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Far Cry® Primal cover art

Far Cry® Primal

Ubisoft · 2016-02-29

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Far Cry · Modes: Single player

Releases: TBD (Google Stadia), Feb 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 23, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Feb 23, 2016 (Xbox One), Jan 21, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Jan 21, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.

407
playing now
86%
positive of 41k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5
twitch viewers (latest)
76/100
critic score (20 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (486 ratings)
22h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 35h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

407 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Far Cry Primal is a 2016 first-person shooter game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the ninth installment in the Far Cry series. Set during prehistoric times, the game follows the story of Takkar, who starts off as an unarmed hunter but will rise to become the leader of a tribe, using his special gift of taming animals. Primal adapts the traditional Far Cry formula to its prehistoric setting, replacing modern firearms with primitive weapons like spears, clubs, and bows and arrows, and allowing players to summon animal companions during battles. Everyday survival is a key aspect of the gameplay, as players have to watch out for both natural predators and rival tribesmen.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 407 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,766 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~596/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.0M–2.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 41,099 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.70 at GreenManGaming (2026-02-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 78 of 118 observed days · $27.29 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 697 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,288 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,183 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8392732026-08-06 21:00 — 418 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 294 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 514 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 458 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 287 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 568 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 501 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 359 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 661 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 478 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 273 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 550 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 388 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 296 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 531 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 507 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 358 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 750 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 839 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 421 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 569 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 542 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 405 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 624 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 618 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 352 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 405 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 579 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 407 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$2.702015-10-062026-08-272015-10-06 — best price $59.992016-05-06 — best price $34.602016-10-03 — best price $38.992017-03-27 — best price $26.972017-09-22 — best price $25.792018-02-26 — best price $49.992018-06-21 — best price $49.992018-11-26 — best price $49.992019-03-30 — best price $49.992019-06-28 — best price $9.992019-10-07 — best price $46.502020-01-02 — best price $29.992020-03-16 — best price $5.992020-05-25 — best price $5.992020-08-19 — best price $49.992020-11-26 — best price $29.992021-02-15 — best price $29.992021-05-18 — best price $29.992021-09-07 — best price $44.612021-12-22 — best price $5.992022-03-29 — best price $49.992022-06-20 — best price $6.452022-10-18 — best price $7.492023-02-16 — best price $29.992023-05-19 — best price $29.992023-09-11 — best price $6.452023-12-29 — best price $41.472024-05-26 — best price $7.492024-10-24 — best price $7.492025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-09-01 — best price $22.492025-12-17 — best price $4.492026-04-01 — best price $29.992026-07-23 — best price $4.492026-08-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4081922026-05-29 — 242 pageviews2026-06-01 — 257 pageviews2026-06-04 — 241 pageviews2026-06-07 — 234 pageviews2026-06-10 — 209 pageviews2026-06-13 — 227 pageviews2026-06-16 — 225 pageviews2026-06-19 — 204 pageviews2026-06-22 — 408 pageviews2026-06-25 — 230 pageviews2026-06-28 — 303 pageviews2026-07-01 — 236 pageviews2026-07-04 — 243 pageviews2026-07-07 — 297 pageviews2026-07-10 — 253 pageviews2026-07-13 — 258 pageviews2026-07-16 — 243 pageviews2026-07-19 — 316 pageviews2026-07-22 — 240 pageviews2026-07-25 — 296 pageviews2026-07-28 — 270 pageviews2026-07-31 — 243 pageviews2026-08-03 — 282 pageviews2026-08-06 — 229 pageviews2026-08-09 — 269 pageviews2026-08-12 — 284 pageviews2026-08-15 — 232 pageviews2026-08-18 — 327 pageviews2026-08-21 — 230 pageviews2026-08-24 — 257 pageviews2026-08-26 — 197 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7402026-08-27 07:33 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 74 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 5 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
36.9%
earned "This Way To Oros"
8.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller Support1 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish…

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSActionMatureHuntingShooterStealthCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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