After reaching one million players on its release day, Assassin's Creed Shadows continues to perform well, with Ubisoft announcing that the number of players has now surpassed two million.
However, the studio says the game is off to a better start than Origins and Odyssey. At least on Steam, Shadows has already surpassed all previous games in the franchise in peak online play. On Sunday, March 23, Assassin's Creed Shadows reached 64,825 players online, according to SteamDB.
Thus, Ubisoft's new project becomes not only the most successful in the Assassin's Creed series, but also one of the most successful games of 2025. For example, Kingdom Come Deliverance II reached the mark of two million copies sold two weeks after its release, and although Ubisoft is still keeping Shadows' sales a secret, the new game has every chance of reaching this mark faster.
Despite its successful release, Assassin's Creed Shadows is still one of the hottest topics among the gaming community. While the game has a large fan base, there are those who still find "problems", sometimes quite absurd. One of the most recent accusations against Ubisoft was that the game's credits are two hours long.
The game's Steam rating remains high, with positive reviews based on over 8,000 reviews. On Metacritic, however, the player rating is 5.6, with many negative reviews coming from users who are reviewing for the first time, who justify their low rating with a disregard for culture and historical responsibility.