Summary
Assassin’s Creed Shadowslaunched earlier this week, and judging from the earlier stats we have on hand, it’s a huge success. Itsurpassed two million players in just two days, enough for it to outperform the launches ofAssassin’s Creed OriginsandOdyssey.It alsotopped the Steam best-seller charts, suggesting that this is going to be the hit thatUbisoftdesperately needs.
Now, we have another indication that Assassin’s Creed Shadows' launch is going strong. As noted byResetErauser Smitch, Shadows now has the highest concurrent player record of any Assassin’s Creed game on Steam. It broke the record just hours ago, and it’s come close to pushing the figure even higher, as it seems that Shadows is enjoying a huge launch weekend.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Keeps Breaking Records
The concurrent player record is now almost 65,000
According toSteamDB, Shadows' concurrent player record is 64,825, which means there were almost 65,000 people playing on Steam alone at the same time earlier today. This doesn’t account for other launchers, platforms, and those playing through Ubisoft+, so the real concurrent player figure will be even higher.
Before this, Odyssey had the concurrent player record on Steam, with 62,069 people playing at once back in 2017. Then, Origins sits behind at 41,551, Black Flag with 16,049, Valhalla with 15,679, and Assasin’s Creed 3 with 15,007.
Shadows' success comes at a difficult time for Ubisoft.Year-on-year revenue was down by 31 percent in its latest financial report, afterStar Wars Outlaws underperformed, andShadows was repeatedly delayed. It remains to be seen if Shadows is enough to make up for all of this.
