Assassin's Creed Shadows launched on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC three weeks ago, and according to data from Circana, it has been the best-selling game in the US each of those weeks. Executive director and video game industry analyst at Circana Mat Piscatella took to BlueSky on Monday and announced that Shadows has stayed in the top spot for weekly game sales in the United States since it launched on March 20, 2025. Piscatella also confirmed that Assassin's Creed Shadows is now the second-best-selling game in the United States for 2025, trailing behind Capcom's smash success to start the year, Monster Hunter Wilds. "Here's a fun one...Assassin's Creed: Shadows has been the best-selling video game in the US for each of its first 3 weeks in market, according to Circana's Retail Tracking Service (dollar sales, latest data through April 5th)," Piscatella wrote on BlueSky. "Currently ranks #2 year-to-date trailing only Monster Hunter: Wilds." Just two days after launching, Ubisoft announced that Assassin's Creed Shadows had already surpassed 2 million players worldwide after it broke one million copies sold on launch day. A week after it launched, Ubisoft confirmed it had gone even further and blown past 3 million players. These milestones and financial achievements are enormous wins for Ubisoft, a company that desperately needed a win after 2024 was filled with major financial misses. Both of Ubisoft's big-budget games for 2024, Star Wars Outlaws and Skull & Bones, missed the mark in several ways, including commercially, which made the cloud above the company only grow darker as more and more pressure weighed on the shoulders of Assassin's Creed Shadows success. Ubisoft recently underwent a significant structural change, with its biggest series, including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six, all being moved to a new subsidiary in which Tencent is a minority partner. Plans for this new subsidiary are still unclear, with a recently leaked internal memo including hints that layoffs could still very well be coming as the company adjusts to its new structure. We can only hope that Assassin's Creed Shadows's major success helps alleviate some of the losses, should they still occur. Products mentioned Deal of the Day