Assassin's Creed Shadow reaches an impressive milestone in just one day
Blog Andrew Joseph 21 Mar , 2025 0

Assassin's Creed Shadow With the game in the hours after its release, the game has made a good start on the PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Compared to the previous release of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, players on PC also look good on launch day, but here's a warning.
In Canada, not even at 4 pm, the Assassin's Creed shadow has surpassed 1 million players!
Thank you for joining this adventure of Japanese feudalism from the bottom of our hearts. We are so happy to start this journey with you! 💝 pic.twitter.com/1cqwabrqfn– Assassin's Creed (@assassincreed) March 20, 2025
The important thing to note is that on PC, Assassin's Creed Shadows have been rolling out all day on Steam and Epic Games stores. Valhalla took another approach when it first launched on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and even Google Stadia in November 2020. While it works on PCs, it's the November 2022 Epic Games Store. It reaches 15,431 concurrent players December 2022.
On the first day, the shadows were eclipsed at a peak of 41,412 players, and that number has grown to 42,415. By comparison, Assassin's Creed Sea City Rage Peak player count is 7,837, and the shadow has not yet been beaten when writing origin (41,541 concurrent players) or Odyssey (61,984 concurrent players) Number. Concurrent players will usually increase in the first weekend after release, so these numbers may still increase further.
As Ubisoft has experienced a financial struggle recently, Analyst Joost van Dreunen explains how the shadows For a company, it may be a “moment of survival”. Van Dreunen explained in an interview how shadows are “really good” in terms of sales, which could be “a big help in terms of financial status of repairs (Ubisoft).
In related news, new updates to the game now prevent players from Destroy certain items in the shrinepossibly in response to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's criticism of the game and discussions about potential cultural insensitiveness.
If you are planning to start using a new Ubisoft game and are looking for some tips, you can check out Gamespot's Assassin's Creed Shadow Guidance Hub Used for select drills. You can also read ours Assassin's Creed Shadow Review Learn more about the game.