Summary
- Ubisoft has added Steam achievements for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands.
- The company recently added Steam achievements for Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and Assassin’s Creed Unity.
- Ubisoft’s recent focus on Steam reflects a shift in its approach to the platform.
Ubisoft has recently added Steam achievements to Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands. This move follows recent updates made to Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and AC Unity, which also introduced achievements on the popular PC gaming platform recently, marking a new focus for Ubisoft.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands was released in 2017, and Breakpoint debuted in 2019. While the first game received mixed reviews, the second was more criticized by reviewers, currently holding an average of only 57 on OpenCritic. Both of these titles were previously available on Steam, but they worked using Ubisoft’s own launcher and did not have native achievements on the third-party platform. In recent months, however, Ubisoft has been paying more attention to Steam amid disappointing sales of eagerly awaited titles such as Star Wars Outlaws and Ubisoft’s stock losing value on the market.
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Now, Ubisoft has added Steam achievements to both Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, following the same update for the classic Assassin’s Creed game Black Flag and the less popular Unity earlier in December. With these updates, gamers will be able to earn achievements natively on Steam instead of only being able to visualize them via platforms such as Ubisoft Connect.
Which Ubisoft Games Have Recently Added Achievements on Steam?
- Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
- Assassin’s Creed Unity
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint
- Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands
The move certainly marks a shift for Ubisoft, which used to take several months, if not years, to release its games on Steam at all, preferring its first-party launcher instead. Earlier in 2024, for example, Skulls and Bones was released on Steam around six months after its original release. The upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows, on the other hand, will reportedly be available for sale on Valve’s platform on day one.
Despite the recent proximity, Ubisoft’s relationship with Steam still seems lukewarm in some respects. Last month, reports from an insider indicated that Ubisoft wanted Valve to limit player count visibility on Steam. According to these rumors, Ubisoft did not like how Steam player count data was being used to indicate a game’s success and wanted to paint a more favorable picture for investors.
In any case, massive changes are expected for Ubisoft in 2025. Gaming analysts such as Joost van Dreunen believe that Ubisoft could be heading for “privatization and dismantling in 2025,” with reports of partners demanding the company to go private recently. However, it’s still unclear what will happen next year and how this may affect the release of Ubisoft games on Steam, even if it seems that the company is closer than ever to the major PC gaming storefront.
Ubisoft
Ubisoft is a well-known video game developer and publisher with a main headquarters in Saint-Mandé, France. Current CEO Yves Guillemot runs an array of teams responsible for some of the most iconic and well-known series in video games, with franchises like Assassin’s Creed, Farcry, The Crew, Just Dance, and more. Ubisoft also acts as a parent company for an array of other video game developers, including names like Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft Paris, Blue Mammoth Games, Red Storm Entertainment, and more.
- Date Founded
- March 28, 1986
- Headquarters
- Saint Mandé, France
- CEO
- Yves Guillemot