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Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Ubisoft Quebec · Ubisoft · 2025-03-19

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Assassin's Creed · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 02, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2), Mar 20, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 20, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Mar 20, 2025 (Mac)

Experience an epic action-adventure story set in feudal Japan! Become a lethal shinobi assassin and powerful legendary samurai as you explore a beautiful open world in a time of chaos.

75%
positive of 39k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
85/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (141 ratings)
35h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 74h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$69.99
steam price (US)
Assassin's Creed Shadows is a 2025 action role-playing game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. The game is the fourteenth main installment in the Assassin's Creed series and the successor to Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023). Set in 16th-century Japan towards the end of the Sengoku period, the game focuses on the millennia-old struggle between the Assassin Brotherhood, who fight for peace and liberty, and the Templar Order, who desire peace through control, from the perspective of two protagonists: Fujibayashi Naoe, a kunoichi, and Yasuke, an African samurai inspired by the historical figure of the same name. The two characters have different gameplay styles, allowing quests to be approached in multiple ways.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,702 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~213/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (11,041 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 782k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 39,124 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$69.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $28.35 at GreenManGaming (2026-07-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 65 of 102 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.0k9.0k20252026Week of 2025-03-20: 9,017 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 2,024 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 2,482 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 691 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 1,219 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 330 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 851 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 245 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 584 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 204 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 355 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 148 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 188 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 222 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 224 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 281 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 230 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 260 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 292 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 152 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 319 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 141 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 273 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 188 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 100 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 758 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 618 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 311 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 144 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 362 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 159 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 172 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 194 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 202 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 111 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 179 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 90 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 208 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 155 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 152 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 88 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 134 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 162 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 115 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$24.572024-05-132026-08-262024-05-13 — best price $69.992025-01-23 — best price $58.092025-07-07 — best price $41.002025-07-16 — best price $52.492025-07-25 — best price $41.002025-08-07 — best price $46.892025-09-01 — best price $42.202025-09-15 — best price $69.992025-10-06 — best price $35.992025-10-28 — best price $69.992025-11-13 — best price $41.992025-12-04 — best price $69.992025-12-17 — best price $34.992026-01-05 — best price $53.992026-01-17 — best price $34.992026-01-24 — best price $69.992026-02-09 — best price $34.992026-02-24 — best price $69.992026-03-09 — best price $27.252026-03-17 — best price $34.992026-03-26 — best price $69.992026-04-07 — best price $30.102026-04-14 — best price $69.992026-05-05 — best price $69.992026-05-25 — best price $27.282026-06-02 — best price $34.992026-06-15 — best price $27.282026-06-25 — best price $31.492026-07-09 — best price $69.992026-07-20 — best price $69.992026-07-30 — best price $69.992026-08-11 — best price $31.502026-08-26 — best price $69.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.7k1.2k2026-05-29 — 1,484 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1,364 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,436 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,625 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,417 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,363 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2,276 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,780 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,671 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1,334 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,636 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,337 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1,615 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1,805 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2,855 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2,703 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2,246 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3,148 pageviews2026-07-22 — 2,341 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2,243 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2,061 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1,818 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1,879 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,496 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,653 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1,395 pageviews2026-08-15 — 1,348 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,330 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,208 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,386 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,227 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94.6%
earned "Adept Samurai"
22%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableIn-App PurchasesAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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