Assassin’s Creed Shadows could also be about to sign a rebound for writer Ubisoft. The corporate introduced that the motion RPG has had over 1 million gamers in its first 24 hours on sale.
That is clearly fairly good for any recreation, however the actual information right here is that these aren’t precise gross sales figures, which is a bit regarding.
Murderer’s Creed video games all the time do nicely for Ubisoft, so there was little fear that Shadows wouldn’t additionally ship. A lot of the pre-launch doom and gloom concerning the writer’s future was warranted, nonetheless – and the constant delays definitely did not assist.
However right here we’re, someday after launch, and we now have an indication of life. Ubisoft announced in a Tweet Thursday that Shadows has handed 1 million gamers. This milestone was reached simply on its first day on sale, and certain consists of all platforms.
Ubisoft has but to disclose exhausting gross sales numbers, both shipped or bought. In equity, the writer doesn’t usually try this; it’s extra involved with lively participant numbers, as all the trendy Murderer’s Creed video games incorporate many dwell service components that depend on participant retention, and never essentially the preliminary gross sales bump.
Over on Steam, the sport’s efficiency has been, nicely, superb, although nothing significantly particular. Shadows at the moment sits at the top of Steam’s top sellers for its third week operating. After launch, the sport peaked at 41,412 concurrent gamers (through SteamDB).
In the event you’ve been maintaining with the efficiency of different main Steam releases in 2025, 41,000 will little question look small in comparison with Monster Hunter Wilds’ 1.3 million concurrent, or Kingdom Come Deliverance 2’s 256,000 sequence file. As optimistic phrase of mouth continues to unfold, nonetheless, Shadows’ participant base will certainly develop over the weekend.
It’s additionally price holding in thoughts that, as a result of Ubisoft spent a number of years not publishing its games – including Assassin’s Creed – on Steam, its viewers is a bit more fragmented on PC. We’ll discover out when the mud settles. In the event you haven’t determined but whether or not you wish to soar into Murderer’s Creed’s interpretation of Feudal Japan, possibly our five star Shadows review will help.