Every Assassin’s Creed game ranked worst to best

Assassin’s Creed Unity

The first two games on the list come from the era of Assassin’s Creed when there was a push for quantity over quality. While Paris is an exciting setting, it came out with a litany of bugs, and the story and gameplay felt rushed.

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate

Similar to Unity, Syndicate has the exciting setting of Victorian London, but was let down with an extremely buggy launch. The setting takes the edge over Unity, but the way that parkour was simplified took all the fun out of the series.

Assassin’s Creed 3

While revolutionary America is a great setting for Assassin’s Creed, the game didn’t live up to the place and time. It relies more heavily on combat than previous entries, but the series thrives when it depends on stealth more heavily.

Assassin’s Creed Rogue

Rogue tried to capitalise on the success of Black Flag, but people were turned off, feeling it didn’t offer anything new. They didn’t feel the fun of the open seas with Rogue, and the changes made distracted from the fun of the gameplay.

Assassin’s Creed

The original game was criticised for its heavy reliance on side missions, but it still has all the components which made the series so popular. Parkour, stealth, and assassinations are the cornerstones of the series, and they’ve all been there since the beginning.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage

The latest game, Mirage, is middling when it comes to the series, as it returns to a tighter story and focuses on the characters. While people liked returning to the series’ origins, they felt that it didn’t bring anything new, and were hoping for more of a refresh.

Assassin’s Creed Origins

When Origins came out it was the first of Assassin’s Creed’s massive open worlds, and so it felt like a breath of fresh air. However, with three games now released in this style, Origins is the worst of them, but is still a decent game to explore.

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Odyssey is another game that suffered from being too big, but the ancient Greece setting isn’t as exciting as Valhalla’s. However, the DLC is one of the best in the series, and will offer you a huge amount of content for one price.

Assassin’s Creed Revelations

The last game in the Ezio trilogy is also the weakest, but it’s still one of the best the series has to offer. Revelations introduced the Hookblade, which offered zipline parkour, making it fun to roam around, but the story was a bit heavy handed for fans.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Valhalla is a little controversial, as many found the huge open world quite intimidating and felt they would never be able to complete it all. However, the huge size meant that people kept coming back, and it has some of the best combat in the whole series.

Assassin’s Creed 2

As the first games in the Ezio series, it’s no surprise that Assassin’s Creed 2 has remained one of many people’s favourites. It improved on the problems that the first game suffered with, and provided players with the Assassin’s Creed experience they wanted from the original.

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag

Black Flag is many player’s favourite, as Assassin’s Creed took the series primarily to the ocean, as you play as pirate Edward. This new take on combat is still a standout in the series, and Assassin’s Creed hasn’t successfully returned to the open seas since.

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

Brotherhood has always been the benchmark for the series, featuring Ezio as he roams around the massive sandbox city. It has some of the best side missions of the series, a focus on parkour, and one of the weirdest and best endings in all of the games.