Assassin's Creed Shadows sales numbers and Steam charts: How many people are playing?

We've taken a look at what we know from Ubisoft themselves, as well as what has been reported about how well the game has sold thus far.

Assassin's Creed Shadows sales numbers: What do we know?

As of 26th March, we know that Assassin's Creed Shadows has already reached more than 2 million players.

It was already confirmed on 20th March, the game's launch day, that Assassin's Creed Shadows had hit the 1 million player mark.

"It's not even 4pm here in Canada and Assassin's Creed Shadows has already passed 1 million players," read a tweet from the official Ubisoft account.

This was followed up two days later with the confirmation that the game had passed that 2 million player milestone.

Unfortunately, while we know that over 2 million players have jumped into feudal Japan, we don't have an accurate figure for sales.

That being said, according to sales data provided to VGC, Shadows achieved the second-highest day one sales in series history, being pipped only by Valhalla.

Furthermore, while it's become the series' most successful Steam launch, peaking at 64,825 concurrent players, it's console sales that have been the surprise success story, with the game marking Ubisoft's best ever day one sales on the PlayStation digital store.

But while the game has had a promising start, it still may not be enough to rectify poor sales among Ubisoft's other recent titles, according to analyst Rhys Elliott.

Elliott describes Shadows' release as "make or break" for Ubisoft given its recent woes, and that while sales are looking good so far, the game almost certainly has a ways to go before even breaking even.

Assassin's Creed Shadows Steam chart: How many people are playing?

Assassin's Creed Shadows hit a peak concurrent player count of 64,825 on Steam during its launch day.

This is now the highest peak player count for any Assassin's Creed game on the platform, overtaking Odyssey's peak of 62,069.

It's perhaps important to note that, while it had hit this peak, Valhalla launched on PC much later than on consoles, so it's difficult to compare the success of the two by this metric alone.

Of course, Assassin's Creed has always been a more console-focused series, and the majority of players are likely going to be on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

Sadly, with console player counts unavailable for the game, we will have to wait and see if Ubisoft releases any concrete data.

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