Every Assassin's Creed Game Ranked by Metacritic, OpenCritic and Steam Players (2026)

Ubisoft accounts that own Black Flag

Number three on Metacritic and the original behind the 2026 remake; every listing shows its full game library before checkout.

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Assassin's Creed games ranked by Metacritic score

Metacritic shows one headline Metascore per game, taken from its lead platform, and a separate score for each other platform. The table ranks the 15 main games by that headline score. When two games tie, the PC Metascore decides. OpenCritic and Steam figures sit next to each one so you can compare all three at a glance.

Assassin's Creed and Shadows tie on 81 and on the PC score (79), so they share 8th place. Shadows has the better OpenCritic score (81), but the original game has no OpenCritic page to compare against.

Black Flag Resynced review score

Resynced is Ubisoft Singapore's remake of the 2013 game, and it lands one place below the original on Metacritic. On OpenCritic it has the highest Critics Recommend share of any Assassin's Creed game.

Ubisoft's launch post of 10 July 2026 says Resynced sold 2 million copies on its first day and peaked at 99,451 concurrent Steam players within 24 hours. In its first-quarter sales release of 23 July 2026, Ubisoft reported 3.5 million copies sold-in within 14 days, a review score of 84 on both OpenCritic and Metacritic at the time, and a Steam peak of "around 105k", which it calls the highest ever for an Assassin's Creed game on Steam.

The scores have moved a little since launch. Ubisoft's launch post quoted 85 on OpenCritic; on 22 October 2026 the page shows 84 from 219 critics, and the PS5 Metascore stands at 83. If you see a different number elsewhere, check the date it was taken.

Best Assassin's Creed game by OpenCritic and Critics Recommend

OpenCritic gives two numbers: the Top Critic Average and the share of critics who recommend the game. The second one separates the games more clearly. These are the ten main games OpenCritic covers, sorted by average, then by recommend share.

Two things stand out. Valhalla sits 10th on Metacritic but has the third-highest recommend share (90 %), so critics who reviewed it mostly liked it, just not by a wide margin. Unity and Rogue are the only games on OpenCritic's list where fewer than half of critics recommend them.

Ubisoft accounts with Odyssey in the library

The highest PC Metascore of the RPG era (86), with every game on the account listed before you pay.

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Assassin's Creed Steam peak players, ranked

A Steam peak measures one moment: the most people playing at the same time on Steam. It says nothing about Ubisoft Connect, the Epic Games Store or consoles, where many players buy these games, so treat it as a measure of the Steam audience only.

SteamCharts records start in July 2012, so the launch weeks of the first four games are missing and their peaks only reflect later years. Valhalla and Mirage launched on PC through the Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games Store first, so their Steam peaks miss the launch period. For a fair comparison, look at the games that were on Steam from day one: Resynced, Shadows, Odyssey, Origins and Unity.

Ubisoft accounts with Origins

Tied with Black Flag for the best OpenCritic average (85); check the game library on each listing before checkout.

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Assassin's Creed ranked 2026 by era

Ubisoft's series guide splits the games into the action-adventure era up to Syndicate and the RPGs Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla. We group Mirage, Shadows and Resynced as the newer games. Averaging the headline Metascores per era gives a simple picture of how the series has been received over time.

The averages are almost flat at about 81 across 19 years. The spread is what changed: the early era holds both the best scores (90, 89, 88) and the worst (72, 72), while the RPG games all landed between 80 and 83.

Ubisoft's own sales statements tell a different story from the scores. Valhalla sold more copies in its first week than any earlier Assassin's Creed game (Ubisoft, 17 November 2020), and by May 2023 Ubisoft said it had 44 % more players than Origins and 19 % more than Odyssey on a comparable basis. Ubisoft says Shadows had the second-highest Day 1 sales revenue in the series, behind Valhalla. Ubisoft does not publish lifetime sales for each game, so there is no complete sales ranking to show.

Which Assassin's Creed to play first, based on the data

There is no single right answer, but the numbers point to a few clear starting points depending on what you want. Each card names the data behind it. Story order is a separate question, covered in our Assassin's Creed games in order guide.

If you want one game that scores well everywhere, Black Flag Resynced is the only entry in the top six on Metacritic, the top three on OpenCritic and first on Steam peak at once. If you would rather play the highest-rated game regardless of age, it is Assassin's Creed II.

What the ranking means for a Ubisoft PC library

Every game in the table is on PC. Ubisoft ties copies bought on Steam or the Epic Games Store to a Ubisoft account once you link the two accounts, which is why a Ubisoft account's library is the place to check which of the ranked games you already have.

• Remasters are separate products. Assassin's Creed III Remastered (72 on PS4, 75 on PC) and Rogue Remastered (71, consoles only) are listed apart from the originals and are not ranked above.
• Black Flag and Resynced are two games. Ubisoft sells the remake as its own product, so owning the 2013 game does not give you Resynced.
• Liberation stays out of the main ranking. The 2012 PS Vita game has 70 on Metacritic; its HD version is on Steam.

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Sources and editorial scope

Reviewed 22 October 2026. Metascores and review counts from each game's Metacritic page (for example Assassin's Creed II and Black Flag Resynced), read on 22 October 2026. OpenCritic averages and recommend shares from each game's OpenCritic page (for example Black Flag Resynced). Steam all-time peaks from SteamCharts, which records Steam's concurrent player counts from July 2012; Resynced's peak and sales from Ubisoft's launch post (10 July 2026) and Q1 2026-27 sales release (23 July 2026). Sales statements: Valhalla launch (17 November 2020), Ubisoft FY2022-23 results, Ubisoft FY2024-25 results. Scores change as reviews are added. The play-first suggestions are ALVIRAN editorial based on these numbers.

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