Far Cry® overview

Overview

Far Cry® comes from Crytek Studios and is published by Ubisoft. It arrived on Steam on Apr 1, 2008, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Far Cry®'s latest SteamPulse observation recorded 63 players at 11 September 2026 - 21:53:26 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1,235. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 82% positive across 11,469 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Far Cry® is available in 2 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including esrb, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Far Cry® has sold up to 793,000 units and has 11,007 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $4,900,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Far Cry® overview details

Far Cry® combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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. A week ago, a brash female reporter named Valerie had offered him an incredible sum of cash to take her to this unspoiled paradise. Shortly after docking, however, Jack's boat was greeted by artillery fire from a mysterious militia group swarming about the island. With his boat destroyed, his money gone, and the gorgeous Valerie suddenly missing, Jack now finds himself facing an army of mercenaries amidst the wilds of the island, with nothing but a gun and his wits to survive. But the further he pushes into the lush jungle canopy, the stranger things become. Jack encounters an insider within the militia group who reveals the horrific details of the mercenaries' true intentions. He presents Jack with an unsettling choice: battle the deadliest mercenaries, or condemn the human race to a maniac's insidious agenda. Feel the Far Cry engine - The meticulously designed, next-generation Far Cry engine pushes the threshold of action gaming with proprietary Polybump mapping, advanced environment and character physics, destructible terrain, dynamic lighting, motion-captured animation, and total surround sound. Unparalleled long-range gunplay - Battle to the ends of the earth with Far Cry's utterly unique, 800-meter scalable view system. Lock onto enemies from a distance with motion-sensing binoculars. Then choose your style of attack - from long-rang…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Far Cry® is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action. SteamPulse's latest observation records 63 players at 11 September 2026 - 21:53:26 UTC, a tracked peak of 1,235, and 82% positive reviews.

Overview tags

FPSActionClassicShooterOpen WorldFirst-PersonSingleplayerDifficultStealthMultiplayerAdventureAtmosphericStory RichSci-fiHorror

Content descriptors

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.

Support and legal notes

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.