Assassin's Creed Shadows HDR settings & calibration guide

How to set up HDR in Assassin's Creed Shadows, the sliders to use, and known issues.

At a glance

Platforms
PC (Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Native HDR
Yes
In-game calibration
Yes
HDR quality
Known issues
HDR sliders
Maximum LuminanceBrightnessContrast

How to set up HDR in Assassin's Creed Shadows

  • ⚠ This game’s HDR is widely considered flawed — compare it against SDR (or PC AutoHDR/RTX HDR) and keep whichever looks better.
  • Open the game’s own HDR calibration (Settings → Display/Video) — it overrides the system calibration, so set it per the on-screen patterns.
  • Brightness/Contrast grey out once HDR is enabled and there’s an sRGB-vs-2.2 gamma mismatch, so HDR looks almost identical to SDR by default.
  • Set Maximum Luminance to your panel peak; if it still looks flat, SDR is a fair alternative here.
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