Assassin’s Creed Shadows Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-04-09
- Good optimization and performance
- Beautiful and immersive visuals
- Engaging and polished gameplay
- Dual protagonist system
- Unengaging and poor story
- Repetitive side quests and missions
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 35,782
- Positive
- 27,33576.4%
- Negative
- 8,44723.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,547,333
- Estimated revenue
- $178,287,837
- Game price
- $70
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 4222.22%
- Estimated copies lost
- 30,042
- Estimated revenue lost
- $2,102,640
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 4262.2% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1290.7% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 4,79225.2% Avg playtime 66.2h | 13,70371.9% Avg playtime 96.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 49.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 40.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 2,481.3 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 385.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
19,050 total
Organic purchasers16,54586.9%
Voted up: 72%
Key activations2,50513.1%
Voted up: 74%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
19,050 total
First impression0-2h8564.49%
Voted up: 32%
Mid game2-10h2,99515.7%
Voted up: 72%
Late game10-20h2,71714.3%
Voted up: 74%
Endgame20h+12,48265.5%
Voted up: 75%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
65.1%
Global baseline 72.6%
278 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 35,782 total.