Assassin's Creed has been around for a long time, amassing 13 mainline games, several spin-offs, and even more major story-based DLCs since it first appeared back in 2007. Right now, Assassin's Creed Valhalla is Ubisoft's primary focus in the franchise, but fans also know about a future game. Although it is mostly shrouded in secrecy and unlikely to reveal more any time soon, Assassin's Creed Infinity is an evolving world with multiple settings that could change how Ubisoft treats the franchise.
While there's a lot to be seen about Ubisoft's future, it's worth taking a look back at its past. For those looking to play any game they missed or for those curious how much time they've sank into the franchise, how long it takes to beat each game is a curious factor. The times below are taken from aggregate site HowLongtoBeat, meaning that these times are averages and obviously do not count replays of the Assassin's Creed franchise.
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One notable factor in the below times is the franchise's shift from action-adventure to RPG. As franchise fatigue began to impact the game's annualized releases, Ubisoft took a break between Syndicate and Origins, putting out the first RPG of the franchise when it returned after Syndicate. Assassin's Creed Origins was well-received, with Odyssey and Valhalla following in its footsteps even if each changed quite a few features as well. Unity and Syndicate, in retrospect, took 17 and 18.5 hours to beat respectively, while Origins and Odyssey took 30 and 43 each, which is quite the leap.
There are two main numbers listed for every Assassin's Creed game below (with a few exceptions). Main stands for how long it takes to complete the game's main story, while completionist playthroughs include doing everything the game has to offer. This typically doubles or nearly doubles the games' length, though fans can check out the big differences between the two below.
Mainline Games
- Assassin's Creed (Main 15/Completionist 31)
- Assassin's Creed 2 (Main 19/Completionist 35)
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (Main 15/Completionist 41.5)
- Assassin's Creed Revelations (Main 12.5/Completionist 34.5)
- Assassin's Creed 3 (Main 16/Completionist 54.5)
- Assassin's Creed Liberation (Main 8/Completionist 16.5)
- Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag (Main 23/Completionist 59.5)
- Assassin's Creed Rogue (Main 10.5/Completionist 38.5)
- Assassin's Creed Unity (Main 17/Completionist 77.5)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate (Main 18.5/Completionist 54)
- Assassin's Creed Origins (Main 30/Completionist 83)
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Main 43/Completionist 136)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla (Main 56.5/Completionist 132)
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Spin-Offs
- Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles (Main 5/Completionist 5.5)
- Assassin's Creed Bloodlines (Main 6/Completionist 14.5)
- Assassin's Creed Discovery (Main 3/Completionist 8)
- Assassin's Creed Identity (Main 3.5/Completionist 100)
- Assassin's Creed Rebellion – N/A*
- Assassin's Creed: Pirates (Main 40/Completionist 44)
- Assassin's Creed: Memories – N/A*
- Assassin's Creed Recollection – N/A*
- Assassin's Creed Unity: Arno's Chronicles –N/A*
- Assassin's Creed Project Legacy (6 hours)
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China (Main 6/Completionist 17.5)
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia (Main 6.5/Completionist 13.5)
- Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (Main 5.5/Completionist 15)
Major DLC
- Assassin's Creed 2: Battle of Forli (Main 1.5/Completionist 2)
- Assassin's Creed 2: Bonfire of the Vanities (2 hours)
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood: The Da Vinci Disappearance (Main 2.5/Completionist 3)
- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood: Copernicus Conspiracy (1.5 hours)
- Assassin's Creed Revelations: The Lost Archive (Main 2/Completionist 3)
- Assassin's Creed 3: The Tyranny of King Washington (Main 5/Completionist 9)
- Assassin's Creed 3: Benedict Arnold (Main .5/Completionist 1)
- Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry (Main 4.5/Completionist 7.5)
- Assassin's Creed Unity: Secrets of the Revolution (1 hours)
- Assassin's Creed Unity: Dead Kings (Main 3.5/Completionist 8)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Jack The Ripper (Main 3/Completionist 8)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate: The Last Maharaja (Main 2.5/Completionist 3)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate: The Dreadful Crimes (Main 3.5/Completionist 4)
- Assassin's Creed Origins: The Curse of the Pharaohs (Main 9/Completionist 16.5)
- Assassin's Creed Origins: The Hidden Ones (Main 4/Completionist 8)
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Lost Tales of Greece (Main 8/Completionist 9)
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Legacy of the First Blade – All Episodes (Main 6/Completionist 12.5)
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Fate of Atlantis – All Episodes (Main 14/Completionist 28)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: The Legend of Beowulf (.5 hours)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids (Main 7.5/Completionist 19.5)
**due to the nature of these games, titles for "How Long to Beat" are indeterminable.
Based on the times above, playing through every single main game, every single spin-off entry, and the major DLCs associated with the franchise, one complete playthrough takes 447.5 hours, or 18.64 days. That means the franchise, for those who enjoyed the games but only did one playthrough, consumed nearly three weeks of their life. Of course, replays are not factored into this day, and that only pushes the number up.
For those who have dedicated enough time to do a completionist playthrough of every game or those who are considering it, fans are looking at 1164.5 hours, or 48.52 days. This would translate to about 6 weeks of gameplay, and while the future remains to be seen, that number can only go up. Assassin's Creed Valhalla is only getting more DLC on the horizon, not counting the festivals but including The Siege of Paris and the 2022 DLC, and Assassin's Creed Infinity sounds like it may be a time sink. For now, though, several fans have at least 447.5 hours invested in the franchise, if not somewhere between that and completionist playthroughs.
- Main completion of all Assassin's Creed games: 447.5 hours.
- Completionist playthroughs of all Assassin's Creed games: 1164.5 hours.
Assassin's Creed Infinity is in development.
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Source: HowLongtoBeat