Far Cry®

Buy82%

Very Positive · 12k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Crytek Studios · FPS · Apr 1, 2008

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Far Cry®?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 80 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Cheating: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 12k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
55% of themes are praise9% are divided36% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story feels very inspired by other FPS games at that time, especially Half-Life.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The whole surveying a base and then attacking it which became really popular for modern open world games works really well here too even with the non-open world linear structure.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
47 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I have to say that the graphics and music create an excellent atmosphere.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The audio design is good, the weapons sound and feel quite meaty, the only drawback would be the really Corny "Dude" style Voice Acting, that both the Protagonist (Jack Carver) and the grunts you face kind of use (Although I will admit, can be amusing at times with how goofy it is).
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The enemy AI feels aggressive and unpredictable, and the sound design and atmosphere still manage to create tension even today.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Fourth, if you are recording videos of this game and you want it to be smooth, just do it in Windowed mode, you will get better FPS and your game will not Freeze while recording.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story68 reviews
Gameplay63 reviews
Graphics47 reviews
Combat41 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Performance9 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
67% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
71% still recommend
Bugs
61% still recommend
Cheating
17% still recommend
Crashes
73% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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