Best-in-class naval combat and sailing
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Sailing your ship, the Jackdaw, across the vibrant Caribbean is pure joy.”
Steam review · 37.6 h played ↗
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Ubisoft MontrealStealth · Adventure · Action
The verdict
A superb pirate adventure with the best naval combat in the series and a strong Edward Kenway story. Skip it if forced Ubisoft Connect logins, lockouts and lost saves would infuriate you.
Great for
Fans of pirate fantasy, ship combat and sea shanties who can put up with Ubisoft's launcher
Main risk
Ubisoft Connect forces a login every launch, locks accounts and can stop the game from starting
What players love
Edward Kenway's story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Edward Kenway is a tragic (in a very good way) character and overall the character development impressed me.”
Steam review · 28.5 h played ↗
Beautiful, lively open world that holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Because it can so easily run on max settings, it looks gorgeous.”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Great pirate atmosphere and shanties
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“With the wind in your sails and your crew singing their shanties it just puts a smile on your face.”
Steam review · 114.4 h played ↗
Lots to do: hunting, forts, upgrades
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The moments when you're hunting whales, boarding forts and getting chased by a legendary ship all in one session is peak gaming.”
Steam review · 62 h played ↗
Better than the Resynced remake
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“If you were thinking of buying Resynced, buy this instead.”
Steam review · 89.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Forced Ubisoft Connect login and account lockouts
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews
“That connect program always asks you to login no matter what even if you check the "Remember me" box that's supposed to be saving the credentials.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
Game won't launch or broke on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“This version of ac4 black flag does not work anymore, will not even start loading.”
Steam review · 40.7 h played ↗
Crashes, stutter and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Out of the box, the game doesn't even run at a stable 60 FPS.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Kenway's Fleet and online features broken
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Kenways fleet will not load and after much research. It seems Ubisoft is uninterested in fixing it.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Resynced pricing and dead multiplayer achievements
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“From one day to another ubisoft raised the game price from 7, to 35usd.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Saves lost, no cloud sync
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“This awful forced launcher doesn't sync your savegame. Moved to a new machine, savegame gone.”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista SP2
ProcessorIntel Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia Geforce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with shader Model 4.0 or higher)
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows Vista SP2
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2400S @ 2.5 GHz or better or AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 5850 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) or better
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows Vista SP2
ProcessorIntel Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia Geforce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with shader Model 4.0 or higher)
Storage30 GB available space
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