Assassin's Creed Mirage is off to a rocky start on Steam

Assassin's Creed Mirage has gotten off to a rocky start on Steam after its maximum player count at launch was significantly lower than recent entries in the series. Although Assassin's Creed Mirage has been available on other PC stores since October 2023 and was recently released on Steam after a year of waiting.

For many gamers Assassin's Creed Mirage represented a great opportunity to get back into the long-running series, which had taken a new RPG approach with entries Origins, OdysseyAnd Valhalla. Assassin's Creed Mirage received positive reviews from critics and was generally viewed as a solid return to the series' roots. It was essentially what many fans had been demanding over the years. Despite the positive reception, Ubisoft's decision not to release it on Steam upon release resulted in many PC gamers not playing Assassin's Creed Mirage still.

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The SteamDB player count charts don't paint a pretty picture for the early days of Assassin's Creed Mirage's Steam release. On the first Saturday after its release, when most players were expected to stick around, the game peaked at 6,381 players at the time of writing. Look at the last games in the Assassin's Creed Series, Origins Peak at 41,551 players, Odyssey at 62,069, and Valhalla at 15,679. That's a significant decrease for Assassin's Creed Mirage. In the interest of fairness Valhalla is the only game in the RPG trio that wasn't released on Steam on its first day, which explains the lower number.

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

To put these numbers into perspective at the 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 initial figures could of course change, but especially given this, they are certainly surprising Assassin's Creed Mirage was released on Steam with a whopping 50% discount, bringing the price down to $24.99 through 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 in the future. Assassin's Creed Shadows will launch on Steam on day one, as will most of the publisher's games going forward, which should make a big difference as the player count for the series looks much healthier. As for the series as a whole, it's going to be a busy few years. A current rumor says that ten Assassin's Creed Additional games are scheduled to be released over the next five years, which would be a big start for a series that hasn't released a mainline title in either 2021 or 2022. Let's wait and see if it bears fruit.

Play as a cunning young street thief searching for answers in this majestic open world of the Middle East.

Experience the home of the original Assassins in this exciting new open-world narrative adventure. 15 years after the first redefined Assassin's Creed adventure, Assasin's Creed Mirage lets you experience the franchise's signature parkour and stealth like never before.

In this smaller, more bare-bones Assassin's Caper, you play Basim, a young street thief in search of answers. Roam the detailed, reactive and vibrant streets of 9th-century Baghdad and uncover the secrets of the past as you fight to secure your future.

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Released

October 12, 2023

developer

Ubisoft Bordeaux

Motor

havok, anvilnext

ESRB

M

How long to beat

12 hours

PS Plus availability

N/A

OpenCritic review

Strong

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