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Far Cry 3 cover art

Far Cry 3

Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft Shanghai · Ubisoft · 2012-12-04

SteamEpic Games StoreXboxAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Far Cry · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 28, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Nov 28, 2012 (Xbox 360), Nov 28, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Stranded on the Rook Islands as Jason Brody, fight your way through a lawless tropical open world using a powerful arsenal to save your friends and escape the madness of this acclaimed visceral FPS.

Far Cry 3 is an Action and Adventure game released in 2012, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 133,596 reviews).

616
playing now
88%
positive of 135k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77
twitch viewers (latest)
9.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (2211 ratings)
254
Nexus mods (1.8M downloads)
22h
to beat · rushed 16h · completionist 34h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Far Cry 3 is a 2012 first-person shooter game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the third main installment in the Far Cry series after Far Cry 2. The game takes place on the fictional Rook Islands, a tropical archipelago which can be freely explored by players. Gameplay focuses on combat and exploration. Players can use a variety of weapons to defeat human enemies and hostile wildlife, and the game features elements found in role-playing games such as skill trees and experience. After a vacation goes awry, protagonist Jason Brody must save his friends, who have been kidnapped by pirates, and escape from the island and its unhinged inhabitants.

Trailer

Far Cry 3 trailer thumbnail

Far Cry 3 - Stranded Trailer [UK]

