Skull and Bones sinks on Steam, has fewer players than AC Black Flag

[John Elden Ring]

Ubisoft’s premier pirate adventure Skull and Bones has faced stormy seas since its original launch six months ago, following on from an already troubled 11-year development cycle. Finally making its way to Steam as of Thursday August 22, alongside numerous PC-focused improvements there was hope it would catch some wind in its sails. However, only a few hundred players have shown up so far.

Skull and Bones reached a peak of just 394 concurrent players on Steam on its release day – as of this writing, some 24 hours later, this has jumped slightly to 432, but still remains shy of what might be considered its nearest pirate game rival, Sea of Thieves, which currently has 5,667 players.

In fact, Skull and Bones, despite being the much newer game, has a lower player count than one of its key inspirations, Ubisoft’s own Assassin’s Creed Black Flag. In the last day, Black Flag has attracted a high of 758 concurrent players and right now, as of this writing, has just over a hundred more than Skull and Bones.

Skull and Bones’ Steam release is marked by a substantial 60% discount, available until September 5, which lowers the price of the game down to $24 / £20. Perhaps the planned free trial and Steam Deck version will also earn Skull and Bones more attention, but these have been delayed to an as-of-yet unspecified date.

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[KvallyX]

I actually forgot about that game. Good thing I did.

 

[Gediminas]

Ubi Made complete garbage.
Instead of a pirate single player game, we got this turd after 20 delays.
How fucking hard to make a single player game, especially when people asked?

 

[Say1nMan]

Welp, between this and Suicide Squad we’ll see which one will have the longer seasons. Lol.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

It sure feels like Ubisoft is speeding towards a cliff this year.


Beyond Good & Evil remaster seems to have sold like a couple thousand copies, "Quadruple-A" Skull and Bones is headed towards extinction, AC Shadows is deep into drama and Outlaws doesn't look like it'll come out great.

 

[quest4441]

Ubisoft scammed the singapore government lol, singapore needs to sue them for damages