Far Cry® 2
Open-world first-person shooter where fire, malaria, and factions shape combat
Ubisoft Montreal · Published by Ubisoft · Released Oct 22, 2008
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 19K
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 66% of 107 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 81
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)
What is Far Cry® 2?
An open-world first-person shooter set in a war-torn African state. As a malaria-stricken mercenary, you work for rival factions, travel between missions, and fight with guns, vehicles, stealth, explosives, and spreading fire while pursuing a primary target. It includes single-player and multiplayer modes.
For you if...
- +you want a hostile, lightly guided open-world shooter
- +you value tactical combat with spreading fire and destructible terrain
- +you prefer a harsh war story over heroic power fantasy
Not for you if...
- −you dislike repeated driving and respawning roadside checkpoints
- −you want a forgiving shooter with minimal friction
- −you expect reliable weapons and few survival pressures
What players say
76% of 18,781 reviews are positive · 66% of 107 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise the harsh atmosphere, spreading fire, gunplay, and combat systems. Their main complaint is instability on modern hardware: crashes, progression bugs, and physics problems often require frame-rate limits or community fixes, with some players reporting corrupted saves.
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Far Cry® 2 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- Processor
- Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
- Graphics
- 256 MB, Shader Model 3 required, NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better*
- Memory
- 1 GB
- Storage
- 3.5 GB (Multiple saves and user created maps will increase the amount of needed hard disk space.)
Recommended
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
- Graphics
- 512 MB, NVidia 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Age rating
- 17+
Steam Deck: Playable
- The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
- 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
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain.
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