Which historical revolution forms the main setting of Assassin’s Creed Unity?

The French Revolution forms the main historical setting of Assassin’s Creed Unity.

The game begins in 1789 and follows Arno Dorian through revolutionary Paris. Its story includes major events and political tensions associated with the French Revolution, including the fall of the Bastille, the rise of competing factions, and the Reign of Terror. Paris is represented as a dense open-world city filled with crowds, landmarks, and rooftops.

Arno becomes involved in the Assassin–Templar conflict after the death of his adoptive father. The narrative is fictional, but it places him near real figures and events connected with the period, including Maximilien Robespierre and Napoleon Bonaparte.

The American Revolution is the setting of Assassin’s Creed III, which makes it the most likely alternative. The Russian and Haitian revolutions are also represented elsewhere in Assassin’s Creed history, but they are not Unity’s central backdrop.