Stunning, dense, living Paris
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Paris carries this game hard. The city feels alive in a way few open-world games ever managed to replicate.”
Steam review · 98.5 h played ↗
Assassin's Creed® Unity
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%Ubisoft2014Stealth · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A gorgeous, dense Paris with arguably the series' best parkour and fun co-op, but still buggy and tied to a hated Ubisoft Connect login. Skip it if launcher hassles or jank would sour you.
Great for
Fans of classic pre-RPG Assassin's Creed who want parkour, stealth and a living Paris, ideally on sale
Main risk
Ubisoft Connect login loops and account suspensions can stop you playing at all, on top of lingering bugs
What changed in the last 30 days
162 recent reviews
Many recent negative reviews complain about forced Ubisoft Connect logins, 'service unavailable' errors and account suspensions that block play. Bugs are also still cited. This is likely the main driver, though no specific patch is named.
162 recent reviews
What players love
Best parkour in the series
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“it features one of the most satisfying parkour mechanics in the entire history of video games — fluid, responsive, and an absolute joy to use.”
Steam review · 93.8 h played ↗
Graphics hold up well
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Paris and the Graphics of this game are gorgeous and puts recent titles to shame.”
Steam review · 62.3 h played ↗
Fun co-op missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The co-op in this game is phenomenally done and easily the best thing about this game”
Steam review · 89.1 h played ↗
Classic AC stealth and assassination freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Assassination missions are completely open to however you want to go about it.”
Steam review · 20.5 h played ↗
Deep customization and skills
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“the customization is THE best in my opinion since you can mix and match different pieces of armor for different looks or stats”
Steam review · 19.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Ubisoft Connect login and account suspensions
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“you need to log in to the ubisoft launcher EVERY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ TIME. and half the time the launcher won't let you log in until you change your password.”
Steam review · 63.1 h played ↗
Pervasive bugs and glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“I don't think there's a SINGLE minute of this game that doesn't have a bug come up when playing it.”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗
Janky, unresponsive parkour and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Arno just keeps jumping everywhere except the spot you want him to jump to.”
Steam review · 90.1 h played ↗
Weak combat, repetitive missions and weak story
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“every mission is like: find big building, go inside, find the guy, kill the guy, escape.”
Steam review · 15.8 h played ↗
Texture pop-in and graphical problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Massive texture pop-ins and LOD issues that are so distracting, they absolutely ruin the experience.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Crashes and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“the crashes and freezing are relentless.”
Steam review · 209.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable50 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 (2 GB VRAM)
Storage50 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon R9 290X (3 GB VRAM)
Storage50 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon HD 7970 (2 GB VRAM)
Storage50 GB available space
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