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Cruelty Squad vs Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon

Cruelty Squad is an FPS horror game from Consumer Softproducts (2021) while Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon is an FPS open-world game from Ubisoft Montreal (2013).

Cruelty Squad

2021 · Consumer Softproducts

8.1GamingPickz Score

$19.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon

2013 · Ubisoft Montreal

7.6GamingPickz Score

$14.99

Steam: Very Positive

What each one is

Steam files Cruelty Squad under FPS and Horror. In contrast, it files Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon under FPS and Open-World.

Cruelty Squad

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Description from its Steam store page

Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon

Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter.Welcome to an 80’s vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Cruelty SquadFar Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
GamingPickz Score8.1/107.6/10
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (96%, 24,888)Very Positive (87%, 19,720)
Critic aggregateNo aggregate81/100
Price$19.99$14.99
Install size0.98 GB
Steam Deckunsupportedplayable
Released20212013
DeveloperConsumer SoftproductsUbisoft Montreal

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Cruelty Squad vs Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Cruelty SquadFPS horror game
    Far Cry 3 - Blood DragonFPS open-world game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Cruelty SquadCapitalism, Surreal, Immersive Sim
    Far Cry 3 - Blood DragonFPS, 1980s, Comedy

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Cruelty SquadScore 8.1 · 96% on Steam
    Far Cry 3 - Blood DragonScore 7.6 · 87% on Steam · 81 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Cruelty Squad24,888 reviews · 1 add-on · 0.98 GB
    Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon19,720 reviews

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Cruelty Squad$19.99
    Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon$14.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Cruelty SquadUnsupported
    Far Cry 3 - Blood DragonPlayable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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2 games have both

01000100PlayersPopularityFar Cry 3 - Blood Dragon

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Cruelty Squad (GamingPickz Score 8.1)
  • The cheaper right now: Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon ($14.99)
  • Better on a Steam Deck: Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon (playable)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

FPSShooterCyberpunkFirst-PersonStealthActionRetroPost-apocalyptic

Where they differ

Cruelty Squad is also

CapitalismSurrealImmersive SimPsychological HorrorPsychedelicDark Humor

Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon is also

1980sComedyOpen WorldGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerAdventure

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Cruelty Squad is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Cruelty SquadFar Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
Minimum GPUNvidia Geforce GTX 1050512 MB
Minimum CPUIntel Core i7-7700HQ 2.8GHz2.66 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo E6700
Minimum RAM2 GB2 GB
Install size0.98 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Cruelty Squad · Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Cruelty Squad and 1 for Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Cruelty Squad and Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon in scope?

Cruelty Squad has drawn 24,888 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 0.98 GB. Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon has drawn 19,720 Steam reviews.

Is Cruelty Squad or Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Cruelty Squad rates higher (8.1 to 7.6). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Cruelty Squad or Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon?

Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon is cheaper right now at $14.99, against $19.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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