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Far Cry®

Tropical first-person shooter with open areas and tactical combat

Crytek Studios · Published by Ubisoft · Released Apr 1, 2008

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Reviews
Very Positive
80% of 12K
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
72% of 101 in 30 days
Players
35
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
Unknown
no patch notes on Steam
Minimum PC
64 MB DirectX® 9.0b-compl…
0.3 GB RAM · 4 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 89/100 (critic reviews)

What is Far Cry®?

A single-player first-person action shooter set on a tropical island. As mariner Jack Carver, you cross indoor and outdoor areas, fighting mercenaries with close-range gunplay, long-range sniping, stealth, and vehicles while searching for missing reporter Valerie.

For you if...

  • +you like difficult, old-school single-player shooters
  • +you want tactical choices between stealth, sniping, and firefights
  • +you enjoy tropical jungle settings and campy action stories

Not for you if...

  • −you want a forgiving, evenly balanced campaign
  • −you mainly play shooters for multiplayer matches

What players say

80% of 12,236 reviews are positive · 72% of 101 in the last 30 days

Players praise the tropical environments, tactical freedom, and punchy gunplay. The most common complaints are extreme difficulty spikes and enemy AI that detects or shoots through cover, which players partly attribute to the included patch; several recommend a community fix.

Players over time

▼ -39% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 117 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Screenshots and trailer

Far Cry® screenshot 1

Far Cry® system requirements

Minimum: 64 MB DirectX® 9.0b-compl…, 0.3 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

Processor
AMD Athlon™ 1 GHz or Pentium® III 1 GHz
Graphics
64 MB DirectX® 9.0b-compliant graphics card (see supported list*)
Memory
256 MB
Storage
4 GB
DirectX
DirectX 9.0b or higher

Recommended

Processor
AMD Athlon 2-3 GHz or Pentium 4 2-3 GHz
Graphics
128 MB GeForce™ 4 128 MB to GeForce FX 5950; ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT
Memory
512-1024 MB

Does Far Cry® have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Far Cry® run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • The native resolution is not the default one
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing
Age rating
17+
Languages
Text only: English, French.

Does Far Cry® use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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