Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™

Open-world pirate adventure with naval combat, stealth, and parkour

Ubisoft Montreal · Published by Ubisoft · Released TBA

Reviews: Very Positive; 88% of 79K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 84% of 211 in 30 days
Playing now: 214; peak 24h 253
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™?

A third-person action-adventure set in an open-world Caribbean. As pirate captain and trained Assassin Edward Kenway, you sail and upgrade the Jackdaw, fight and board ships, explore cities and ruins, hunt treasure, and assassinate Templars.

For you if...

+you enjoy naval battles, ship boarding, and pirate exploration
+you want stealth and parkour alongside open-world action
+you value a character-focused pirate story

Not for you if...

−you dislike spending much of an adventure at sea
−you prefer tightly guided levels over open-world exploration

What players say

88% of 78,625 reviews are positive · 84% of 211 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the naval combat and ship boarding, the Caribbean open world, and Edward's story. The dominant current complaint is Ubisoft Connect: players report repeated sign-ins, online launch requirements, login failures, and difficulty starting the game. Some also report stuttering, crashes, PhysX issues, and missing saves on modern systems.

Screenshots and trailer

Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows Vista SP2
Processor: Intel Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with shader Model 4.0 or higher)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 30 GB available space
Notes: Windows-Compatible keyboard and mouse required, controller optional.

OS: Windows Vista SP2
Processor: Intel Core i5 2400S @ 2.5 GHz or better or AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 5850 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 30 GB available space
Notes: Supported video cards at the time of release: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or better and GeForce GTX 400, GTX 500, GTX 600 and GTX 700 series. AMD Radeon HD4870 or better and Radeon HD5000, HD6000 and HD7000 series. Note: Latest GeForce drivers tested: 327.23 for all series. Latest Radeon drivers tested: 13.1 for Radeon HD4000, 13.4 for Radeon HD5000, HD6000 and HD7000 series on Vista and 13.9 for Radeon HD5000, HD6000 and HD7000 series on Win7 and Win8. Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT officially supported.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Third-party account: Uplay (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 60
Steam features: In-app purchases
Age rating: 18+

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
First time setup requires active internet connection
Singleplayer gameplay requires active internet connection

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian. Text only: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Swedish, Simplified Chinese.