Released Dec 4, 2012 $19.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Far Cry 3

By Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft Shanghai · published by Ubisoft

Open World FPS Action Adventure Multiplayer Shooter Stealth Co-op First-PersonHuntingSingleplayerStory Rich

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Reviews 124k Very Positive

Players yesterday 488 at the busiest moment

Owners 2M–5M estimated

Far Cry 3 is a game tagged Open World, FPS and Action by Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft Shanghai, released Dec 4, 2012. It has 124,259 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 2M–5M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Far Cry® 4, Far Cry® 2 and Far Cry® New Dawn.

Stranded on the Rook Islands as Jason Brody, fight your way through a lawless tropical open world using a powerful arsenal to save your friends and escape the madness of this acclaimed visceral FPS.

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Far Cry® 4 88% match · Open World, FPS, Action
Far Cry® 2 88% match · Open World, FPS, Action
Far Cry® New Dawn 86% match · Open World, FPS, Action
Far Cry® 81% match · Open World, FPS, Action
Far Cry® 5 79% match · Open World, FPS, Action
Far Cry® Primal 79% match · Open World, FPS, Action
Far Cry® 6 78% match · Open World, FPS, Action
Homefront®: The Revolution 76% match · Open World, FPS, Action
Revengers 75% match · Open World, FPS, Action
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint 75% match · Open World, FPS, Action

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Far Cry 3 · record updated 2 hours ago

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Overview

App ID220240

Release dateDec 4, 2012

Last change number39743949

Last record update2 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft Shanghai
Publisher: Ubisoft
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Far Cry
Metacritic: 88
Website: farcrygame.com

Language	Interface	Full audio
English	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Portugal	Yes
Polish	Yes
Danish	Yes

All 17 languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Dutch	Yes
Norwegian	Yes
Swedish	Yes
Czech	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes		Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes		Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes		Yes

Windows

Steam Deck: Playable
Controller: Partial support

Single-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsPartial controller support

Prices

Price · US$19.99

On sale0 of 40regions right now

Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked18 hours agoin 40 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
13146413	public	Mar 5, 2024

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
17982	Far Cry 3	1	$19.99
338058	Far Cry 5 Gold Edition + Far Cry New Dawn Deluxe Edition Bundle	1	$129.99
80490 Bundle	Far Cry Villains	4	$152.96
5583 Bundle	Far Cry Franchise Bundle	8	$211.42

ID	Name	Price (US)
226451	Not on the store yet	—
226452	Not on the store yet	—
226453	Not on the store yet	—
226454	Not on the store yet	—
226457	Not on the store yet	—
226458	Not on the store yet	—
226459	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
220241	—	Windows	11.11 GB	8.56 GB	5896142001500010150
220242	— English	Windows	14.2 MB	6.8 MB	668508214988670452
220243	— French	Windows	14.2 MB	6.8 MB	8436900324818409435
220244	— Italian	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	1446238701376931089
220245	— German	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	2540975046130074424
220246	— Brazilian	Windows	1.9 MB	1.3 MB	90934089515212202
220247	— Spanish	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	3278778596397332424
220248	— Swedish	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	7502707974879090242
220249	— Dutch	Windows	7.2 MB	6.8 MB	3443261590545127881
220250	— Norwegian	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	6256856753241859048
220251	— Danish	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	3092477369987826489
220252	— Polish	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	1007747486412002922
220253	— Schinese	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	3502071805828553100
220254	— Tchinese	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	1263460290778726057
220255	— Koreana	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	7412199545536898917
220256	— Japanese	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	2375629037347470307
226451	— DLC 226451	Windows	168.0 MB	164.7 MB	8532199382147047194
226455	— Czech	Windows	474.4 KB	304.6 KB	2306901777804086020
226456	— Russian	Windows	7.1 MB	6.8 MB	3836955638345779953
226457	— DLC 226457	Windows	245.9 MB	208.2 MB	8756461153186112053
226458	— DLC 226458	Windows	28.7 MB	26.1 MB	2691887985151303283
1716751	—	All	252.0 MB	251.9 MB	8458906404271031972

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	13146413	Mar 5, 2024	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Far Cry 3

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
bin/FC3UpdaterSteam.exe	-uplay_steam_mode	Windows	Launch Far Cry 3

Achievements

Achievements440 hidden

Most unlocked20.4%First Blood

Rarest2%Heartless Pyro

First Blood Escape the pirates and survive in the wilderness. 20.4%
Hunter Hunted Lure and kill a predator. 16.3%
Magic Mushroom Return to the doctor with the cave mushrooms. 15.5%
Inked Up Earn 5 skill tattoos. 14.7%
Unheard Liberate an outpost without triggering an alarm. 13.9%
Artsy Craftsy Craft 5 upgrades for your equipment. 13.8%
Jungle Journal Unlock 50 entries in the Survival Guide. 13.2%
Rebel With a Cause Liberate 3 outposts. 13.1%
Worst Date Ever Escape the burning hotel. 13%
In Cold Blood Complete a WANTED Dead quest. 13%
Bagged and Tagged Complete a Path of the Hunter quest. 12.5%
One of Us Complete the Rakyat initiation. 12.2%
Island Paparazzi Tag 25 enemies using the camera (Single Player only). 11.9%
Money to Burn Spend $5000 at the shop. 11.4%
Road Trip Complete a Supply Drop quest. 11.4%
Hands Off My Stoner Rescue your friend before he is sold as a slave. 10.5%
Full Bars Activate 9 radio towers. 10.4%
Retake Wall Street Rescue your friend from torture. 9.6%

All 44 achievements

Have I Told You? Discover the definition of insanity. 9.3%
Taken for Granted Survive Vaas’s attack in the compound. 9.2%
Higher Than a Kite Reach the South Island alive. 9%
Poacher Hunt and skin a rare animal. 8.7%
Let the Trials Begin Beat any Trials of the Rakyat score. 8.3%
Needle Exchange Craft 25 syringes. 8.3%
Deep Cover Don’t blow cover during the interrogation. 7.9%
Poker Night Win the poker game. 7.5%
Love the Boom Kill 4 enemies simultaneously with one explosion (Single Player only). 7.4%
What a Trip Attend the final ceremony. 7.3%
Island Liberator Liberate all outposts. 5.3%
Never Saw it Coming Kill an enemy with a takedown from above from a glider, zipline or parachute (Single Player only). 5.1%
Fully Inked Earn every tattoo by learning all the skills. 3.7%
Memory to Spare Gather all the memory cards. 3.5%
Fearless or Stupid Dive more than 60m (Single Player only). 3.5%
Aftermarket Junkie Buy all attachments and paint jobs for one weapon. 3.3%
Poker Bully Win $1500 playing poker. 3.3%
Free Fall Freefall more than 100m and live (Single Player only). 3%
Toxophilite Kill a target from 70m or more with the bow (Single Player only). 3%
Improper Use Kill an enemy with the Repair Tool (Single Player only). 2.7%
Archeology 101 Gather a total of 60 relics. 2.6%
Rock Always Wins Fully distract 25 enemies with rocks (Single Player only). 2.6%
The Good Stuff Craft a Special syringe. 2.5%
Dead Letters Gather all "Letters of the Lost". 2.3%
Say Hi to the Internet Find the lost Hollywood star. 2.3%
Heartless Pyro Kill 50 enemies with the flamethrower (Single Player only). 2%