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Assassin's Creed® Unity
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 26% of players who started
Started playing 31% of owners
Steam reviews 78% positive of 86,361
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 20h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- 26% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Long Time Ago” (Complete the Prologue) and “Youth In Versailles” (Complete Memory Sequence 1): from 100% to 84% of starters.
- Only 31% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 86,796 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 17.5h for positive, 14.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (30.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Long Time Ago Complete the Prologue. 100%
- Youth In Versailles Complete Memory Sequence 1. Most players quit here 84% −16
- Rebirth Complete Memory Sequence 2. 76% −8
- First Blood Complete Memory Sequence 3. 63% −13
- La Cour des Miracles Complete Memory Sequence 4. 53% −10
- The Root Of Evil Complete Memory Sequence 5. 44% −9
- Secret Meeting Complete Memory Sequence 6. 40% −4
- Mystery Solved Complete Memory Sequence 7. 37% −3
- Bloody Trail Complete Memory Sequence 8. 35% −2
- Road To Starvation Complete Memory Sequence 9. 32% −3
- Love And Duty Complete Memory Sequence 10. 29% −3
- Down But Not Out Complete Memory Sequence 11. 29%
- Curtain Call Complete Memory Sequence 12. 26% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (57)
story milestone ending side
- A Long Time Ago Complete the Prologue. 100%
- Youth In Versailles Complete Memory Sequence 1. 84%
- Rebirth Complete Memory Sequence 2. 76%
- First Blood Complete Memory Sequence 3. 63%
- Help Me! Complete 10 Crowd Events. 60%
- Falling From The Sky Perform 10 air assassinations. 57%
- Blade In The Crowd Assassinate 100 enemies. 55%
- La Cour des Miracles Complete Memory Sequence 4. 53%
- The Bells! The Bells! Sabotage 5 alarm bells. 53%
- Networking Renovate your first Social Club. 47%
- The Root Of Evil Complete Memory Sequence 5. 44%
- Must've Left it Open Lockpick 5 doors. 44%
- Business and Pleasure Earn a total of 50,000 livres. 43%
- The Baguette Boyband Complete a Co-op mission. 41%
- Secret Meeting Complete Memory Sequence 6. 40%
- Mystery Solved Complete Memory Sequence 7. 37%
- Bloody Trail Complete Memory Sequence 8. 35%
- Road To Starvation Complete Memory Sequence 9. 32%
- Hand of Justice Solve a Murder Mystery. 30%
- Love And Duty Complete Memory Sequence 10. 29%
- Down But Not Out Complete Memory Sequence 11. 29%
- Master Architect Complete all the renovations of the Café Théâtre. 27%
- Guillotined Kill an enemy with a lift counterweight. 26%
- Curtain Call Complete Memory Sequence 12. 26%
- Gentleman Cambrioleur Lockpick 20 chests. 21%
- Reign of Terror Kill 5 enemies at the same time with a Guillotine Gun. 19%
- Chopped! Kill 20 enemies with a heavy weapon. 19%
- Never Say Die Revive a partner in Co-op. 18%
- Accurate Prediction Complete a Nostradamus Enigma. 18%
- Freedom Fighter Kill 15 Raider leaders. 18%
- Piece of Eden Complete Memory Sequence 13. 16%
- Safe and Secure Perform all Social Club missions in a district. 16%
- Panoramic View Synchronize all Viewpoints. 15%
- Poked! Kill 20 enemies with a Long Weapon. 15%
- Share the Wealth Get all the rewards in a Co-op mission. 9.8%
- Choreography Perform 10 Co-op sync kills. 9.8%
- Needs More Data Earn 3 Data Bonuses 8.8%
- Ransacking Versailles Earn 100% completion of Versailles. 7.5%
- Defender of Franciade Complete Suger's Legacy and recover the Eagle of Suger. 7.2%
- From the Past Unlock the Medieval Armor in the Café Théâtre. 6.9%
- Room With A View Enjoy the view of Paris from Arno's balcony. 6.9%
- Liberator Free every outpost in Franciade. 6.9%
- And Stay Down! Perform a ground execution. 5.9%
- Thawed Free a total of 10 trapped Assassins. 4.9%
- An Old Internet Meme Renovate all the Social Clubs and complete all the Social Club missions. 4.9%
- Don't Need It Drop 20 Money Pouches in the streets. 4.6%
- No Man's Land Complete all Rift missions. 4.2%
- I Got Skills Unlock all Skills. 3.6%
- Patron of the Arts Watch a play in the Café Théâtre. 3.3%
- Fraternité! Complete the Heist and the Co-op mission in Dead Kings at least once. 3.3%
- I Want It All Complete all Single Player mission challenges. 2.9%
- Visited Once Complete all Co-op and Heist missions at least once. 2.9%
- Tricolore Collect all Cockades 2.6%
- Curiosity Open every chest in the game. 2.3%
- Merciful Killer Perform 10 non-lethal takedowns in a Co-op mission. 2.3%
- Hydrogen Bonded Achieve 100% synchronization in Dead Kings. 2.3%
- Know-It-All Complete all training missions. 2.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.