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 616 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11,139 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,392/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.4M–11M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 135,093 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.50 at GameBillet (2022-11-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 146 of 150 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.9k2.9k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 702 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,037 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 776 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,894 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,044 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 624 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 944 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 924 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,175 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 754 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 667 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,780 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,978 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 624 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 721 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,203 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,624 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,245 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 905 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 783 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 649 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 838 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,145 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,136 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 825 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 757 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 643 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,452 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 947 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 828 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,739 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 892 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,376 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 390 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,232 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 829 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 832 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,187 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,120 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 952 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,115 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,475 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,479 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,471 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 437 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,026 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 951 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 387 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,364 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 558 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 998 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 328 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 858 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 360 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 152 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.3k2812026-09-14 19:00 — 652 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 281 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 426 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,166 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 928 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 983 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 1,786 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 839 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 889 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 2,005 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 1,086 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 659 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 1,440 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 970 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 802 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,986 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,167 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 551 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,118 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,450 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 756 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 808 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 1,273 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 616 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.8k363Dec 2012Aug 2026Dec 2012 — avg 8,765 · peak 18,451May 2013 — avg 1,541 · peak 3,330Oct 2013 — avg 897 · peak 1,932Mar 2014 — avg 2,471 · peak 8,162Aug 2014 — avg 2,265 · peak 4,594Jan 2015 — avg 2,530 · peak 6,812Jun 2015 — avg 1,344 · peak 3,402Nov 2015 — avg 834 · peak 1,913Apr 2016 — avg 1,066 · peak 3,196Sep 2016 — avg 829 · peak 1,917Feb 2017 — avg 779 · peak 1,545Jul 2017 — avg 832 · peak 1,886Dec 2017 — avg 837 · peak 2,029May 2018 — avg 834 · peak 2,087Oct 2018 — avg 447 · peak 848Mar 2019 — avg 604 · peak 1,489Aug 2019 — avg 366 · peak 669Jan 2020 — avg 533 · peak 1,066Jun 2020 — avg 508 · peak 1,016Nov 2020 — avg 670 · peak 1,579Apr 2021 — avg 593 · peak 1,313Sep 2021 — avg 564 · peak 1,108Feb 2022 — avg 657 · peak 1,313Jul 2022 — avg 499 · peak 919Dec 2022 — avg 616 · peak 1,272May 2023 — avg 384 · peak 794Oct 2023 — avg 432 · peak 1,003Mar 2024 — avg 665 · peak 1,379Aug 2024 — avg 768 · peak 2,062Jan 2025 — avg 1,327 · peak 3,194Jun 2025 — avg 712 · peak 2,105Nov 2025 — avg 719 · peak 1,840Apr 2026 — avg 602 · peak 1,249Aug 2026 — avg 777 · peak 1,999
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1291292026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 129 new positive2026-09-21: 75 new negative2026-09-22: 35 new positive2026-09-22: 28 new negative2026-09-23: 40 new positive2026-09-23: 17 new negative2026-09-24: 37 new positive2026-09-24: 18 new negative2026-09-25: 44 new positive2026-09-25: 14 new negative2026-09-26: 27 new positive2026-09-26: 24 new negative2026-09-27: 43 new positive2026-09-27: 14 new negative2026-09-28: 40 new positive2026-09-28: 18 new negative2026-09-29: 45 new positive2026-09-29: 14 new negative2026-09-30: 37 new positive2026-09-30: 12 new negative2026-10-01: 43 new positive2026-10-01: 13 new negative2026-10-02: 81 new positive2026-10-02: 33 new negative2026-10-03: 49 new positive2026-10-03: 12 new negative2026-10-04: 65 new positive2026-10-04: 10 new negative2026-10-05: 43 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new negative2026-10-06: 43 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 41 new positive2026-10-07: 11 new negative2026-10-08: 45 new positive2026-10-08: 10 new negative2026-10-09: 35 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new negative2026-10-10: 37 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new negative2026-10-11: 39 new positive2026-10-11: 15 new negative2026-10-12: 32 new positive2026-10-12: 7 new negative2026-10-13: 42 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 41 new positive2026-10-14: 12 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$2.992015-01-012026-09-302015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-04-21 — best price $12.792015-07-25 — best price $13.162015-12-21 — best price $7.492016-04-15 — best price $6.282016-10-17 — best price $19.992017-06-23 — best price $6.792018-02-15 — best price $7.992018-08-11 — best price $7.382018-10-20 — best price $16.992018-12-02 — best price $16.992019-01-13 — best price $16.992019-02-23 — best price $16.992019-04-08 — best price $16.992019-05-24 — best price $7.992019-09-16 — best price $6.962019-12-29 — best price $19.992020-03-10 — best price $7.992020-05-26 — best price $8.002020-08-21 — best price $19.992020-11-10 — best price $6.002021-02-01 — best price $19.992021-05-07 — best price $5.992021-11-01 — best price $5.992022-01-26 — best price $19.992022-04-26 — best price $17.792022-08-05 — best price $5.992022-11-20 — best price $19.992023-03-02 — best price $5.992023-06-19 — best price $16.572023-10-10 — best price $4.992024-01-18 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-12-16 — best price $4.402025-05-26 — best price $15.292025-10-27 — best price $4.502026-02-12 — best price $5.002026-05-28 — best price $4.992026-08-17 — best price $4.992026-09-30 — best price $4.73
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k4242026-05-28 — 501 pageviews2026-06-01 — 449 pageviews2026-06-05 — 447 pageviews2026-06-09 — 428 pageviews2026-06-13 — 434 pageviews2026-06-17 — 521 pageviews2026-06-21 — 634 pageviews2026-06-25 — 635 pageviews2026-06-29 — 613 pageviews2026-07-03 — 511 pageviews2026-07-07 — 566 pageviews2026-07-11 — 540 pageviews2026-07-15 — 607 pageviews2026-07-19 — 555 pageviews2026-07-23 — 510 pageviews2026-07-27 — 603 pageviews2026-07-31 — 589 pageviews2026-08-04 — 591 pageviews2026-08-08 — 611 pageviews2026-08-12 — 587 pageviews2026-08-16 — 692 pageviews2026-08-20 — 630 pageviews2026-08-24 — 593 pageviews2026-08-28 — 603 pageviews2026-09-01 — 523 pageviews2026-09-05 — 475 pageviews2026-09-09 — 1,128 pageviews2026-09-13 — 751 pageviews2026-09-17 — 553 pageviews2026-09-21 — 583 pageviews2026-09-25 — 583 pageviews2026-09-29 — 526 pageviews2026-10-03 — 465 pageviews2026-10-06 — 522 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

81102026-09-30 18:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 449 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 127 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 673 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 174 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 811 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 174 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 77 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
19%
earned "First Blood"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller Support

16 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Polish, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Czech…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)129,96528%51
Xbox 360 (Xbox)103,17811%50
Steam (Steam)14,84130%44

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSCo-opActionHuntingSandboxShooterStealthSurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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