Memorable Seed family villains and story
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“FC 5 has The Father. Who's absolutely amazing as main antagonist!”
Steam review · 93.6 h played ↗
Far Cry® 5
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Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%Ubisoft Montreal, Red Storm, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Kiev2018FPS · Shooter · Stealth
The verdict
A fun, polished open-world Far Cry with a gorgeous Montana setting, memorable villains and great co-op. Skip it if forced Ubisoft Connect, repetitive loops and forced kidnappings bother you.
Great for
Fans of open-world chaos, co-op with a friend, and atmospheric rural settings with memorable cult villains
Main risk
Mandatory Ubisoft Connect and account or co-op problems can stop you from playing at all
What players love
Beautiful, atmospheric Montana setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The Montana countryside, forests, rivers, mountains and small towns create an atmosphere that I could honestly spend hours just exploring.”
Steam review · 93.9 h played ↗
Fun, chaotic open-world gameplay with freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“You could liberate a cult outpost the hard way, by shooting it up on foot or doing it stealthy...or you could grab a chopper to blow it up in 10 seconds with rockets.”
Steam review · 28.6 h played ↗
Fun companions, fishing and hunting
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“a diabetic bear named Cheeseburger ate my enemies. 10/10 Bass Pro Shops Simulator”
Steam review · 33.9 h played ↗
Great co-op with a friend
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“if you're gonna pick this for co-op gameplay, 100% recommended.”
Steam review · 35.4 h played ↗
Great soundtrack and cult songs
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“the music is so good it'll be stuck in your head well after you've finished the game”
Steam review · 82.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Forced Ubisoft Connect and account problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Every time I want to open the game, it's a lottery whether clicking on play in steam will do anything.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Repetitive, boring gameplay and weak AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Kill/Loot, go to next place, Kill/Loot, go to next place. Repetitive and very boring”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
Weak story, villains and ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This game has the single worst ending of any game i have ever played.”
Steam review · 33.1 h played ↗
Broken co-op and server problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Me and my boyfriend were in the middle of a session when I got basically forced into the main menu and my save file started over”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
Forced kidnappings interrupt gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“The best part was when I got shot by bliss bullets while flying in a helicopter about half a kilometer off the ground because the story had to progress at that exact moment.”
Steam review · 20.7 h played ↗
Long loading on modern Intel CPUs
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Have to disable Hyperthreading because otherwise it takes forever (2 minutes or so) to load after dying.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable40 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD R9 270 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
Storage40 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD R9 290X (4GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
Storage40 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit versions only)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD R9 270 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
Storage40 GB available space
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