The anticipation for Assassin's Creed Shadows was very large, after all, Ubisoft finally delivered us the long-demanded Far East excursion with the latest asset killer adventure. However, the community has been fairly divided since the release, some love the chic implementation of Japan, and other criticisms of lack of innovations. However, this does not detract from success.
Especially in the United States of Americareally well received. At least if we look at the determined sales figures of the United States, at Ubisoft, the corks should pop with joy, because only one game is even more successful than the latest offshoot of the Meuchelmörder series:.
According to the market research institute Circana, Assassin's Creed Shadows catapulted to second place in the sales charts in 2025. This quota is also particularly impressive due to the fact that the game has only been on the market for over three weeks. The institute's data is based on values of April 5, 2025.
Of course, this success is not completely surprising. Ubisoft recently announced that Assassin's Creed Shadows is also one of the great success within her own series. Because the launch of the game is the number of users ever the second most successful start of the series. Only Valhalla attracted even more players directly on the release.
Success is correspondingly interesting, considering the not exactly little criticism that was given to Assassin's Creed Shadows. For example, many people joined Yosuke as a playable character and accused Ubisoft of historical inaccuracy. While these accusations in which Samurai were taken out of the air, there were some other problems with faulty coat of arms and also destructible Japanese sanctuaries in the game were not well received.
