Assassin's Creed Mirage has gotten off to a rough start on Steam, after launching to a much lower peak player count than recent entries in the series. Although Assassin's Creed Mirage has been available on other PC storefronts since October 2023, it was recently released on Steam after a year of waiting.
For many gamers, Assassin's Creed Mirage represented a great opportunity to hop back into the long-running series, which had taken a new RPG approach with entries Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla. Assassin's Creed Mirage received positive reviews from critics, and was generally seen as a solid return to the series' roots. It was essentially what many fans had called for over the years. Despite its positive reception, Ubisoft's decision to leave it off Steam at launch meant that plenty of PC gamers hadn't played Assassin's Creed Mirage yet.
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SteamDB player count charts don't paint a pretty picture for the early days of Assassin's Creed Mirage's Steam release. On the first Saturday of its release, when it would be expected to retain the most players, the game peaked at...
