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Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition
Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a v
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
32 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I should probably start with the flaws first. Being an older game now, some of the models and textures are quite dated but no issues with me but I can see that for other players. The story can sometimes be very…”
“Assassin's Creed in it's purest form. No Microtransactions, Ubi wasn't a greedy giant corporation, no launchers, just straight atmosphere. What makes it stand out from the later titles is the philosophy in the dialogue…”
“Amazing story, good but can see why people dislike it, but for the lag and vsync problems just google how fix it, its worth it if you love story”
27 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Nice game, parkour is really slow and not good but combat was fun, overall great start”
“this was the foundation for the best follow up installment ever, and while it is janky in 2026 I still had fun, and to see how far they planned things from is crazy. anyway I just finished the game took me 12 hours”
“Coming back to this almost 20 years later, I'm surprised that I still like many things about AC1 — however all of the shortcomings are much harder to ignore now. A lot of the game comes off more like a vertical slice —…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Assassin's Creed in it's purest form. No Microtransactions, Ubi wasn't a greedy giant corporation, no launchers, just straight atmosphere. What makes it stand out from the later titles is the philosophy in the dialogue…”
“First off, I don't care if this was the first in the series, it was based on a series that had been going since video games first started (Prince of Persia), and it was 2006, not 1986. Gaming already knew the ♥♥♥♥ that…”
“Coming back to this almost 20 years later, I'm surprised that I still like many things about AC1 — however all of the shortcomings are much harder to ignore now. A lot of the game comes off more like a vertical slice —…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“First off, I don't care if this was the first in the series, it was based on a series that had been going since video games first started (Prince of Persia), and it was 2006, not 1986. Gaming already knew the ♥♥♥♥ that…”
“Coming back to this almost 20 years later, I'm surprised that I still like many things about AC1 — however all of the shortcomings are much harder to ignore now. A lot of the game comes off more like a vertical slice —…”
“Me pegó la nostalgia y me dieron ganas de volver a jugarlo y ver si era tan bueno como lo recordaba, y la verdad que aún tiene ese algo especial. Es un juego que se deja jugar a pesar del paso del tiempo, es loquísimo…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A very interesting and unique storyline with quite a bit of content, although it can get a little repeatative. But for such an old game it works flawlessly on this hardware at max settings and is quite entertaining.”
“This is my fist game in Assassin's creed line-up, The story is good and the graphics are good being a 2008 game. But the controls and gameplay are not the best and the end of the game its really becomes quit hard to…”
40 of the 103 reviews raise this · 34 of them still recommend the game.
“I should probably start with the flaws first. Being an older game now, some of the models and textures are quite dated but no issues with me but I can see that for other players. The story can sometimes be very…”
“Barebones but for it's time, it's one of the best. Unfortunately, Ubisoft will likely try to remake this (terribly) and then remove the original, so get it whilst you can!”
“Nice game, parkour is really slow and not good but combat was fun, overall great start”
27 of the 103 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“This port is insanley broken. Not to the point of unplayable but so many issues. My controller sometimes doesnt work, when I fix oh boy now the game is muted, when I fix that oh that game constantly stutters because…”
“Back in 2007, I was only 7 years old. Then, in 2013, I got an Xbox and played this game late into the night. Those were such wonderful times. The game might be a bit repetitive, and the combat system hasn’t changed…”
“Playing this in 2026 requires work arounds. To use controllers with xinput such as mine a 8bitduo controll you must install a mod which translates it. Here is the link for the…”
24 of the 103 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“This port is insanley broken. Not to the point of unplayable but so many issues. My controller sometimes doesnt work, when I fix oh boy now the game is muted, when I fix that oh that game constantly stutters because…”
“I'd only recommend this game for nostalgia purposes. It's an old game, sometimes it freezes for a couple of seconds, etc. I only played it because i saw my friends brother play it when i was a kid and it just released.…”
“Amazing story, good but can see why people dislike it, but for the lag and vsync problems just google how fix it, its worth it if you love story”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“This port is insanley broken. Not to the point of unplayable but so many issues. My controller sometimes doesnt work, when I fix oh boy now the game is muted, when I fix that oh that game constantly stutters because…”
“Back in 2007, I was only 7 years old. Then, in 2013, I got an Xbox and played this game late into the night. Those were such wonderful times. The game might be a bit repetitive, and the combat system hasn’t changed…”
“Playing this in 2026 requires work arounds. To use controllers with xinput such as mine a 8bitduo controll you must install a mod which translates it. Here is the link for the…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Shame to UBI-SOFT! They have abandoned this game and didn't fix a well known issue with freezes because the game trying to connect eliminated servers on background, the game is almost unplayable, it is ridiculous to pay…”
“If you're looking to enjoy this game on PC over console, I'd highly recommend just going with the console version. Constantly dying when doing Leap of Faiths, sometimes failing a mission because I got hit and then begin…”
“The game itself is decent, but if you’re new to the series, it might seem a bit boring at first and you’ll probably want to quit. However, I highly recommend starting with this exact game. It’s a crucial foundation for…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Man Ubisoft in the 2000s cooked up some of the greatest games. Assassin's Creed is an excellent example of it. The game has a really unique artistic style that made so many of us fall in love with it back when it came out. The leap of faith with eagle sound, the outfit of the…”
— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played“---{ Graphics }--- Good: 7/10 For 2007 f*** yea. ---{ Gameplay }--- Good: 7/10 I had a lot of fun playing this game. ---{ Soundtrack }--- Very good: 8/10 I really feel like I’m in this time period. ---{ Difficulty }--- Easy: 6/10 I expected more of a challenge ---{ Story }---…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I'm sure there is a great game here, but it is insanely broken and does not play well with modern hardware. I had spent one day figuring out why my game was not launching and then another two as to why it was a stutterfest. I looked around and found out the game tries to connect…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Combat · Stealth · Adventure · Historical · Third Person · Parkour · Exploration · Assassin · Singleplayer · Medieval · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.assassinscreed.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Supported OS: Windows® XP/Windows Vista® (only) Processor: Dual core processor 2.6 GHz Intel® Pentium® D or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ (Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better recommended) System Memory: Windows XP: 1 GB RAM / Windows Vista: 2 GB RAM Video Card: 256 MB DirectX® 10.0-compliant video card or DirectX 9.0-compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (*see supported list) Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0-compliant sound card (5.1 sound card recommended) DirectX Version: Direct X 9.0 (Windows XP) or 10.0 (Windows Vista) libraries Hard Disk: 8 GB availabl