Ubisoft games returning to Steam after a three-year hiatus starting with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Ubisoft has announced that its PC games will return to Steam starting December 6 with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Anno 1800 and Roller Champions will follow at a later date.

This news may not come as much of a surprise considering that a couple of weeks ago, backend data found on Ubisoft Connect suggested as much.

According to a statement sent to multiple outlets, including eurogamerA Ubisoft spokesperson said the company is “constantly evaluating” how it brings games to gamers while “providing a consistent player ecosystem through Ubisoft Connect.”

The spokesperson added that the three games are “among the Ubisoft titles to be released on Steam”, leading one to believe that more are on the way.

Ubisoft stopped selling its new releases on Steam in 2019 due to what it considered an “unrealistic” business model that did not “reflect where the world is today in terms of game distribution.”

The last Ubisoft game to release on the platform was Trials Rising in 2019, and the company has opted to release newer titles, such as The Division 2, through its Connect platform and the Epic Games Store.

Ubisoft did not provide additional details about its decision to skip Steam at the time; however, one of the reasons is believed to have been that he took issue with the revenue split. This assumption stemmed from a comment made by the company’s Chairman and CEO, Yves Guillemot, to investors when he said that the Epic Games Store was offering “substantially better terms.” Guillemot added that Epic’s store also increased “player exposure” to the company’s own store.