Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™

Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™

Steam Deck Playable

Ubisoft Montreal · Pirates

Yes, worth buying.

At $39.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

88%
Very Positive
78k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 120 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 78k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise33% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
There were couple of times when i missed it like that, and realized only when the game showed the ending results menu (where the function to rate the mission is located at, that is - that feature is amazing by the way, and should be implemented more often in games, but only if the developers actually care about players' reviews, which might be not the case here, sadly).
120 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This game is fantastic, with a tragic tale, awesome combat and naval gameplay, beautiful open world and full of fun activities.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics, the world and atmosphere are amazing for a 2013 game.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Beautiful soundtrack.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
As a side note, it runs well on the steam deck.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters120 reviews
Gameplay64 reviews
Graphics36 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Steam Deck14 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat78 reviews
94%
Multiplayer27 reviews
67%
Performance16 reviews
63%
Interface6 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes30 reviews
27%
Bugs19 reviews
53%
Servers and matchmaking12 reviews
33%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $39.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
60
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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