Assassin's Creed® Syndicate

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 80%Very Positive · 80%2015

The verdict

A pretty, fun Victorian London AC with a great rope launcher and carriages, but with a weak story, repetitive side content and persistent bugs. Skip it if you want deep story or a stable PC experience.

Great for

Fans of classic pre-RPG Assassin's Creed and Victorian London who enjoy fast traversal and brawling

Main risk

Game-breaking bugs, crashes and Ubisoft Connect issues that can block progress or launch

What players love

Gorgeous, lively Victorian London

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“The biggest highlight of the game is Victorian London. Even today, The architecture, the atmosphere of the Industrial Revolution, and the incredible environmental detail make exploring the city a joy.”
Steam review · 106.1 h played ↗

“the setting of Victorian London is the real star of the show here, its a absolute joy to walk and drive around the city streets”
Steam review · 42 h played ↗

“London is gorgeous: the industrial era, smoke, trains, streets — walking around the city is really pleasant.”
Steam review · translated · 50 h played ↗

Charismatic twins Jacob and Evie

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Jacob and Evie complement each other really well, and switching between them kept the gameplay fresh.”
Steam review · 106.1 h played ↗

“I like the fact that you can swap between Evie (Stealth) and Jacob (Combat) Frye”
Steam review · 51.7 h played ↗

“Jacob and Evie Frye are perhaps the best duo in the series.”
Steam review · translated · 38.1 h played ↗

Fun rope launcher and carriage traversal

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“the carriage driving and the grappling hook are super fun and great way to keep the formula fresh and exiting”
Steam review · 42 h played ↗

“The grappling hook is super handy, maybe a little too strong since it skips some of the parkour, but it's just an option, and it makes you feel like Batman swinging through the city”
Steam review · 25.7 h played ↗

“The grappling hook greatly speeds up parkour and makes getting around convenient and less tedious.”
Steam review · translated · 50 h played ↗

Fast, satisfying combat and fun stealth

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“I really like the combat, it reminds me of old ac games but its changed with levels and skills to make it really fast and higher your combos are the quicker you defeat enemies”
Steam review · 20.8 h played ↗

“The stealth is better than Unity with the returning whistle mechanic, throwing knives, and the new grappling hook providing so many unique opportunities for stealth.”
Steam review · 31.4 h played ↗

“Brutal, Fast Combat. The fighting is insanely fast and satisfying hand-to-hand brawling.”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

Varied side content and gang takeover loop

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“There is a lot of varied content in this game: side quests with various historical figures like Charles Dickens and Karl Marx, repeatable activities like fight clubs or carriage races, and cargo hijacking activities.”
Steam review · 57.5 h played ↗

“The ally system is really cool—having a gang behind you is like having your friends cover you while you do whatever you want.”
Steam review · 25.7 h played ↗

Great Jack the Ripper DLC

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“The Jack the Ripper DLC is the only one I played and it was superrrrrr cool. Great pacing and great length of that DLC.”
Steam review · 65.9 h played ↗

“The Jack the Ripper DLC is a masterpiece”
Steam review · 80.7 h played ↗

What players complain about

Boring, shallow story and characters

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“The story is quite literally "You kill 8 people, get awarded by the Queen". The characters are as one-dimensional as it gets”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗

“A straightforward and incredibly boring story”
Steam review · translated · 33.1 h played ↗

Clunky controls, weak parkour and combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“hold "shift" "w" "e" at the same time to make a faithful jump... most of the time the character just jumped down or just stand there”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗

“parkour is imprecise and clunky, combat is just buttonmashing”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗

“literally every enemy is far too spongy. It takes forever to finish a single fight”
Steam review · 13.3 h played ↗

Bugs and game-breaking glitches

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“third time i've tried to complete this game and for the third time i can't because of game breaking bugs and garbage coding”
Steam review · 29.4 h played ↗

“Still has gamebreaking bugs after 10 years.”
Steam review · 23.2 h played ↗

“Even after restarting the game, everything starts from that same moment.”
Steam review · translated · 27.8 h played ↗

Crashes, freezes and poor PC optimization

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“It occasionally freezes so hard you have to restart your PC (happened about 30 times throughout the campaign)”
Steam review · 31.9 h played ↗

“Right after the fifth part the game started freezing every time I entered the train, completely blocking progress.”
Steam review · translated · 12.8 h played ↗

Repetitive missions and busywork

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“once you get to the point you have to "unlock" areas of the city by performing the same 3 tasks over and over it's unbearable”
Steam review · 16.9 h played ↗

“If I'm offered 70 hours of doing the same thing, that's not a huge game.”
Steam review · translated · 10.1 h played ↗

Ubisoft Connect launcher and login problems

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“the launcher is completely bricked for PC. It does not launch no matter the solutions I tried to find online.”
Steam review · 65.8 h played ↗

“Unplayable. The game won't start without an Ubisoft log in.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)

ProcessorIntel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz / AMD FX 6350 @ 3.9 GHz

Memory6 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon R9 270 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0)

Recommended

OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)

ProcessorIntel Core i7 3770 @ 3.5 GHz / AMD FX 8350 @ 4.0 GHz

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (4GB) or the newer GTX 970 (4GB) / AMD Radeon R9 280X (3GB of VRAM) or better

OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)

ProcessorIntel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz / AMD FX 6350 @ 3.9 GHz

Memory6 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon R9 270 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0)

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