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Just Cause™ 3 cover art

Just Cause™ 3

Avalanche Studios · Square Enix · 2015-11-30

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 01, 2015 (Xbox One), Dec 01, 2015 (PlayStation 4)

With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable.

Just Cause™ 3 is a 2015 Action, Adventure game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 and a Very Positive (84% of 127993 reviews) sentiment.

808
playing now
84%
positive of 128k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
76/100
critic score (19 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (419 ratings)
31
Nexus mods (148k downloads)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (83,883 ratings)
28h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 40h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Just Cause 3 is a 2015 action-adventure game developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Square Enix's European subsidiary. It is the third game in the Just Cause series and the sequel to 2010's Just Cause 2. It was released worldwide in December 2015, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Trailer

Just Cause™ 3 trailer thumbnail

Just Cause 3 -- Firestarter Trailer | PS4

≈448,272 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 808 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,362 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~420/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2M–7.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 128,264 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-85%
GreenManGaming$3.00-85%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Fanatical (2020-04-20) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 42 of 63 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.3k2.3k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 301 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 493 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,146 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,746 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,772 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,296 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,841 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,426 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 969 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,228 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,132 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 953 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,403 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,400 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 883 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,250 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,125 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 847 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,180 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,200 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,563 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,425 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,866 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 865 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 952 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,520 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,123 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,092 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 795 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 839 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 819 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 727 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 729 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,266 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 814 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 657 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.4k3562026-09-14 19:00 — 745 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 365 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 510 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 809 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 492 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 452 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 715 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 431 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 454 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 916 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 564 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 356 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 656 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 498 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 550 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,147 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 691 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 515 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 810 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,007 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 824 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 833 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 1,118 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 808 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.7k707Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 8,687 · peak 23,459Apr 2016 — avg 1,392 · peak 3,009Aug 2016 — avg 1,863 · peak 4,198Dec 2016 — avg 3,264 · peak 7,112Apr 2017 — avg 1,348 · peak 2,883Aug 2017 — avg 1,922 · peak 4,239Dec 2017 — avg 2,575 · peak 7,121Apr 2018 — avg 2,056 · peak 5,081Aug 2018 — avg 2,504 · peak 5,721Dec 2018 — avg 3,034 · peak 5,620Apr 2019 — avg 1,439 · peak 3,152Aug 2019 — avg 1,668 · peak 3,437Dec 2019 — avg 1,770 · peak 3,605Apr 2020 — avg 2,448 · peak 7,349Aug 2020 — avg 1,511 · peak 3,302Dec 2020 — avg 1,290 · peak 2,334Apr 2021 — avg 1,108 · peak 2,323Aug 2021 — avg 2,004 · peak 4,472Dec 2021 — avg 1,263 · peak 2,525Apr 2022 — avg 1,034 · peak 2,271Aug 2022 — avg 868 · peak 1,275Dec 2022 — avg 1,124 · peak 2,521Apr 2023 — avg 961 · peak 2,160Aug 2023 — avg 1,055 · peak 1,833Dec 2023 — avg 1,072 · peak 1,925Apr 2024 — avg 767 · peak 1,328Aug 2024 — avg 900 · peak 1,634Dec 2024 — avg 904 · peak 1,521Apr 2025 — avg 707 · peak 1,288Aug 2025 — avg 891 · peak 1,591Dec 2025 — avg 864 · peak 1,445Apr 2026 — avg 765 · peak 1,429Aug 2026 — avg 758 · peak 1,339
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
26262026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 22 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 10 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 7 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 8 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 6 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 9 new positive2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 12 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 8 new positive2026-10-08: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 11 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 14 new positive2026-10-12: 26 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 17 new positive2026-10-14: 8 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$2.402015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $49.992015-12-08 — best price $37.612016-02-05 — best price $43.612016-04-12 — best price $31.992016-06-28 — best price $35.942016-08-12 — best price $35.012016-11-29 — best price $59.992017-03-21 — best price $21.792017-08-01 — best price $20.002018-01-18 — best price $7.492018-05-24 — best price $7.502018-09-06 — best price $4.492019-01-23 — best price $3.822019-04-17 — best price $4.752019-08-08 — best price $19.992019-11-08 — best price $5.002020-01-19 — best price $9.972020-03-02 — best price $2.992020-06-01 — best price $17.992020-08-29 — best price $19.992020-11-20 — best price $19.992021-01-27 — best price $2.992021-03-25 — best price $2.992021-05-28 — best price $19.992021-08-19 — best price $19.992021-11-22 — best price $2.402022-03-28 — best price $19.992022-07-12 — best price $3.002023-02-10 — best price $3.002023-10-05 — best price $2.992024-04-04 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-12-06 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-21 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3141372026-06-01 — 174 pageviews2026-06-05 — 218 pageviews2026-06-09 — 184 pageviews2026-06-13 — 183 pageviews2026-06-17 — 145 pageviews2026-06-21 — 144 pageviews2026-06-25 — 192 pageviews2026-06-29 — 231 pageviews2026-07-03 — 187 pageviews2026-07-07 — 167 pageviews2026-07-11 — 160 pageviews2026-07-15 — 164 pageviews2026-07-19 — 165 pageviews2026-07-23 — 151 pageviews2026-07-27 — 180 pageviews2026-07-31 — 155 pageviews2026-08-04 — 177 pageviews2026-08-08 — 169 pageviews2026-08-12 — 203 pageviews2026-08-16 — 171 pageviews2026-08-20 — 165 pageviews2026-08-24 — 170 pageviews2026-08-28 — 219 pageviews2026-09-01 — 200 pageviews2026-09-05 — 173 pageviews2026-09-09 — 179 pageviews2026-09-13 — 183 pageviews2026-09-17 — 162 pageviews2026-09-21 — 173 pageviews2026-09-25 — 186 pageviews2026-09-29 — 137 pageviews2026-10-03 — 178 pageviews2026-10-07 — 150 pageviews2026-10-11 — 200 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

69402026-09-30 18:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
81.9%
earned "Enjoy Your Homecoming"
13.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSubtitle Options12 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 12 DLC released, first 2015-12-01, latest 2017-07-20 (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

Co-opFunnyActionPhysicsSandboxShooterAdventureOpen WorldAtmosphericDestruction

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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