Assassin's Creed Mirage is a 2023 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft

Bordeaux and published by Ubisoft. The game is the thirteenth major installment in
the Assassin's Creed series and the successor to 2020's Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
While its historical timeframe precedes that of Valhalla, its modern-day framing
story succeeds Valhalla's own. Set in 9th-century Baghdad during the Islamic Golden
Age—in particular during the Anarchy at Samarra—the story follows Basim Ibn Ishaq
(a character first introduced in Valhalla), a street thief who joins the Hidden
Ones to fight for peace and liberty, against the Order of the Ancients,[b] who
desire peace through control. The main narrative focuses on Basim's internal
struggle between his duties as a Hidden One and his desire to uncover his
mysterious past.

Originally envisioned as an expansion for Valhalla, the game was reworked into a
standalone title to expand its scope. The design philosophy behind Mirage—the first
game to be developed primarily by Ubisoft Bordeaux, previously just a support
studio—was to return to the series' roots by focusing on stealth, parkour, and
assassinations over the role-playing elements featured heavily in recent
installments. As a result, the game is much smaller in scale than its predecessors
and combines elements introduced in them with those found in earlier installments
of the franchise.

Mirage was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox
Series X/S on October 5, 2023. A mobile version is also scheduled to release for
iOS on iPhone 15 Pro models in early 2024. Upon release, the game received
generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its world design, focus on
stealth and return to form of the franchise, though some criticized the characters
and the story's reliance on previous installments in the series.