Ubisoft games return to Steam, starting with Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which will be available in early December.
As Eurogamer reports, Assassin's Creed Valhalla will launch on Steam on December 6, having previously only been available through the Epic Games Store (and Ubisoft's own store).
There are other Ubisoft games returning to Steam as well, and that includes Anno 1800 and the free-to-play Roller Champions tier, though those titles aren't available on the Steam store yet (whereas Valhalla is (opens) in a new tab)) and there is still no indication of when they might arrive. We probably won't be waiting long.
Ubisoft told Eurogamer (opens in a new tab): "Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Anno 1800 and Roller Champions are among the Ubisoft titles set to launch on Steam."
Therefore, we can expect other games to come to Valve's platform soon, in addition to the aforementioned titles.
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This is a positive step forward in allowing more gaming platform options for purchasing Ubisoft games, though it's unclear how far this renewed partnership with Steam will go in terms of the number of future games coming to Valve's platform.
Nonetheless, Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a great card to play initially, which also means that those with a Steam Deck will be able to enjoy the action RPG on handheld with a minimum of fuss. Yes, Valhalla was previously possible to play on the Steam Deck, but it was a more tedious process than what was available natively on Steam (playing with the installation via the Ubisoft Connect launcher or the Epic store). Also, people can run into technical and other problems, and now it's much less likely to happen.
The timing of making Assassin's Creed Valhalla available via Steam is also telling, as the game receives its final content update (an epilogue), yes, you guessed it: December 6 (the Steam release date). .
In more general terms, what we can expect is that this decision inaugurates Ubisoft's collaboration with Valve to check the compatibility of their main games with Steam Deck. Either way, this can only be a positive step for those with a Steam Deck; it only remains to be seen exactly how significant this change of heart from Ubisoft will be. Pretty much all we can do is watch this proverbial space progress...
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