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Far Cry® cover art

Far Cry®

Crytek Studios · Ubisoft · 2008-04-01

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

127
playing now
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (547 ratings)
17h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 11h
$9.99
steam price (US)

127 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island. A week ago, a brash female reporter named Valerie had offered him an incredible sum of cash to take her to this unspoiled paradise. Shortly after docking, however, Jack's boat was greeted by artillery fire from a mysterious militia group swarming about the island. With his boat destroyed, his money gone, and the gorgeous Valerie suddenly missing, Jack now finds himself facing an army of mercenaries amidst the wilds of the island, with nothing but a gun and his wits to survive. But the further he pushes into the lush (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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Current store prices

Uplay$2.19-70%
GOG$2.99-70%
Humble Store$2.99-70%
GOG$2.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 6 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

12702026-08-06 21:00 — 72 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 73 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 71 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 85 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 80 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 41 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 93 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 81 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 68 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 67 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 61 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 48 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 34 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 101 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 99 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 33 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 60 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 99 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 31 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 81 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 42 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 41 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 87 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 50 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 127 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$2.192026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — best price $2.992026-08-07 — best price $2.992026-08-08 — best price $2.992026-08-09 — best price $2.992026-08-10 — best price $2.992026-08-11 — best price $2.992026-08-12 — best price $2.192026-08-13 — best price $2.192026-08-14 — best price $2.192026-08-15 — best price $2.192026-08-16 — best price $2.192026-08-17 — best price $2.192026-08-18 — best price $2.992026-08-19 — best price $2.992026-08-20 — best price $2.992026-08-26 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-08-28 — best price $2.992026-08-29 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Census log

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

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