Unique, immersive Stone Age setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The hand-crafted stone age environment is so well realised, you'd be hard-pressed to find a more immersive open world to explore and play in.”
Steam review · 176.5 h played ↗
Far Cry® Primal
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Ubisoft2016Survival · Action · Adventure
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A unique Stone Age Far Cry with beast taming and a gorgeous, immersive world, but it keeps the repetitive Ubisoft loop. Skip it if you hate grinding or Ubisoft Connect logins.
Great for
Far Cry fans wanting something different: exploring a prehistoric world, taming beasts and trying survival mode
Main risk
Ubisoft Connect login/launch problems, or boredom from repetitive missions and resource grinding
What players love
Beast taming and animal companions
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Taming apex predators to act as both your shield and your mount never gets old, and it remains the undisputed star of the experience.”
Steam review · 41.6 h played ↗
Beautiful graphics that still hold up
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Visually, I have to say the game looks truly phenomenal for a 2016 title”
Steam review · 22 h played ↗
Refreshing change from the usual Far Cry
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it surprised me by fully committing to its prehistoric world instead of simply reskinning the usual formula.”
Steam review · 30.2 h played ↗
Survival mode and crafting add challenge
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“survival mode makes everything more meaningful, there are less animals and less enemies, feels more realistic with a less crowded world, and no mini map”
Steam review · 16.3 h played ↗
Reconstructed prehistoric language and detail
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Not a lot of devteams would invest in hiring master linguists to develop a historically accurate caveman dialect of PIE (Proto-Indu European) for a mainline spinoff, but they did, and I appreciate that.”
Steam review · 68.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Ubisoft Connect launcher and account problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Why do I need to log into your disfunctional third party launcher when I have this game on steam?”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Repetitive missions and grinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“All the missions feel identical: go there, punch some enemies, go there and press F to investigate, go there and hunt an animal.”
Steam review · 54.8 h played ↗
Crashes, freezes and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Game freezes every minute for over 10 sec. So it's unplayable.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Weak, boring story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the world and the characters are incredibly dull. It's cave people with cave people priorities: food, shelter, and punching other cave people.”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗
Clunky, basic combat and weak AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The melee combat is REALLY basic, with no blocking or dodging mechanics.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Frustrating boss and spirit-animal fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“the end bossfight w batari in this game is unacceptably bad outright pitiful design”
Steam review · 30.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-550 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 or equivalent
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 5770 (1GB VRAM) or equivalent
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i7-2600K | AMD FX-8350 or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD Radeon R9 280X or equivalent
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-550 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 or equivalent
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 5770 (1GB VRAM) or equivalent
Storage20 GB available space
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