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Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
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 31% of players who started
Started playing 23% of owners
Steam reviews 80% positive of 33,414
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (56%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 85% of games we track.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Modern Babylon” (Complete Memory Sequence 3) and “A Quick and Reliable Remedy” (Complete Memory Sequence 4): from 74% to 54% of starters.
- Only 23% 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 33,544 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 16.8h for positive, 11.2h 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 (23.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Spanner in the Works Complete Memory Sequence 1. 100%
- A Simple Plan Complete Memory Sequence 2. 91% −9
- A Modern Babylon Complete Memory Sequence 3. 74% −17
- A Quick and Reliable Remedy Complete Memory Sequence 4. Most players quit here 55% −20
- The Perils of Business Complete Memory Sequence 5. 44% −11
- A Run on the Bank Complete Memory Sequence 6. 39% −5
- All Is Fair in Politics Complete Memory Sequence 7. 34% −5
- The Joys of Freedom Complete Memory Sequence 8. 34% −1
- Shall We Dance? Complete Memory Sequence 9. 31% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (56)
story milestone ending side
- A Spanner in the Works Complete Memory Sequence 1. 100%
- A Simple Plan Complete Memory Sequence 2. 91%
- Blade in the Crowd Assassinate fifty enemies. 78%
- Queensbury Rules Reach combo level 40. 78%
- A Modern Babylon Complete Memory Sequence 3. 74%
- Thieftaker Bring three Bounty targets back alive. 61%
- Unqualified Success Complete three Templar Hunts and their challenges. 55%
- A Quick and Reliable Remedy Complete Memory Sequence 4. 55%
- Children's Aid Society Complete five Child Liberation memories. 52%
- Ordinary Criminal Complete twenty Crowd Events. 44%
- The Perils of Business Complete Memory Sequence 5. 44%
- Flawless Conqueror Secure three Gang Strongholds and complete their optional constraints. 43%
- Friends at My Back Recruit a gang of 5 allies. 39%
- Phantom Learn every Stealth Skill as Evie. 39%
- A Run on the Bank Complete Memory Sequence 6. 39%
- Bartitsu Learn every Fight Skill as Jacob. 38%
- All Is Fair in Politics Complete Memory Sequence 7. 34%
- Wonder of the Age Reach Level 10. 34%
- Look Out Below Kill three enemies with a single stack of hanging barrels. 34%
- Bedfellows, Strange or Otherwise Reach maximum Loyalty with any Associate. 34%
- The Joys of Freedom Complete Memory Sequence 8. 34%
- Shall We Dance? Complete Memory Sequence 9. 31%
- Street Sweeping Conquer all the boroughs in London 29%
- Artisan Craft a Level 10 Item. 28%
- Bare-Knuckle Champion Win three different Fight Clubs. 26%
- Treasure Hunter Complete ten Raids of any type with Jacob or Evie. 26%
- WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU Flip five vehicles by shooting their horses. 25%
- The War at Home Complete the World War I simulation. 19%
- Opium Scourge Affect at least four enemies simultaneously with the Hallucinogenic Dart. 19%
- Keys to the City Acquire all of the Gang Upgrades. 19%
- Chimney Sweep Synchronize every Viewpoint in London. 18%
- Whirlwind of Death Perform fifty Multi-Finishers. 17%
- Multitalented Acquire ten Perks. 16%
- A Broad Base Reach Loyalty level 1 with all Associates. 15%
- Godlike Unlock all of the Secrets of London. 14%
- Blade from Above Air Assassinate twenty enemies from a zipline. 13%
- Furious Destroy twenty vehicles by ramming them. 12%
- Language of Flowers Collect all of the Pressed Flowers. 11%
- Cerevisaphile Sample every beer brand in London. 10%
- Put the fear of you into them Scare an enemy and make him kill someone else by mistake. 10%
- A Quarter-Furlong at a Time Finish first in 3 different Street Races. 9.9%
- The new terror of Whitechapel Unlock 50% of the skills. 9.4%
- A well-kept secret Jack is dead and his identity will remain hidden forever. 9.0%
- Student of History Collect all of the Historical Posters. 8.6%
- Needle in a Haystack Kill five enemies from within the same haystack. 8.2%
- A Life in Letters Collect all of the Royal Letters. 7.3%
- Guardian Angel Successfully escort ten friendly cargo shipments. 6.4%
- Keep calm and carry on Kill a Brute while he calms down his panicked allies. 6.4%
- Brutal Perform 30 complete Brutal Takedowns. 6.0%
- Mentor Reach 100% Sync in the Main Memories 5.6%
- Most Unsporting Shoot fifty enemies before they shoot at you. 4.3%
- Are you scared yet? Frighten 200 enemies. 4.3%
- You Wouldn't Steal a Policeman's Helmet Hijack twenty police vehicles. 3.4%
- Ripperologist Achieve 100% synchronization in Jack the Ripper. 3.4%
- No Ticket Kick fifty enemies off of trains. 3.0%
- Without a Grudge Destroy 5000 destructibles with your carriage. 3.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.