The day-one Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced DLC everyone said they hated has earned Ubisoft nearly $1 million, analyst estimates

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is here, and despite releasing to "Mixed" reviews on Steam, it's doing – and selling – pretty dang well. Standing as the first Assassin's Creed game to hit over 100,000 concurrent players on Steam, the Black Flag remake is performing quite nicely on PC – and beyond, for that matter. Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, explores some of the numbers Resynced has already managed to pull off, under a week after its launch, in a new post on his Substack. He first dubs the game a "much-needed win for Ubisoft. This aligns quite well with what the analyst previously said: that Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced "is on track to be a much-needed hit for Ubisoft" – which he evidently was right to say. "Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has been a much-needed win for Ubisoft on Steam," as Elliott writes, "selling 701,000 copies for $35 million in gross revenue, plus almost $1 million more from day-one DLC." Now, that's a lot of money – especially when you consider all the controversy the DLC has stirred up with fans. Heck, many of the negative reviews over on Steam have to do with these "optional" purchases and microtransactions, which add up to over $80 in total. It appears that hasn't stopped folks from buying the DLC, though. A million or so bucks is, well, pretty significant, all things considered. (Image credit: Alinea Analytics) That's not all, however. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is outperforming predecessor, Assassin's Creed Shadows, on Valve's platform, too. "Shadows was the first Assassin's Creed to go day-and-date on Steam, and it set the revenue bar early last year," as Elliott notes. "Resynced cleared it comfortably, and did so while selling for less ($59.99 versus Shadows’ full-RPG price)." For reference, Shadows is usually (off-sale) $69.99. "On day one alone, Resynced pulled in $22.4 million on Steam, 2.35x what Shadows managed on its own launch day ($9.5 million)," the analyst continues. "Four days in, Resynced's revenues via unit sales sat at $35.1 million cumulative versus Shadows' $22.2 million, roughly 1.58x ahead and pulling away." Wild figures, eh? Ubisoft is finally settling nicely into the PC market, it seems. "Against the pre-day-and-date era, it's no contest: Resynced has out-earned Valhalla by 9x and Mirage by nearly 19x at the same point, a reminder of how much Steam has grown as a launch platform for Ubisoft in just a few years," as Elliott concludes. "It's proof that day-and-date Steam releases are now doing serious money for a publisher that spent years treating PC as an afterthought (outside of an ill-fated launcher)." He does clarify that Resynced is still facing criticism for its DLC – but as I said earlier, that doesn't seem to be slowing down the game's (or the optional purchases') traction. Interested in one of the biggest new games of 2026 yourself? Read through our Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review to learn what we think of it. [/url]

Jul 15, 2026 - 18:05

The day-one Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced DLC everyone said they hated has earned Ubisoft nearly $1 million, analyst estimates

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is here, and despite releasing to "Mixed" reviews on Steam, it's doing – and selling – pretty dang well.

Standing as the first Assassin's Creed game to hit over 100,000 concurrent players on Steam, the Black Flag remake is performing quite nicely on PC – and beyond, for that matter.

Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, explores some of the numbers Resynced has already managed to pull off, under a week after its launch, in a new post on his Substack. He first dubs the game a "much-needed win for Ubisoft.

This aligns quite well with what the analyst previously said: that Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced "is on track to be a much-needed hit for Ubisoft" – which he evidently was right to say.

"Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has been a much-needed win for Ubisoft on Steam," as Elliott writes, "selling 701,000 copies for $35 million in gross revenue, plus almost $1 million more from day-one DLC."

Now, that's a lot of money – especially when you consider all the controversy the DLC has stirred up with fans.

Heck, many of the negative reviews over on Steam have to do with these "optional" purchases and microtransactions, which add up to over $80 in total. It appears that hasn't stopped folks from buying the DLC, though. A million or so bucks is, well, pretty significant, all things considered.

(Image credit: Alinea Analytics) That's not all, however. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is outperforming predecessor, Assassin's Creed Shadows, on Valve's platform, too.

"Shadows was the first Assassin's Creed to go day-and-date on Steam, and it set the revenue bar early last year," as Elliott notes. "Resynced cleared it comfortably, and did so while selling for less ($59.99 versus Shadows’ full-RPG price)." For reference, Shadows is usually (off-sale) $69.99.

"On day one alone, Resynced pulled in $22.4 million on Steam, 2.35x what Shadows managed on its own launch day ($9.5 million)," the analyst continues. "Four days in, Resynced's revenues via unit sales sat at $35.1 million cumulative versus Shadows' $22.2 million, roughly 1.58x ahead and pulling away."

Wild figures, eh? Ubisoft is finally settling nicely into the PC market, it seems.

"Against the pre-day-and-date era, it's no contest: Resynced has out-earned Valhalla by 9x and Mirage by nearly 19x at the same point, a reminder of how much Steam has grown as a launch platform for Ubisoft in just a few years," as Elliott concludes.

"It's proof that day-and-date Steam releases are now doing serious money for a publisher that spent years treating PC as an afterthought (outside of an ill-fated launcher)."

He does clarify that Resynced is still facing criticism for its DLC – but as I said earlier, that doesn't seem to be slowing down the game's (or the optional purchases') traction.

Interested in one of the biggest new games of 2026 yourself? Read through our Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review to learn what we think of it.

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