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Assassin’s Creed Shadows
About
Experience an epic action-adventure story set in feudal Japan! Become a lethal shinobi assassin and powerful legendary samurai as you explore a beautiful open world in a time of chaos.
- Platform
- Steam (PC)
- Developer
- Ubisoft Quebec
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Release date
- 20 Mar 2025
- Languages
- Genres
- Action-Adventure, Open World, Ninja, Stealth, Samurai
- Product type
- Digital key / activates on Steam
Supported languages
| Interface | Audio | Subtitles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| French | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Italian | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| German | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spanish (Spain) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ukrainian | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Japanese | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Korean | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Russian | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Simplified Chinese | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Traditional Chinese | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Polish | ✓ | — | ✓ |
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Description
MASTER THE DEEPEST STEALTH MECHANISMS OF THE SERIES & FIGHT IN VISCERAL COMBAT
“Shadows is some of the most fun I’ve had with a stealth game in a decade” —PC Gamer
Play as Naoe, a quick-witted shinobi, and use light, sound, and shadows to evade detection. Infiltrate enemy strongholds with many parkour options including the new grappling hook, distract guards with shuriken or smoke bombs, and assassinate your targets with your Hidden Blade. As the samurai Yasuke, use silent bow takedowns or unleash devastating melee combos with your katana or naginata.
Switch between these two heroes to adapt your strategy and experience feudal Japan through two radically different approaches – stealth and strength, shadows and steel.
DEEP-DIVE INTO THE CAPTIVATING WORLD OF ASSASSIN'S CREED SHADOWS
“Assassin’s Creed Shadows creates one of the best versions of the open-world style.” —IGN
Step into feudal Japan like never before! From majestic castle towns to serene shrines and sweeping countryside, Assassin’s Creed Shadows offers a breathtaking open world where dynamic seasons, shifting weather, and environmental destruction affect your tactical approach.
And, to get full immersion, experience the game through Japanese voiceover.
DISCOVER THE MOST TECHNICALLY ADVANCED ASSASSIN’S CREED GAME YET
“It leads to one of the most dynamic, fun, and best-looking open-world games I’ve played this generation.” —Kotaku
Experience a true next-gen leap with Assassin’s Creed Shadows, powered by the updated Anvil engine. Explore a world brought to life with ray-traced Global Illumination, real-time reflections, virtualized geometry, and dynamic wind and environmental particles.
From the shimmer of lantern light on rain-slick rooftops to the rustle of cherry blossoms in the wind, every detail is crafted to immerse you deeper into feudal Japan.
A GLOBAL HIT
Whether you are a veteran Assassin’s Creed player or new to the franchise, feudal Japan awaits you! Join a community of millions of players and discover a title GameSpot describes as "an absolute blast to play," Eurogamer.es as "the best Assassin's Creed of the modern era" and GamingTrend as “the new benchmark for the series.”
System Requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS
- Windows 10/11
- Processor
- INTEL® Core TM i7 8700K AMD RYZEN 5 3600
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GEFORCE GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX-5500 XT 8GB / INTEL® ARC TM A380 6GB (REBAR ON)"
- DirectX
- Version 12
- Storage
- 115 GB available space
- Additional Notes
- The game must be installed on a SSD.
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS
- Windows 10/11
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5 11600k/AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600x
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 3060Ti 8GB/AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT 12GB/Intel® Arc™ B580 12GB (REBAR ON)
- DirectX
- Version 12
- Storage
- 115 GB available space
- Additional Notes
- The game must be installed on a SSD.
News

2 months ago
For the Creed crossover: Naoe and Yasuke in For Honor
From April 23 to May 14, For Honor hosts the For the Creed event: the Assassin's Creed universe returns to the game, and Naoe, Yasuke and Eivor get their own hero skins with unique voice acting and signature aerial attacks. A reason for Shadows fans to check out For ...

3 months ago
Assassin's Creed: 2026 franchise plans
Ubisoft recapped AC Shadows' first year and shared its plans: the game enters its final support phase, with the darker Codename HEXE, the PvP project INVICTUS and AC Jade in development, a Netflix series in the works, and AC Unity getting a free 60 FPS console patch.
Best Reviews
👎 Not Recommended · Steam player · 26 May 2026
-Purchase and downloaded game -Need Ubisoft account -Tried creating a new account -Sorry cannot complete at this time. Try again later -Uninstall Game -Request Refund Classic Ubisoft
444 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 18 May 2026
Ignore the comments and just get the game. If you dont want to pay full price then dont, totally up to you. People complain that its just mission after mission of killing different people and i think thats such a stupid description. That literally describes almost every combat game ever made. jJst enjoy the game and have fun. Its absolutely stunning as well.
89 found this helpful
👎 Not Recommended · Steam player · 4 Jun 2026
i will now summarize the entire game: Walk 5km Kill some nutbag Walk back Walk 4km to buy groceries Walk back Walk 1km Play conflict resolver (mostly ends in you wiping an entire zipcode off the map) Walk back there you go, saved you ~80 hours of horrible storywriting, thank me later
14 found this helpful
👎 Not Recommended · Steam player · 26 May 2026
Ubisoft Connect won't let me create an account. I get a "There has been an error creating your account" error on startup. Tried multiple times. Read the documentation, turns out they can revoke your access to the game at any time... this should be banned on Steam. I hear the romance routes and characters are trash too... but I wanted to at least check out the trees. Out of my 100+ games, this has been the worst experience so far.
17 found this helpful
Recent Reviews
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 15 Jun 2026
Better game, still a bit boring after a while
0 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 15 Jun 2026
Must have for any Samurai/Ninja fan.
0 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 15 Jun 2026
game is good, but ubisoft connect is a nightmare, sometime it stuck at initializing for an hour
0 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 15 Jun 2026
would i say its the best assassins creed absolutely not in my opinion, but its fun all the same being a samurai.
0 found this helpful