Assassin's Creed Mirage has had a rough start on Steam

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Important takeaways

  • Assassin's Creed Mirage has a low number of players at its Steam launch compared to recent entries.
  • Ubisoft's decision to delay Mirage on Steam may have negatively affected player numbers.
  • Future Ubisoft games, including Assassin's Creed Shadows, will launch day one on Steam.



Assassin's Creed Mirage has gotten off to a rough start on Steam, having launched to a much lower number of players than recent entries in the series. Even if Assassin's Creed Mirage has been available on other PC windows since October 2023, it was recently released on Steam after a year of waiting.

Too many players, Assassin's Creed Mirage represented a great opportunity to jump back into the long-running series, which had taken a new RPG approach with contributions Origin, Odysseyand Valhalla. Assassin's Creed Mirage received positive reviews from critics, and was widely seen as a solid return to the series' roots. It was basically what many fans had been calling for over the years. Despite the positive reception, Ubisoft's decision to drop it from Steam at launch meant that many PC gamers had not played Assassin's Creed Mirage yet.


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SteamDB's player count chart doesn't paint a pretty picture for the early days Assassin's Creed Mirages Steam release. On the first Saturday after launch, when it is expected to retain the most players, the game peaked at 6,381 players at the time of writing. Watch the latest games in Assassin's Creed series, Origin peaked at 41,551 players, Odyssey at 62,069 and Valhalla at 15,679. That is a considerable decrease for Assassin's Creed Mirage. In the interests of justice, Valhalla is the only game in the RPG trio that didn't have an initial Steam release, which explains its own lower numbers.


Assassin's Creed Mirage's Steam player count is lower than recent records


To put these numbers into perspective, at the exact time of writing, Assassin's Creed Mirage has 3,691 current players. Assassin's Creed Odysseywhich was released back in 2018, has 3,370. These rough early numbers are subject to change, of course, but they are certainly surprising, especially given that Assassin's Creed Mirage launches on Steam with a steep 50% discount, bringing it down to $24.99 until October 24th.

There's no doubt that the numbers are skewed by the delayed Steam release, but that won't be a problem for Ubisoft games going forward. Assassin's Creed Shadows will launch day one on Steam, as will most games from the publisher going forward, which should make a big difference in making player numbers look much healthier for the series. As for the series as a whole, it's going to be a busy few years. A recent rumor has suggested that ten Assassin's Creed games will be released in the next five years, which would be a huge uptick for a franchise that didn't release a main title in either 2021 or 2022. Let's wait and see if that comes to fruition.


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