Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey screenshot 1Assassin's Creed® Odyssey screenshot 2
ActionAdventureRPGOpen WorldAction-AdventureMythologyAssassinsSingleplayer

2,619 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 4,744

Peak in the last 7 days: 5,754

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Game description

In this action-adventure game, set sail for Ancient Greece to alter its fate. Fight in visceral battles on land and sea, shape your destiny from outcast to legend, and uncover secrets of your past.

Basic info

DeveloperUbisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Kiev, Ubisoft Shanghai
PublisherUbisoft
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateOct 5, 2018
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 (64bit versions only)
ProcessorAMD FX 6300 @ 3.8 GHz, Ryzen 3 - 1200, Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.1 GHz (MORE DETAILS HERE)
Memory8 GB
GraphicsAMD Radeon R9 285, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) (MORE DETAILS…
Storage46+ GB available space
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 422 reviews from the past 1 year

78.8/ 100
Bottom 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (89%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

106 reviews praise the look of Assassin's Creed® Odyssey, some naming its ancient Greece as the star; it holds 78.8.

👍 Strengths

Visuals & Sound ranks 195th of 1249 and comes up in 54% of analyzed reviews. 86 reviews praise a world full of history to explore, some calling the Greek setting beautiful, and 62 call it incredibly fun despite repetitive quests. Players describe a massive map with more to do than the previous game, and some praise the story, combat and characters.

👎 Where it falls short

Repetition is the main complaint, and Content Volume comes up in 65% of analyzed reviews. 114 reviews describe endless question marks and the same loop of killing captains and looting chests. 30 say level gating forces side quest grinding, and 26 find side quest dialogue long winded. Pricing & Fairness ranks 950th of 1399, with complaints about paid boosts in a single player game, and some find stealth nearly impossible. Story & World ranks 619th of 1096.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“excellent landscapes and panoramas that motivate continued play” · 106 reviews
“beautiful Greek landscape and ancient history to explore” · 86 reviews
“incredibly fun, kept playing despite repetitive quest design, 10/10 would play again” · 62 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 68% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +3.01 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “ancient Greece tourism and exploration is rewarding” · 11 reviews
Negative “map full of question marks forces completionism” · 3 reviews

Progression 31% · Difficulty 9% · Onboarding 3% · Strategy 28% · Controls & feel 20%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 74% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.74 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “beautiful Greek landscape and ancient history to explore” · 86 reviews

Story 55% · Characters 27%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 65% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +3.68 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “massive ancient Greece map with more content than Origins, very engaging” · 33 reviews
Negative “game is a tiny bit bloated” · 6 reviews

Variety 41% · Replayability 4%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 54% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +4.06 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “excellent landscapes and panoramas that motivate continued play” · 106 reviews
Negative “camera is too distant and textures downgrade incorrectly in cutscenes” · 3 reviews

Audio 14%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +0.82 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.22 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “doesn't work well as Assassin's Creed, prefers grounded Origins” · 4 reviews
Positive “most balanced, good combat on land and sea” · 1 review

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 11% · Matchmaking 1%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 13% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.09 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “gamebreaking bugs at release though now patched” · 8 reviews

Performance 6% · Developer support 3%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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