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Assassin’s Creed® III
The American Colonies, 1775. As a Native American assassin fights to protect his land and people, he will ignite the flames of a young nation’s revolution.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “strong historical narrative” (21 of 88 reviews) and “combat, naval, and parkour variety” (18); the most common complaint is “flickering, crashes, and progression glitches” (17). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
21 of the 88 reviews raise this.
18 of the 88 reviews raise this.
10 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“It took me a while to get to this Assassin's Creed game in my library, but I'm glad I got there in the end. It's an engaging story set in the times of the American Revolutionary War. As well as all the action, if you're…”
3 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“It took me a while to get to this Assassin's Creed game in my library, but I'm glad I got there in the end. It's an engaging story set in the times of the American Revolutionary War. As well as all the action, if you're…”
17 of the 88 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“I had issues getting this to work, but it's working now. If you have issues with your camera shaking and the graphics flickering, try turning off vsync and using a third party program to lock it to 58 fps. That seemed…”
7 of the 88 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
6 of the 88 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I had issues getting this to work, but it's working now. If you have issues with your camera shaking and the graphics flickering, try turning off vsync and using a third party program to lock it to 58 fps. That seemed…”
“Can't change the resolution from the main menu. Ridiculously long intro cutscene. Was almost through it and game crashed. Restart and now controller won't work. Uninstalled. Thanks Ubisoft.”
6 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“I had issues getting this to work, but it's working now. If you have issues with your camera shaking and the graphics flickering, try turning off vsync and using a third party program to lock it to 58 fps. That seemed…”
5 of the 88 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“A huge leap in terms of an open and dynamic world compared to the previous entries. The game noticeably grew in scale and picked up many new gameplay mechanics - ideas that would be further developed in the following…”
“I remember loving this game when it originally came out, thought it was better than AC2 even. Coming back to it all these years later, I have to say my opinion has changed. I don’t know if it’s just because I out grew…”
“This was not a fun game. It's slow to get going, which isn't a bad thing but the slow burn here is just unnecessary. I'm talking around three hours into the game before you even play as the main protagonist, Connor, and…”
Counted across 88 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 73.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Still got the old copy of AC3. I love the story more than Ezio ngl.”
— a player, Steam review · 87 hrs played“If you ask me where Assassin’s Creed truly peaked, it’s a tie between Assassin’s Creed 3 and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. And while Black Flag probably wins on features, scale, and sheer fun, Assassin’s Creed 3 will always be my personal favorite. There’s something about the…”
— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs played“Avoid Ubisoft games. They require a 3rd-Party Account (they cannot be launched directly from Steam). If you lose access to your Ubisoft Account, Steam will not have the information needed to recover it. Ubisoft will not accept a copy of your Steam receipt as proof-of-purchase.”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Achievements Unlocked for Assassin's Creed III
It’s time to dive back into the 1775 American Colonies as Steam Achievements are now available for Assassin’s Creed III! Multiplayer Achievements: The Assassin’s Creed III multiplayer achievements are
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Open World · Action · Assassin · Parkour · Stealth · Third Person · Historical · Multiplayer · America · Singleplayer · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English * , Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French * , German * , Hungarian, Italian * , Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Spanish - Spain * , Swedish, Traditional Chinese, K… |
| Achievements | 44 |
| Official site | https://www.ubisoft.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista® (SP2) Processor: 2.60 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo E8200 or 2.60 GHz AMD Athlon™ II X4 620 Memory: 2 GB Graphics: 512 MB DirectX® 10—compliant with Shader Model 4.0 or higher (see supported list)* DirectX®: 10 Hard Drive: 17 GB Sound: DirectX 10—compliant (5.1 surround sound recommended) Multiplayer: 256 kbps or faster broadband connection Peripherals: Windows-compatible keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended) *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: AMD Radeon™ HD 4850 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 series NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GT / 9