Stunning, immersive Ancient Egypt
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“I can get lost in ancient Egypt just roaming around with my horse.”
Steam review · 64.9 h played ↗
Assassin's Creed® Origins
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Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Ubisoft Montreal2017Stealth · RPG · Action
The verdict
A huge, gorgeous Ancient Egypt open-world action RPG with a strong hero, held back by level-gated grind, repetitive quests and a mandatory Ubisoft Connect login. Skip it if you want classic stealth AC.
Great for
Players who love exploring a beautiful historical open world and don't mind RPG progression
Main risk
Ubisoft Connect login problems and level-gated grinding that make it feel like a chore
What players love
Bayek is a great protagonist
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I fell in love with Bayek right from the start of the game.”
Steam review · 86.5 h played ↗
Great soundtrack and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The map and the score are top 10 in all of gaming respectively.”
Steam review · 79.3 h played ↗
Huge amount of content to do
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“There is so much to do in this game, so many unique experiences to be had and a good amount of replay ability.”
Steam review · 261.5 h played ↗
Excellent Discovery Tour mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“This game has the best discovery tour implementation of all in the series.”
Steam review · 95.7 h played ↗
Runs well and looks great for its age
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“great game, well optimized and incredible graphics even for todays standards, im running 1440p ultra 120fps on RX 6800”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Mandatory Ubisoft Connect launcher and login issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Ubisoft's launcher alone is enough not to recommend this game.”
Steam review · 99.7 h played ↗
Weak or boring story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Your introduction to the protagonist is a slapstick revenge arc cobbled together in the first 30 minutes of gameplay that feels disconnected.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Level gating forces grinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“You will more than often find yourself unable to continue a main quest because your character hasn't done enough repetitive, soulless side quests”
Steam review · 99 h played ↗
Repetitive, boring quests and empty map
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“folk valley with sand, literally an 80 hour game that only has fetch quests”
Steam review · 75 h played ↗
Clunky, unsatisfying combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Great story, but it's really overshadowed for me by the combat system. It feels super unsatisfying”
Steam review · 23.8 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and poor optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“If you have a newer system prepare for crashes, freezings or endless loading screens.”
Steam review · 93.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable42 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6350 @ 3.9 GHz or equivalent
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD R9 270 (2048 MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
Storage42 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i7- 3770 @ 3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD R9 280X (3GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
Storage42 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6350 @ 3.9 GHz or equivalent
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD R9 270 (2048 MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
Storage42 GB available space
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