Released Apr 1, 2008 $9.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Far Cry®

By Crytek Studios · published by Ubisoft

FPS ActionClassicShooter Open World First-Person Singleplayer Difficult StealthMultiplayerAdventureAtmospheric

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Reviews 11,183 Very Positive

Players yesterday 50 at the busiest moment

Owners 2M–5M estimated

Far Cry® is a game tagged FPS, Action and Classic by Crytek Studios, released Apr 1, 2008. It has 11,183 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 2M–5M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Chaser, TRON 2.0 and Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000.

A tropical paradise seethes with hidden evil in Far Cry®, a cunningly detailed action shooter that pushes the boundaries of combat to shocking new levels. Freelance mariner Jack Carver is cursing the day he ever came to this island.

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Chaser 91% match · FPS, Action, Classic
TRON 2.0 87% match · FPS, Action, Classic
Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000 86% match · FPS, Action, Classic
Far Cry® 2 85% match · FPS, Action, Shooter
BioShock® 2 83% match · FPS, Action, Shooter
Redneck Rampage 82% match · FPS, Action, Classic
Freefall 3050AD 81% match · FPS, Action, Shooter
Far Cry 3 81% match · FPS, Action, Shooter
BioShock™ 81% match · FPS, Action, Classic
Singularity™ 80% match · FPS, Action, Classic

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Everything Steam lists for Far Cry® · record updated 20 hours ago

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Overview

App ID13520

Release dateApr 1, 2008

Last change number38733321

Last record update20 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Crytek Studios
Publisher: Ubisoft
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Far Cry
Metacritic: 89
Website: farcrygame.com

Steam Deck: Playable

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Build	Branch	Updated
252080	public	Oct 25, 2026

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ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
13521	—	All	1.58 GB	—	3398519126760686940
13522	—	All	1.18 GB	—	8589580670542872989
13523	—	All	822.2 MB	—	2377300152408370832
13524	— French	All	428.9 MB	—	3814605791113543967
13525	—	All	411.3 MB	—	5402160486968523353

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	252080	—	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/FarCry

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Bin32\FarCry.exe		All
Bin32\FarCryConfigurator.exe		All	Launch FarCry Config

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