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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 · Perspectives: First person

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.

Far Cry® Primal is an Action and Adventure game released in 2016, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 41317 reviews).

398
playing now
86%
positive of 42k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
76/100
critic score (20 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (486 ratings)
27
Nexus mods (87k downloads)
4.52★
PlayStation Store rating (45,752 ratings)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 60% recommend · from 115 critics
22h
to beat · rushed 17h · completionist 35h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

398 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Far Cry® Primal trailer thumbnail

Far Cry Primal – Official Reveal Trailer [EUROPE]

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 398 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 2% of 27,535 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 41,652 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$7.49-75%

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 74 of 111 observed days (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

1.1k2072026-09-14 20:00 — 435 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 207 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 357 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 618 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 572 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 561 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 833 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 482 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 554 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 968 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 546 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 452 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 765 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 511 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 601 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,116 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 537 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 376 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 654 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 623 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 493 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 475 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 593 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 398 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.0k172Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 3,970 · peak 14,702Jul 2016 — avg 612 · peak 1,672Nov 2016 — avg 624 · peak 3,371Mar 2017 — avg 1,287 · peak 4,918Jul 2017 — avg 480 · peak 1,163Nov 2017 — avg 323 · peak 1,413Mar 2018 — avg 547 · peak 2,419Jul 2018 — avg 280 · peak 634Nov 2018 — avg 385 · peak 1,427Mar 2019 — avg 560 · peak 2,425Jul 2019 — avg 432 · peak 945Nov 2019 — avg 526 · peak 1,851Mar 2020 — avg 800 · peak 2,028Jul 2020 — avg 890 · peak 2,348Nov 2020 — avg 366 · peak 816Mar 2021 — avg 407 · peak 1,015Jul 2021 — avg 442 · peak 959Nov 2021 — avg 279 · peak 1,052Mar 2022 — avg 370 · peak 807Jul 2022 — avg 284 · peak 582Nov 2022 — avg 258 · peak 773Mar 2023 — avg 468 · peak 1,155Jul 2023 — avg 402 · peak 767Nov 2023 — avg 473 · peak 1,103Mar 2024 — avg 352 · peak 729Jul 2024 — avg 418 · peak 913Nov 2024 — avg 233 · peak 676Mar 2025 — avg 702 · peak 1,508Jul 2025 — avg 396 · peak 823Nov 2025 — avg 713 · peak 1,883Mar 2026 — avg 1,953 · peak 4,697Jul 2026 — avg 680 · peak 1,517Aug 2026 — avg 498 · peak 1,097
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
34342026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 10 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 11 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 15 new positive2026-09-25: 9 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 18 new positive2026-09-28: 13 new positive2026-09-29: 10 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 10 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 17 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 13 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 21 new positive2026-10-06: 34 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 14 new positive2026-10-10: 8 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 12 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 16 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 5 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$2.702015-10-062026-10-082015-10-06 — best price $59.992016-04-28 — best price $36.302016-09-22 — best price $38.992017-03-13 — best price $41.702017-09-11 — best price $24.992018-01-30 — best price $49.992018-06-05 — best price $45.682018-11-08 — best price $17.572019-02-19 — best price $49.992019-06-13 — best price $8.802019-09-13 — best price $9.992019-12-14 — best price $49.992020-02-25 — best price $9.892020-04-23 — best price $8.792020-07-16 — best price $5.042020-10-19 — best price $49.992021-01-13 — best price $7.492021-03-31 — best price $49.992021-07-02 — best price $29.992021-11-23 — best price $7.492022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-05-01 — best price $6.902022-08-08 — best price $6.902022-12-08 — best price $49.992023-03-19 — best price $49.992023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-10-16 — best price $6.902024-02-05 — best price $6.452024-06-24 — best price $6.902024-12-03 — best price $29.992025-04-14 — best price $26.992025-09-11 — best price $4.502026-01-05 — best price $22.492026-04-10 — best price $5.972026-07-31 — best price $5.972026-10-08 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5991792026-05-29 — 242 pageviews2026-06-02 — 197 pageviews2026-06-06 — 233 pageviews2026-06-10 — 209 pageviews2026-06-14 — 270 pageviews2026-06-18 — 239 pageviews2026-06-22 — 408 pageviews2026-06-26 — 335 pageviews2026-06-30 — 246 pageviews2026-07-04 — 243 pageviews2026-07-08 — 267 pageviews2026-07-12 — 258 pageviews2026-07-16 — 243 pageviews2026-07-20 — 230 pageviews2026-07-24 — 267 pageviews2026-07-28 — 270 pageviews2026-08-01 — 263 pageviews2026-08-05 — 253 pageviews2026-08-09 — 269 pageviews2026-08-13 — 260 pageviews2026-08-17 — 350 pageviews2026-08-21 — 230 pageviews2026-08-25 — 221 pageviews2026-08-29 — 247 pageviews2026-09-02 — 223 pageviews2026-09-06 — 599 pageviews2026-09-10 — 246 pageviews2026-09-14 — 240 pageviews2026-09-18 — 277 pageviews2026-09-22 — 263 pageviews2026-09-26 — 234 pageviews2026-09-30 — 221 pageviews2026-10-04 — 266 pageviews2026-10-07 — 208 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7002026-09-30 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 1 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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-03-23 (Steam store data)

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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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