In Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the new AAA game from Ubisoft, things are going well on Steam. However, for an indie game that makes you a Heisenberg, things are going even better.
What type of game is this? Schedule I is an open-world sim on Steam, where you build your own drug business either solo or in co-op. The game was released on March 24, 2025, and has more active players on Steam than the recently released Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
You start your career as a dealer on the street: with no money, no product, and no connections. From these humble beginnings, you gradually build your own drug empire that not only takes on the police but also competing cartels.
You can watch a trailer for Schedule I here:
More Steam players than the new Assassin’s Creed
Schedule I has become a real surprise hit on Steam: Of over 4,600 reviews on Steam, 98% are positive. Currently, the game is still in Early Access. Some players have already spent over 5 and up to 15 hours in the game before submitting their ratings.
On March 25, just one day after release, the game reached its current peak of 116,408 concurrent players on Steam. Currently, around 38,000 people are playing (via steamdb.info, as of March 26, 2025, 12:30 PM).
With so many concurrent players, it even surpasses Assassin’s Creed Shadows. The new AC in Japan reached its peak of 64,825 players only after three days. Currently, there are around 26,000 players in-game via Steam (via steamdb.info, as of March 26, 2025, 12:30 PM).
How successful is Assassin’s Creed? Looking at the numbers, it should be considered that Assassin’s Creed Shadows is not only available on Steam but also on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Additionally, the game can also be played on Ubisoft’s own Launcher (Connect) and through the Ubisoft+ subscription.
Thus, the higher player numbers on Steam do not mean that Schedule I is overall more successful than AC Shadows. In a post on X, Ubisoft announced that Shadows already has 2 million players, surpassing the launches of Origins and Odyssey.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is currently well received by many players despite all the controversies before release. This displeases Elon Musk, who then receives a well-deserved slap – from the official X account of Assassin’s Creed. You can read more about it here: Elon Musk receives a hard slap from Ubisoft that makes players buy the new Assassin’s Creed
