Ubisoft Shipped Fewer Games in 2025 Than in Any Year Since 1988

Aside from an occasional headline or two about something like a lawsuit or a new round of job cuts – i.e., topics not directly related to gaming – it's been quite a while since we've heard anything from Ubisoft, with the entire studio seemingly going underground ever since the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows.

That uncharacteristic silence, it turns out, is also reflected in Ubisoft's game catalog, as the company shipped fewer games in 2025 than in any year since 1988.

Throughout the entirety of last year, the studio published only four games – the aforementioned AC Shadows, Anno 117: Pax Romana, Just Dance 2026 Edition, and BUMP! Superbrawl – fewer than in any year since 1988, when Ubisoft (then known as Ubi Soft) released just one game, the horror platformer Night Hunter.

Moreover, 2025 has now gone down in history as Ubi's third-driest year of all time, with only 1988, with one release, and 1986, with two – Zombi and Trivial Pursuit – seeing fewer titles from the company, and it's debatable whether 1986 should even count, since that was the year the studio was founded.

When it comes to why Ubisoft might have stepped away from its MO of cranking out around a dozen releases a year and instead treats us to relative radio silence, it all comes down to two possible scenarios, depending on how you view the studio.

Option 1, for those positively predisposed toward the Guillemots, is that Ubisoft is "pulling a Rockstar" and choosing quality over quantity for its next major release – likely to be the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake – concentrating all of its focus, energy, and resources on a single game designed to revitalize the studio.

Option 2, for those not particularly inclined to support a studio that has worn the anti-gamer attitude on its sleeve on more than one occasion, suggests that after two years of underperformance, declining revenues, job cuts in the thousands, multiple failed releases, and a reputation in the gutter, Ubisoft simply doesn't have the resources for proper marketing campaigns, resulting in its low online activity.

Whichever scenario is true, with Ubisoft's 40th anniversary – and a perfect opportunity for a major announcement – just over two months away on March 28, it seems likely the studio is about to become the center of attention once again – be it for all the right reasons or all the wrong ones.

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