Assassin’s Creed games in order: By release date and timeline

ASSASSIN’S Creed is a popular open world action adventure franchise that garnered a huge global when it first burst onto the scene in 2007.

In total the series boasts 12 entries, some of which are linked by overarching stories with characters who appear in multiple games.

HandoutAssassins Creed of one of of history’s most popular gaming franchises[/caption]

Timelines within the franchise date back from Ancient Greece through to the 21st century – depicting a fictional struggle between the Assassins and the Templars.

Any gamer looking to play through the entire collection has two ways to go about it.

They could play the games in order of their release, or for a truly immersive experience, by following the franchise in timeline order.

We’ve put together a guide to completing the series one way or the other below.

Assassin’s Creed franchise release order

Here are the Assassin’s Creed games in release order, alongside their launch dates.

To make things concise, we’ve not included the mobile games or any cross-platform spin off titles.

Assassin’s Creed (2007)Assassin’s Creed II (2009)Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (2010)Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (2011)Assassin’s Creed III (2012)Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)Assassin’s Creed: Rouge (2014)Assassin’s Creed Unity (2014)Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (2015)Assassin’s Creed: Origins (2017)Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (2018)Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla (2020)

Assassin’s Creed games timeline order:

You can also play the games in order of when they were set.

A lot of the games jump around across time, so we’ve taken the earliest date that the campaign takes place in.

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (431 – 404 BC)Assassin’s Creed Origins (49-43 BC)Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (872-878 AD)Assassin’s Creed (1191 AD)Assassin’s Creed II (1476-1499 AD)Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (1499-1507 AD)Assassin’s Creed Revelations (1511-1512 AD)Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (1715-1722 AD)Assassin’s Creed: Rogue (1752 – 1776 AD)Assassin’s Creed III (1754 – 1783 AD)Assassin’s Creed Unity (1776-1800 AD)Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (1868 AD)

HandoutThe series depicts a fictional struggle between the Assassins and the Templars[/caption]

Will there be another Assassin’s Creed?

In 2021, Assassin’s Creed developers Ubisoft revealed that they are working on an online-only version of Assassin’s Creed.

Called Assassin’s Creed Infinity , their new title is expected to feature multiple settings that evolve over time, much like the sprawling maps of multiplayer games like Fortnite.

Previous Assassin’s Creed games each unfolded in specific historical settings such as ancient Greece or Ptolemaic Egypt.

Infinity, on the other hand, “will contain multiple settings with room to expand to others in the months and years following its debut,” Bloomberg said, citing anonymous sources.

“Individual games on the platform might look and feel different, but they will all be connected.”

The game’s release date is unclear, but Bloomberg cautioned that the ambitious title was “years away”.

A spokesperson for Ubisoft declined to discuss the game in detail but confirmed its existence.