Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Intense overall intensity
Highest flag: Spending — real-money purchases
AdventureHistoricalRPG

What's in it

Violence graphic & gore
High

Melee and ranged combat against human soldiers and bandits with large blood-splatter, plus cutscenes of characters stabbed through the head and neck and a man mauled by a mob.

Spending real-money purchases
High

Optional real-money microtransactions sell Helix Credits for cosmetics, gear, and XP/time-saver boosters.

Sexual content strong
High

Romance options lead to characters kissing and caressing before the screen fades to black on implied sex, with dialogue that openly references sex and paid encounters.

Language strong
High

Strong words including 'fuck' and 'shit' are spoken in dialogue.

Nudity partial/artistic
Moderate

Partial and artistic nudity appears in statuary and some intimate or bathing scenes.

Substances depicted
Moderate

Wine and drinking are depicted in symposiums and taverns as part of the setting.

Dark themes intense
Moderate

Story material covers war atrocities, family betrayal, a cult, and the culling of infants deemed unfit who are thrown from a cliff.

Crime & lawlessness player commits crime
Moderate

The player is a mercenary who assassinates targets, raids strongholds, pillages, and loots for pay.

Mutilation / body horror depicted
Moderate

Some battlefields and environments are dressed with severed limbs and dismembered corpses on the ground.

Horror & psychological spooky
Low

Occasional eerie moments in tombs and encounters with mythological monsters create mild spooky tension.

Animal combat combat mechanic
Low

Wild animals are hunted and killed as a routine crafting-resource mechanic.

Prostitution / sex work referenced
Low

Dialogue references paid sex and a 'sex andron,' framing prostitution as part of the world.

Spending pressure optional
Low

Boosters that speed past level-gated grinding are offered but remain optional.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a large open-world action RPG set during the Peloponnesian War in ancient Greece, where players take the role of the mercenary Alexios or Kassandra hunting a secretive cult and searching for family. Gameplay centers on melee and ranged combat against human enemies with heavy blood effects and occasional graphic cutscenes, alongside naval battles, exploration, hunting wildlife, and role-playing choices. It contains romance storylines with implied off-screen sex, dialogue about sex and prostitution, some nudity, wine and drinking, and strong language. Optional real-money purchases sell cosmetics, gear, and experience boosters. The game is single-player with no online chat or multiplayer.

How it's framed

The game frames the player as a self-interested mercenary who takes contracts from both sides of a war, presenting killing, theft, and assassination as routine survival and profit rather than as clearly condemned acts, while branching dialogue lets players choose more merciful or ruthless outcomes. Mythology and history are treated as an epic adventure, and mature elements like sex, war, and betrayal are woven into the story matter-of-factly.

Details

Developer
Ubisoft Quebec
Publisher
Ubisoft
Released
Oct 5, 2018

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