Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Last updated: 2026-01-04
  • Stunning visuals and immersive world design
  • Dual protagonists enhance gameplay variety
  • Engaging story with memorable characters
  • Weak and disjointed narrative structure
  • Repetitive and tedious gameplay loop
  • Poor enemy and combat balance issues
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Emotions

Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Mostly Positive (6/10)
Total reviews
32,083
Positive
24,84477.4%
Negative
7,23922.6%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
2,302,694
Estimated revenue
$161,165,553
Game price
$70
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
8732.72%
Estimated copies lost
62,658
Estimated revenue lost
$4,385,433
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
8802.7%
Avg playtime 1h
2480.8%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
6,36219.8%
Avg playtime 59.1h
24,59176.7%
Avg playtime 83.9h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day110.4 rev/day
Last 30d67.7 rev/day
Quarterly7,530.3 rev/qtr
Days covered290.5 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
32,081 total
Organic purchasers28,38888.5%
Voted up: 77%
Key activations3,69311.5%
Voted up: 79%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
32,081 total
First impression0-2h2,4057.50%
Voted up: 47%
Mid game2-10h7,92624.7%
Voted up: 82%
Late game10-20h5,74417.9%
Voted up: 81%
Endgame20h+16,00649.9%
Voted up: 79%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
1.40% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
70.2%
Global baseline 77.4%
450 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 32,083 total.