Assassin's Creed III cover

Assassin's Creed III

Critic score17 critics
First release
Oct 30, 2012
Engine
AnvilNext
Genres
Adventure · Sandbox, Open world, Action, Fantasy, Science fiction, Historical, Stealth

Assassin's Creed III is an open-world action-adventure game set primarily in 18th-century Colonial America during the American Revolution. Players control two characters across the story: Haytham Kenway, a British Templar operating during the French and Indian War, and his half-Mohawk son Ratonhnhaké:ton (also known as Connor), who becomes an Assassin. Gameplay takes place across Boston, New York City, and a large wilderness frontier, with free-running, stealth, and combat using weapons including tomahawks, muskets, bows, and the series' signature Hidden Blades. The game introduces naval combat through Connor's captaining of a warship, as well as hunting, a homestead economy system, and seasonal weather that affects gameplay. A modern-day framing narrative follows Desmond Miles using the Animus to relive his ancestors' memories.

Also known as Assassin's Creed 3, Assassins Creed III, AC3, ACIII
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Storyline
In 1754, British Templar Haytham Kenway travels to the American colonies to locate an ancient temple for his Order. He recruits allies and falls in love with a Mohawk woman named Kaniehti:io while eliminating a rogue associate. Years later, their son Ratonhnhaké:ton witnesses his mother's death during an attack on their village and grows up to become the Assassin known as Connor, trained by the retired Assassin Achilles Davenport. Connor is drawn into the American Revolution as he hunts down the Colonial Templars, who include his own father. Over the course of two decades, Connor eliminates Haytham's allies, uncovers that his mother's death was ordered by George Washington rather than the Templars, and is eventually forced to confront and kill Haytham himself. In the modern day, Desmond Miles uses Connor's memories to locate a key that opens the inner chambers of a precursor temple, ultimately sacrificing himself to activate a device that protects Earth from a catastrophic solar flare.Read more

In 1754, British Templar Haytham Kenway travels to the American colonies to locate an ancient temple for his Order. He recruits allies and falls in love with a Mohawk woman named Kaniehti:io while eliminating a rogue associate. Years later, their son Ratonhnhaké:ton witnesses his mother's death during an attack on their village and grows up to become the Assassin known as Connor, trained by the retired Assassin Achilles Davenport. Connor is drawn into the American Revolution as he hunts down the Colonial Templars, who include his own father. Over the course of two decades, Connor eliminates Haytham's allies, uncovers that his mother's death was ordered by George Washington rather than the Templars, and is eventually forced to confront and kill Haytham himself. In the modern day, Desmond Miles uses Connor's memories to locate a key that opens the inner chambers of a precursor temple, ultimately sacrificing himself to activate a device that protects Earth from a catastrophic solar flare.

Release dates
PlayStation 3
Oct 30, 2012
Xbox 360
Oct 30, 2012
PlayStation 3
Oct 31, 2012
All 12 release dates
Xbox 360
Oct 31, 2012
PlayStation 3
Nov 15, 2012
Xbox 360
Nov 15, 2012
Wii U
Nov 18, 2012
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 20, 2012
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 23, 2012
Wii U
Nov 30, 2012
Wii U
Dec 08, 2012
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dec 21, 2012
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
20h
Main + Extras
22h
Completionist
68h
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Third person
Where to buy
Keywords
assassin, hunting, murder, parkour, death
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At a Glance

Critic Score
81
Main Story (IGDB)
20h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
22h
Completionist (IGDB)
68h

Overview

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Steam users rate this Mostly Positive, 14,211 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 21 Oct
  • Online co-opIGDB · 21 Oct

Feature data: IGDB

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