House is a map where tempo is king: the team that controls the pace of entry and rotation, and reads the opponent's next angle before they commit, will own the round.

Did You Know?

• House is one of the smallest maps in the Siege rotation, meaning rounds tend to resolve faster and with fewer operators able to hold a single angle simultaneously.
• The map's basement is one of the few levels in Siege that offers a full, independent room rather than a simple storage closet, giving it a unique vertical dimension.
• Because the garage is attached directly to the living area, a single well-placed breaching shot can open a line of fire that spans two distinct rooms in one motion.
• The high density of destructible drywall and wooden surfaces means that, over the course of a round, the map's geometry can change dramatically as walls are opened and new sightlines appear.