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1666: Amsterdam is the long-awaited new game from Patrice Désilets, the creator of Assassin's Creed. It's a third-person, story-led dark action-adventure: you play Noa, "the Collector", using witchcraft to unmask demonic entities hiding behind human faces in 17th-century Amsterdam. Every 333 years, something stirs.
| Early Access release | August 25, 2026 — full release-date details |
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| Platforms | PC only at launch (Windows, Steam). No console versions announced — PS5 / Xbox / Switch status |
| Developer | Panache Digital Games (self-published), creative director Patrice Désilets |
| Genre | Third-person dark action-adventure, story-led (not open world) |
| Price | Not announced yet as of 2026-08-24 — the Steam page has no price listed. We'll update at launch. |
| Free demo | A free prologue is available now on Steam |
| PC specs | Heavy: hardware ray tracing required — full requirements |
It is a third-person, story-led dark action-adventure set in 17th-century Amsterdam. You play Noa, "the Collector", who uses witchcraft to expose demonic entities hiding behind human faces. The premise: every 333 years, something stirs.
No. It shares a creator — Patrice Désilets, who created the original Assassin's Creed — but 1666: Amsterdam is an independent game by Panache Digital Games with no connection to Ubisoft's franchise. The project famously spent years locked at Ubisoft before Désilets regained the rights in 2016.
It launches in Early Access on PC (Steam) on August 25, 2026. A free prologue demo is already available.
No — it is a narrative-driven, story-led adventure, not an open-world game. Missions move the story forward chapter by chapter.
It is dark and unsettling — demonic entities, witch-hunts, a city on edge — but it is billed as a dark action-adventure rather than a pure horror game.
Sources: Steam store page, Panache Digital Games announcements, Summer Game Fest 2026 reveal coverage.