Which Assassin's Creed game was the first to feature a fully navigable ancient Egyptian world?

Assassin's Creed Origins was the first Assassin's Creed game to feature a fully navigable ancient Egyptian world.

Released in 2017, Origins lets players explore a large open-world version of Ptolemaic Egypt, including Alexandria, Memphis, Siwa Oasis, the Giza plateau, and the Nile region. Its setting predates the classical Greek world of Assassin's Creed Odyssey and the Viking-era landscapes of Valhalla.

The game also marked a major shift toward role-playing systems, including experience levels, loot, crafting, and gear statistics. Its protagonist, Bayek of Siwa, investigates a conspiracy while helping form the Hidden Ones.

The wording matters because earlier games visited historical cities and regions but did not present ancient Egypt as a broad, freely explorable open world. Odyssey and Valhalla expanded the formula later, but Origins introduced this specific setting and structure first.