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Far Cry® cover art

Far Cry®

Crytek Studios · Ubisoft · 2008-04-01

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 23, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry®, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushes the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels. Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island.

Far Cry® is a 2008 Action game priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive sentiment from 82% of 11,799 reviews and an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners.

72
playing now
82%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (547 ratings)
13
Nexus mods (19k downloads)
17h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 11h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

72 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Far Cry is a 2004 first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek and published by Ubisoft. It is the first installment in the Far Cry franchise. Set on a mysterious tropical archipelago, the game follows Jack Carver, a former American special forces operative, as he searches for journalist Valerie Constantine, who accompanied him to the islands but went missing after their boat was destroyed by mercenaries. As Jack explores the islands, he begins to discover the horrific genetic experiments being conducted on the local wildlife and must confront the mad scientist behind them.

Trailer

Far Cry® trailer thumbnail

Far Cry 6 - Official Reveal Trailer | Ubisoft Forward

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 72 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 916 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~115/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 472k–944k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,799 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-70%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Nuuvem (2015-03-06) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 165 of 167 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18318320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

201232026-09-15 11:00 — 42 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 58 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 36 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 125 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 201 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 58 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 87 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 173 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 76 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 124 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 163 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 86 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 52 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 127 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 132 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 48 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 102 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 108 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 48 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 130 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 132 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 38 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 72 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
23423Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 59 · peak 191Dec 2012 — avg 75 · peak 336May 2013 — avg 31 · peak 71Oct 2013 — avg 23 · peak 50Mar 2014 — avg 47 · peak 153Aug 2014 — avg 44 · peak 103Jan 2015 — avg 105 · peak 313Jun 2015 — avg 65 · peak 174Nov 2015 — avg 48 · peak 119Apr 2016 — avg 48 · peak 126Sep 2016 — avg 49 · peak 120Feb 2017 — avg 43 · peak 93Jul 2017 — avg 51 · peak 137Dec 2017 — avg 56 · peak 139May 2018 — avg 63 · peak 175Oct 2018 — avg 39 · peak 88Mar 2019 — avg 53 · peak 160Aug 2019 — avg 42 · peak 82Jan 2020 — avg 56 · peak 113Jun 2020 — avg 58 · peak 108Nov 2020 — avg 71 · peak 183Apr 2021 — avg 63 · peak 145Sep 2021 — avg 47 · peak 111Feb 2022 — avg 73 · peak 170Jul 2022 — avg 56 · peak 124Dec 2022 — avg 64 · peak 153May 2023 — avg 52 · peak 133Oct 2023 — avg 55 · peak 125Mar 2024 — avg 76 · peak 169Aug 2024 — avg 77 · peak 239Jan 2025 — avg 85 · peak 213Jun 2025 — avg 66 · peak 210Nov 2025 — avg 68 · peak 163Apr 2026 — avg 71 · peak 142Aug 2026 — avg 63 · peak 132
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.81$2.192015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-05-27 — best price $6.342015-09-11 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-09-09 — best price $3.292017-06-21 — best price $9.992018-02-17 — best price $3.392018-08-31 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-05-28 — best price $9.992019-09-02 — best price $9.992019-12-16 — best price $3.442020-03-10 — best price $3.992020-05-28 — best price $3.992020-08-22 — best price $9.992020-11-16 — best price $8.912021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-04-22 — best price $9.992021-08-19 — best price $2.992021-12-11 — best price $8.912022-02-19 — best price $9.992022-05-24 — best price $9.992022-09-01 — best price $2.792022-12-04 — best price $8.692023-03-07 — best price $9.992023-06-05 — best price $2.792023-09-19 — best price $9.992024-01-01 — best price $9.992024-05-14 — best price $2.992024-10-22 — best price $9.992025-02-21 — best price $2.992025-07-03 — best price $2.192025-10-23 — best price $2.992026-02-12 — best price $2.192026-05-20 — best price $2.992026-08-13 — best price $2.192026-09-21 — best price $2.192026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5282352026-06-01 — 263 pageviews2026-06-05 — 265 pageviews2026-06-09 — 270 pageviews2026-06-13 — 266 pageviews2026-06-17 — 333 pageviews2026-06-21 — 344 pageviews2026-06-25 — 379 pageviews2026-06-29 — 455 pageviews2026-07-03 — 340 pageviews2026-07-07 — 329 pageviews2026-07-11 — 370 pageviews2026-07-15 — 528 pageviews2026-07-19 — 374 pageviews2026-07-23 — 321 pageviews2026-07-27 — 394 pageviews2026-07-31 — 316 pageviews2026-08-04 — 309 pageviews2026-08-08 — 333 pageviews2026-08-12 — 315 pageviews2026-08-16 — 327 pageviews2026-08-20 — 377 pageviews2026-08-24 — 513 pageviews2026-08-28 — 371 pageviews2026-09-01 — 312 pageviews2026-09-05 — 276 pageviews2026-09-09 — 331 pageviews2026-09-13 — 355 pageviews2026-09-17 — 331 pageviews2026-09-21 — 369 pageviews2026-09-25 — 307 pageviews2026-09-29 — 294 pageviews2026-10-03 — 294 pageviews2026-10-07 — 342 pageviews2026-10-11 — 279 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSActionHorrorSci-fiClassicShooterStealthAdventureDifficultOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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