For five years, Ubisoft titles were only available on the Epic Games Store and not on Steam. Now Ubisoft has announced that they plan to have the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows at the beginning of February 2025 also available at Valve from day one. One reason for this could be the poor performance of Star Wars Outlaws.
In 2019, Ubisoft switched from Steam to the Epic Games Store, turning their back on Steam. As a result, they released their game The Division 2 exclusively in the Epic Games Store for a limited time. Ubisoft was so satisfied with the results that they extended the partnership with Epic.
After that, Ubisoft titles were only available on consoles and in the Epic Games Store. The reason: While Steam takes a 30 percent cut from sales, Epic Games only takes around 12 percent.
Future Ubisoft games will be available on Steam at release again
Ubisoft has announced that they will also have the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows available simultaneously in the Valve Store, and they will do the same with their future games.
Why is Ubisoft returning to Valve? At the end of 2022, things changed as some Ubisoft titles returned to Steam. Two years after its release, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla appeared in the Valve Store. Following that were Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Extraction.
They also confirmed that the sales figures for Star Wars Outlaws were not what they had hoped for. In a transcribed conference, the game manufacturer stated that the release of Star Wars Outlaws performed weaker than they initially expected.
The game manufacturer did not disclose exact figures. However, the suspicion had been around for a while, as Ubisoft’s stock dropped by 13.5 percent shortly after the release of the Star Wars title.
Star Wars Outlaws will be available on Steam earlier than expected, namely on November 21, 2024. It is suspected that the mediocre success of the game is to blame.
In early 2024, Ubisoft will release their supposed “AAAA” title, which is a step above a regular AAA title. However, the game Skull & Bones was received so poorly by players that three months after release, Ubisoft’s major “AAAA title” could be played for free.
