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Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition

Third-person stealth action with parkour in the medieval Holy Land

Ubisoft Montreal · Published by Ubisoft · Released Apr 9, 2008

ActionAdventure

Reviews
Very Positive
80% of 26K
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
78% of 148 in 30 days
Players
59
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
Unknown
no patch notes on Steam
Minimum PC
DirectX 9 GPU
1 GB RAM · 8 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 79/100 (critic reviews)

What is Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition?

A single-player, third-person action-adventure set in the Holy Land during the Third Crusade. As the Assassin Altair, you investigate and eliminate targets, climb buildings, blend into crowds, fight with medieval weapons, and escape through open-ended city environments while trying to halt the conflict.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy parkour, stealth, and open-ended assassinations
  • +you want a story set during the Third Crusade
  • +you like exploring historical cities from rooftops and crowds

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike repetitive missions and investigation tasks
  • −you expect modern, polished combat and controls
  • −you want multiplayer rather than a solo campaign

What players say

80% of 26,044 reviews are positive · 78% of 148 in the last 30 days

Players praise the story, philosophical themes, medieval atmosphere, and assassin-focused design. They often call the missions repetitive and the combat dated or clunky. The main current complaint is that the PC version may freeze or crash on modern systems and often requires file changes or community patches to run properly.

Players over time

▼ -14% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 98 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Screenshots and trailer

Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition screenshot 1

Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 1 GB RAM, 8 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

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)
Graphics
256 MB DirectX® 10.0-compliant video card or DirectX 9.0-compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (*see supported list)
Memory
Windows XP: 1 GB RAM / Windows Vista: 2 GB RAM
Storage
8 GB available hard disk space
DirectX
Direct X 9.0 (Windows XP) or 10.0 (Windows Vista) libraries

Does Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing
Age rating
17+
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain.

Does Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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