Deciding the ranking of the best Assassin's Creed games is no small feat. Since the series first back in , we've since seen a wealth of experiences that built on what came before, with a variety of different settings across the Assassin's Creed timeline , there have been adventures both big and small, with sprawling open-world RPGs, to more tightly focused off-shoots, and much more besides.
With the latest entry taking us to 9th century Baghdad for Basim's origin story, we still have some exciting upcoming Assassin's Creed games on the way, including the intriguing Assassin's Creed Codename Hexe, and Assassin's Creed Shadows which is right around the corner - it'll be interesting to see where one of the biggest upcoming Ubisoft games headed our way in will sit in this list in the future.
It really is an exciting time for AC fans, and there's never been a better time to look back on all of the experiences the series has brought us while we wait for the new games for to arrive. Our list of the best Assassin's Creed games was updated on January 23, , making sure that we stand by our ordering as we anticipate the arrival of Assassin's Creed Shadows this Valentine's Day. While its combat and side quest structure makes it all but inseparable from Black Flag, it deserves an honorable mention at the top of this list for its story alone.
Here, former slave Adewale stands against the slavemasters of Haiti in the name of freedom, proving that the Assassins' mission can take on many important shapes. Freedom Cry puts you in the thick of a slave trade and is unflinching in how it depicts that brutality.
You can't miss the human auctions or runaway slaves who will be killed without your help. But perhaps most importantly, Freedom Cry shows how those slaves and the nation's freemen are active participants in their own liberation, working with Adewale rather than waiting passively.
