Unsurprisingly,Assassins Creed Shadowsis a huge hit. The open world action RPG launched in late March and, within a little over a week, had crossed three million players across all platforms. That continues to reflect in the games sales data.Taking to BlueSky, Circana analyst Mat Piscatella recently revealed that in the week of its release,Assassins Creed Shadowswas the best-selling game in the United States in terms of dollar sales. It is, in fact, already one of the top five best-selling games of the year in the US so far. The open world action RPG enjoyed the second-biggest launch for a game in 2025, behind onlyMonster Hunter Wilds.Assassins Creed Shadowsalso had the biggest physical launch of the year in the UK, and reportedly Ubisofts second-biggest launch of all time, second only to Assassins Creed Valhalla.Assassins Creed Shadowsis available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Read our review of the game through here.Assassin's Creed: Shadows was the best-selling game of the week in the US and already ranks among the top 5 best-selling games YTD (dollars, w/e Mar 22, 2025).Only Monster Hunter: Wilds reached higher week 1 dollar sales in 2025 so far.Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social) 2025-03-31T14:49:02.545Z