Black Flag Resynced just smashed every AC Steam record

Ubisoft actually delivered, for once. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced launched, and instead of the usual remaster shrug, it’s turned into one of the biggest Steam moments the series has ever had.

The numbers back that up. Black Flag Resynced peaked at 99,451 concurrent players on Steam, a figure that doesn’t just edge past every other Assassin’s Creed release; it buries them. Shadows, 2025’s supposed “return to form,” capped out at 64,825. Odyssey hit 62,069 back in 2018, and Origins managed 41,551 in 2017. None of them got anywhere close to this.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t expect a fourteen-year-old pirate game with a new coat of paint to outsell Ubisoft’s actual new releases, but here we are.

Black Flag Resynced isn’t all smooth sailing

Not everyone’s thrilled, mind you. The cutscenes have been locked to 30 FPS, which Ubisoft has confirmed on X is a bug rather than a design choice, though that’s cold comfort if you’ve already sat through a stuttery intro. Then there’s the store, stuffed with cosmetics on day one at prices that feel wildly out of step with a game about hiding in the Caribbean undergrowth, not modelling an outfit that looks like it wandered in from a different franchise entirely.

Reportedly, that combination has dragged reviews down even as the player count keeps climbing, which feels about right for a Ubisoft launch.

Still, none of that has stopped Black Flag Resynced from sitting at the top of Steam’s Top Sellers list, and pre-orders alone reportedly broke records before the game even went live. Say what you want about the FPS bug or the shop prices (I certainly have). People clearly still want to be Edward Kenway.

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