How to Play the Assassin’s Creed Games In Order

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Playing the Assassin's Creed games in order can be a daunting task, with more than 18 games that jump around to different periods in history and tell a centuries-spanning metanarrative that's meant to unfold in a specific order. If you're wondering where to begin with the wealth of games on sale until May 21 from the Ubisoft Store and included with a Ubisoft+ subscription (or are just curious to know what their release order is), here's a quick guide listing the Assassin's Creed games in order, and what each one brought to the centuries-spanning party.

Assassin's Creed (2007)

The first game introduced Desmond Miles, a modern-day captive forced to experience the memories of his ancestor Altaïr, a member of the historical Assassins during the Third Crusade in 1191. While hunting members of the Knights Templar, players climb and parkour through Damascus, Acre, and Jerusalem, pursuing a web of assassination targets until the seemingly unconnected dots coalesce into an ominous picture of conspiracy and betrayal.

Assassin's Creed II (2009)

As Desmond is freed from captivity by modern-day Assassins, players are introduced to another Assassin ancestor: the dashing young Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who operates during the Italian Renaissance. Imagining a world where Assassins and Templars secretly fought to control history, the game greatly expands players' arsenal of tricks for a compelling yarn of conspiracy, revenge - and the hidden origins of humanity.

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (2010)

The second chapter of the Ezio trilogy brings an older Ezio to Rome, where he wages a clandestine war against the Templar-connected Borgia family, all while testing Leonardo da Vinci's war machines and buying up the city's businesses to create