Ubisoft has quietly dropped over 80 games onto the Xbox PC Store, and the catalog reads like a greatest hits collection. Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Far Cry 5, Far Cry 6, Watch Dogs: Legion, The Division 2, Rainbow Six Siege, and dozens more are now browsable and purchasable directly through the Xbox app on PC. That's a massive expansion of Ubisoft's presence on the storefront.
Here's the thing, though. Not a single one of these titles supports Xbox achievements.
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What's actually in the catalog
The sheer volume of titles added is hard to ignore. Ubisoft has effectively put its entire modern back catalog on the Xbox PC Store in one move, spanning multiple flagship franchises. The Assassin's Creed series alone accounts for a significant chunk of the listings, with major entries from the last several years all present. Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Tom Clancy properties like Rainbow Six Siege and The Division 2, and a long tail of smaller Ubisoft releases fill out the rest.
For PC players who prefer buying through the Xbox app rather than the Ubisoft Connect storefront, this is a genuine convenience win. You can browse, purchase, and manage these games from one place without jumping between launchers for the transaction itself.
If you're interested in what's coming next from Ubisoft on Xbox platforms, check out the platform availability guide for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced to see exactly which storefronts are supported at launch.
The achievement gap that's frustrating collectors
Here's where things get complicated. Xbox achievements are a core part of the platform's identity for a large segment of PC players. Gamerscore accumulation, completion tracking, and the social layer that comes with achievement hunting are all absent from every single one of these Ubisoft titles on the Xbox PC Store.
That's not a small omission. For players who specifically choose the Xbox app on PC because it keeps their gaming activity consolidated under one achievement profile, these Ubisoft listings are essentially dead weight. You can buy the game there, but your Xbox profile won't reflect a single hour of playtime or a single completed challenge.
The distinction matters because it affects purchasing decisions. A player choosing between buying Far Cry 6 on the Xbox PC Store versus another storefront has no achievement incentive to pick the Xbox version specifically.
Why Ubisoft and Xbox are doing this anyway
The business logic here is straightforward even without achievements in the picture. Getting Ubisoft titles onto the Xbox PC Store expands discovery and purchase surface area. Players browsing the Xbox app for something to buy might impulse-purchase a Ubisoft title they'd otherwise never have found. Ubisoft gets broader retail distribution, Xbox gets a fuller catalog, and both parties benefit from the transaction.
The achievement gap likely comes down to how Ubisoft's PC titles are structured. Most of them are built around Ubisoft Connect as the backend, handling saves, challenges, and progression. Retrofitting full Xbox achievement support across 80+ titles is a non-trivial engineering effort, and Ubisoft clearly decided the storefront presence was worth doing now rather than waiting until that work was complete.
Whether achievement support gets added retroactively is an open question. Ubisoft hasn't made any public commitment either way.
What this looks like for players right now
If you're an achievement hunter, the Xbox PC Store versions of these Ubisoft games are a pass for now. The Ubisoft Connect storefront gives you the same games with Ubisoft's own challenge system intact, and nothing is lost by buying there instead.
If achievements aren't your priority and you just want a convenient place to browse and buy, the Xbox PC Store now has a genuinely deep Ubisoft catalog to work through. That's a real positive for players who already spend most of their time in the Xbox app.
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