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
$2.99−70%
Lowest ever
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: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 71 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Cheating: 11 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
60% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews40% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
60 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.
58 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.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This game was obviously way ahead of its time and was one of the first games with decent 3D graphics.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
36 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.
10 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
Story60 reviews
Gameplay58 reviews
Graphics38 reviews
Combat36 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Performance10 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Difficulty
73% still recommend
Bugs
59% still recommend
Cheating
18% still recommend
Crashes
60% 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.

Lowest ever recorded
$2.99$9.99−70%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

6 points recordedtoday · $2.99

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