Far Cry®
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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Overall Score / 100
8.2/10
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About This Game
Far Cry® is a action game designed for single-player, developed by Crytek Studios and released in 2008. With an estimated 771,000 copies sold, it is considered a commercially strong title on Steam. With 11.2k reviews on Steam, it stands as one of the more actively reviewed titles on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 82.0/100 — a strong reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 13.3 hours, with side content bringing that to 15.46 hours, and a completionist run can reach 19.48 hours. Players commonly describe it as FPS, Action, Classic, Shooter and Open World.
Playtime Estimates
13.3h
🎯 Main Story
15.46h
⭐ Main + Sides
19.48h
💯 Completionist
Based on 21 player submissions
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Game Information
Release Date
April 1, 2008
Developer
Crytek Studios
Publisher
Ubisoft
Platforms
Windows
Price
$9.99
Analytics & Metrics
Copies Sold (VISE)
770.9K
(616.7K 925.1K) VRI ScoreLearning
68.5
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Genres & Categories
Genres
Action
Categories
Single-player
Family Sharing
Tags
FPS
Action
Classic
Shooter
Open World
First-Person
Singleplayer
Difficult
Stealth
Multiplayer
Adventure
Atmospheric
Story Rich
Sci-fi
Horror
Sandbox
Great Soundtrack
Co-op
Survival
Zombies
Supported Languages
Text Only
English
French
System Requirements
🪟 Windows
Minimum
Recommended
Minimum:
- Supported OS: Windows® 2000/XP (only)
- Processor: AMD Athlon™ 1 GHz or Pentium® III 1 GHz
- Memory: 256 MB
- Graphics: 64 MB DirectX® 9.0b-compliant graphics card (see supported list*)
- Sound: DirectX 9.0b compliant PCI card (Sound Blaster Audigy series recommended)
- DirectX: DirectX 9.0b or higher
- Hard Disk Space: 4 GB
- Multiplay: Broadband with 64 Kbps upstream (512 Kbps upstream to host 8 players)
- Mouse/Keyboard: Windows compatible mouse and keyboard required
Recommended:
- Supported OS: Windows 2000/XP (only)
- Processor: AMD Athlon 2-3 GHz or Pentium 4 2-3 GHz
- Memory: 512-1024 MB
- Sound: Sound Blaster® Audigy® series (see supported list*)
- Graphics: 128 MB GeForce™ 4 128 MB to GeForce FX 5950; ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT
- *Supported video cards at time of retail release: NVIDIA GeForce 2/3/4/FX families ( NVIDIA based cards must have ForceWare drivers 53.03 or later; GeForce 2 and GeForce 4 MX cards do not support all graphics features). ATI Radeon 8500/9000 families (ATI Radeon 9500-9800 XT recommended; ATI-based cards must have Catalyst drivers 3.9 or higher). Laptop models of the listed cards are not fully supported. For an up-to-date list of supported chipsets, video cards, and operating systems, please visit the FAQ for this game at: .
Legal Notice
© 2004 Crytek. All Rights Reserved. Published by Ubisoft Entertainment. Far Cry, Ubisoft, ubi.com, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. CryEngine, Polybump and Crytek are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Crytek GmbH. All rights reserved.