Murderer’s Creed Shadows has crossed over a million gamers throughout all platforms, Ubisoft confirmed Friday. The corporate didn’t disclose preliminary gross sales figures for the open-world action-RPG, however mentioned the sport had reached the spectacular milestone on the day of launch. Murderer’s Creed Shadows launched throughout PC, PS5 and Xbox Sequence S/X on March 20.
Murderer’s Creed Shadows Reaches 1 Million Gamers
Ubisoft thanked gamers in a submit on X (previously Twitter) and mentioned the sport had reached a million gamers on launch day.
“It isn’t even 4PM right here in Canada and Murderer’s Creed Shadows has already handed 1 million gamers! Thank YOU from the underside of our hearts for becoming a member of this journey in Feudal Japan. We’re past excited to begin this journey with you,” the corporate mentioned within the submit.
It isn’t even 4PM right here in Canada and Murderer’s Creed Shadows has already handed 1 million gamers!
Thank YOU from the underside of our hearts for becoming a member of this journey in Feudal Japan. We’re past excited to begin this journey with you! 💝 pic.twitter.com/1cqwABrQfN
— Murderer’s Creed (@assassinscreed) March 20, 2025
Whereas Ubisoft didn’t make clear launch day gross sales figures, a million gamers could be unfold throughout PC (on Steam, Ubisoft Join and different assist PC video games storefronts), PS5 and Xbox Sequence S/X. Murderer’s Creed Shadows can be out there with the Ubisoft+ subscription.
Steam’s High Sellers chart, which lists the present prime 100 promoting video games on the platform by income, gives some indication of the sport’s gross sales efficiency. Murderer’s Creed Shadows sits prime of the chart, indicated sturdy gross sales.
On SteamDB, Murderer’s Creed Shadows has reached a peak of 46,531 concurrent gamers inside in the future of launch on the time of writing. Whereas that quantity is promising, it’s dwarfed by Capcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds reaching a million concurrent gamers on launch day. The gross sales efficiency of Ubisoft’s newest action-RPG ought to develop into clearer within the coming weeks.
Murderer’s Creed Shadows launched on PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence S/X on March 20 after being delayed twice. After two of its AAA releases, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Star Wars Outlaws, bought under expectations back-to-back, Ubisoft mentioned it was delaying the brand new Murderer’s Creed sport from its authentic November 2024 launch to additional polish the sport.
The success of Murderer’s Creed Shadows is seen as important for Ubisoft, that has been dealing with monetary troubles over the previous yr. The corporate’s inventory value fell over 40 % final yr, resulting in its founding Guillemot household to discover talks with Tencent and different buyers on a buyout deal.
