Far Cry® Primal
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ActionAdventureOpen WorldSurvivalHuntingFirst-PersonSingleplayer

208 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 502

Peak in the last 7 days: 644

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Game description

The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.

Basic info

DeveloperUbisoft
PublisherUbisoft
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateFeb 29, 2016
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-550 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 or equivalent
Memory4 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 5770 (1GB VRAM) or equivalent
Storage20 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 389 reviews from the past 1 year

80.7/ 100
Top 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (86%)

Metacritic: 74 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)

Swapping guns for spears and tamed beasts, this Stone Age open world shooter scores 80.7 across 389 analyzed reviews.

👍 Strengths

99 reviews say they enjoy it, and some find it hooks them from the first hours and holds on to the end. 84 praise an immersive prehistoric world with an atmosphere of brutal survival, and some describe the valley as truly alive. 54 admire the visuals, with some pointing to strong lighting and a hand crafted Stone Age landscape. Visuals & Sound ranks 487th of 1249, and Gameplay ranks 429th of 1396.

👎 Where it falls short

88 reviews find the missions repetitive, and some say outposts and side activities fall into the same few patterns after a while. 29 call the story weak, and some say the main quests feel like side quests with a forgettable protagonist and bosses. 18 take issue with the difficulty, some calling it too easy with heavy hand holding while others find the survival mode and permanent death punishing. Content Volume ranks 1072nd of 1351, and Story & World ranks 700th of 1096.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“Amazing time killer and good game overall” · 99 reviews
“repetitive mission structure and gameplay loop despite unique setting” · 88 reviews
“immersive prehistoric world with stunning graphics and atmosphere” · 84 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 60% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +3.07 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “beautiful open world with lots of stuff to do” · 21 reviews

Progression 20% · Difficulty 19% · Onboarding 5% · Strategy 21% · Controls & feel 18%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 63% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.69 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “immersive prehistoric world with stunning graphics and atmosphere” · 84 reviews
Negative “setting feels generic and immersion breaks due to modern Far Cry mechanics” · 1 review

Story 38% · Characters 12%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 45% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -2.23 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “repetitive mission structure and gameplay loop despite unique setting” · 88 reviews

Volume 17% · Replayability 4%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 39% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.30 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “graphics better than GTA V Enhanced with amazing optimization” · 54 reviews
Negative “visual cutscenes felt chopped with clipping and out of place” · 5 reviews

Audio 11%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +2.79 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 1% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 11% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.16 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “final boss is unacceptably bad design, tedious damage sponge” · 4 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 6% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 16% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.11 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “unstable on Windows 11 with frequent crashes every 15 minutes requiring workarounds” · 10 reviews
Positive “far less buggy than Far Cry 5 and 6” · 1 review

Performance 7% · Developer support 3%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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