While
there
has
been
a
online
trend
that
Assassin’s
Creed:
Shadows
has
been
a
commercial
failure
–

further
fuelled
by
Ubisoft
themselves
only
sharing
how
many
people
had
played
the
game
rather
than
sales,
and
low
Steam
player
counts
–
new
data
suggests
the
game
has
actually
sold
very
well.

Mat
Piscatella
of
Circana,
their
Retail
Tracking
Service
(which
accounts
for
dollar
sales
up
to
April
5)
currently
has
Assassin’s
Creed:
Shadows
as
the
top-selling
game
in
the
US
for
its
first
three
weeks
on
the
market.

Here’s
a
fun
one…
Assassin’s
Creed:
Shadows
has
been
the
best-selling
video
game
in
the
US
for
each
of
its
first
3
weeks
in
market,
according
to
Circana’s
Retail
Tracking
Service
(dollar
sales,
latest
data
through
April
5th).
Currently
ranks

#2
year-to-date
trailing
only
Monster
Hunter:
Wilds.

—
Mat
Piscatella
(@matpiscatella.bsky.social)

14
April
2025
at
16:21

https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js

That
apparently
means
it’s
currently
the
second
best-selling
game
of
the
year
in
the
US,
behind
the
impressive
Monster
Hunter:
Wilds

which
has
sold
over
10
million
copies
globally.

In
the
UK,
the
game
reportedly
sold
more
physical
copies
in
its
first
week
than
Star
Wars:
Outlaws
managed
in
three
months.

Finally,
according
to
a
source
who
talked
to
VGC,
Assassin’s
Creed:
Shadows
is
the
2nd
biggest
launch
in
the
franchise’s
history,
coming
in
second
only
to
Assassin’s
Creed:
Valhalla,
a
game
which
benefitted
massively
from
launching
during
the
Covid
era.

Ubisoft
currently
needs
all
the
sales
it
can
get,
as
the
company
is
facing
serious
problems.
Its
stock
price
has
tanked
so
low
that
Ubisoft
announced
plans
to
create

a
new
subsidiary
housing
their
biggest
franchises,
including
Assassin’s
Creed.

Personally,
I’ve
only
played
about
8
hours
of
Shadows
and
my
impressions
are
that
it’s
overwhelmingly
whelming.
It’s
fine.
It
can
be
fun,
but
feels
like
another
generic
Ubisoft
game
for
the
most
part.