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Is Assassin’s Creed® III multiplayer or co-op?

Yes — online multiplayer. Assassin’s Creed® III is an open world adventure game released in 2012, 74% positive on Steam (14,156 reviews), with 14 playing right now. price varies on Steam.

Online multiplayerSingle-player tooOpen world action · Open world adventure

The American Colonies, 1775. As a Native American assassin fights to protect his land and people, he will ignite the flames of a young nation’s revolution.

How Assassin’s Creed® III plays with friends, according to Steam

Online co-op
Not listed on Steam
Local / split-screen co-op
Not listed on Steam
Online PvP
Not listed on Steam
LAN play
Not listed on Steam
Single-player mode
Yes
Controller
Partial controller support

Steam's own category list for the game, as of 2026-09-09. "Not listed" means the store page does not claim that mode; community mods or Remote Play can still add it.

Steam tags: Adventure, Open World, Action, Assassin, Parkour, Stealth, Third Person, Historical

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Quick answers

Is Assassin’s Creed® III co-op?
Assassin’s Creed® III does not list co-op on Steam; it has Online multiplayer, Single-player too.
Does Assassin’s Creed® III have PvP?
Steam does not list PvP for Assassin’s Creed® III.
Do we both need to own Assassin’s Creed® III to play together?
Yes. Assassin’s Creed® III is played online, so each player needs their own copy on their own Steam account (or PC Game Pass where it is offered). Steam Families can share a library, but two people cannot play the same shared game at the same time.
How many people play Assassin’s Creed® III?
About 14 players were in-game when this page's data was last refreshed (2026-09-09).

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