Whereas there was a on-line development that Murderer’s Creed: Shadows has been a business failure – additional fuelled by Ubisoft themselves solely sharing how many individuals had performed the sport relatively than gross sales, and low Steam participant counts – new knowledge suggests the sport has truly offered very nicely.
Mat Piscatella of Circana, their Retail Monitoring Service (which accounts for greenback gross sales as much as April 5) presently has Murderer’s Creed: Shadows because the top-selling recreation within the US for its first three weeks available on the market.
This is a enjoyable one… Murderer’s Creed: Shadows has been the best-selling online game within the US for every of its first 3 weeks in market, in response to Circana’s Retail Monitoring Service (greenback gross sales, newest knowledge via April fifth).
At the moment ranks #2 year-to-date trailing solely Monster Hunter: Wilds.
— Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 14 April 2025 at 16:21
That apparently means it’s presently the second best-selling recreation of the yr within the US, behind the spectacular Monster Hunter: Wilds which has offered over 10 million copies globally.
Within the UK, the sport reportedly offered extra bodily copies in its first week than Star Wars: Outlaws managed in three months.
Lastly, in response to a supply who talked to VGC, Murderer’s Creed: Shadows is the 2nd greatest launch within the franchise’s historical past, coming in second solely to Murderer’s Creed: Valhalla, a recreation which benefitted massively from launching through the Covid period.
Ubisoft presently wants all of the gross sales it could actually get, as the corporate is dealing with critical issues. Its inventory worth has tanked so low that Ubisoft introduced plans to create a brand new subsidiary housing their greatest franchises, together with Murderer’s Creed.
Personally, I’ve solely performed about 8 hours of Shadows and my impressions are that it’s overwhelmingly whelming. It’s positive. It may be enjoyable, however appears like one other generic Ubisoft recreation for probably the most half.