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Assassin's Creed Origins

Developer
Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher
Ubisoft Entertainment
Released
26 October 2017
Age rating
PEGI 18
UK price
£7.49

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One

Genres: role playing rpg , adventure

Assassin’s Creed Origins is an action-adventure game set in ancient Egypt at the end of the Ptolemaic era. The story follows Bayek, a Medjay tasked with protecting the people, as personal tragedy draws him into a wider conflict that leads to the origins of the Assassin Brotherhood. The game features a large open-world recreation of Egypt, including cities, deserts, and the Nile, with an increased emphasis on exploration. Gameplay combines stealth, melee and ranged combat, and role-playing elements such as character leveling, skill trees, and gear progression.

Best gaming PC for Assassin's Creed Origins in 2026

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Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Assassin's Creed Origins today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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Official system requirements

These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Ubisoft Entertainment on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.

Minimum Recommended
OS Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
CPU Intel Core i5-2400s @ 2.5 GHz or AMD FX-6350 @ 3.9 GHz or equivalent Intel Core i7- 3770 @ 3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz
RAM 6 GB 8 GB
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD R9 270 (2048 MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD R9 280X (3GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
Storage 42 GB 42 GB
DirectX 11

Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.

Can your PC run Assassin's Creed Origins?

If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7- 3770 @ 3.5 GHz and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.

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