Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Far Cry 3 (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Far Cry 3 on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Far Cry 4, which made by the same studio, Ubisoft Toronto.
- Far Cry 3 is tagged Open World, FPS, Action, Adventure, Multiplayer, Shooter, Stealth, Co-op by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 5 are from the same studio: Far Cry 4, Far Cry Primal, Far Cry 5, Far Cry New Dawn, Tom Clancy's The Division.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Far Cry 4
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Ubisoft Toronto; both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 11 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2014).
Fight to liberate a war-torn Himalayan region in this open world FPS. Wield a deadly arsenal, dominate land and sky with gyrocopters and war elephants, and take on enemy territory solo or in co-op.
Far Cry 4 at a glance Released 2014 Studio Ubisoft Toronto Player sentiment 85% positive of 73,512 Price $29.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonStealthHuntingSurvivalOnline Co-OpStory Rich
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Far Cry Primal
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Ubisoft Kyiv; both open world, survival, stealth and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including Survival, Hunting and First-Person; released around the same time (2016).
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.
Far Cry Primal at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ubisoft Kyiv Player sentiment 86% positive of 41,126 Price $29.99 SurvivalHuntingFirst-PersonCraftingFPSStealthShooterRPG
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Far Cry 5
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Ubisoft Kyiv; both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Story Rich.
Fight a fanatical cult in this open world FPS. Engage in intense combat, free hostile territory, recruit loyal followers and animal allies, and liberate Hope County solo or in full 2-player co-op.
Far Cry 5 at a glance Released 2018 Studio Ubisoft Kyiv Player sentiment 81% positive of 188,832 Price $59.99 FPSShooterStory RichFirst-PersonHuntingStealthSurvival
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Far Cry New Dawn
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Ubisoft Montreal; both open world, survival, stealth and story-rich; shares 8 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Shooter.
Dive into a transformed vibrant post-apocalyptic Hope County, Montana, 17 years after a global nuclear catastrophe. Lead the fight against the Highwaymen, as they seek to take over the last remaining resources.
Far Cry New Dawn at a glance Released 2019 Studio Ubisoft Montreal Player sentiment 75% positive of 35,068 Price $39.99 FPSFirst-PersonShooterOnline Co-OpStealthStory RichSurvivalRPG
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Homefront: The Revolution
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2016).
Homefront®: The Revolution is an open-world first person shooter where you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.
Homefront: The Revolution at a glance Released 2016 Studio Dambuster Studios Player sentiment 61% positive of 17,128 Price $19.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonOnline Co-OpStealthSurvivalCraftingStory Rich
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Metro: Last Light
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Story Rich and First-Person; released around the same time (2013).
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
Metro: Last Light at a glance Released 2013 Studio 4A Games Player sentiment 91% positive of 81,499 Price $19.99 FPSStory RichFirst-PersonShooterStealthSurvivalNudity
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Far Cry 2
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2008).
You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to make this country your home. You must identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses, neutralizing their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion,...
Far Cry 2 at a glance Released 2008 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 76% positive of 18,720 Price $9.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonSandboxStealthSurvivalStory Rich
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Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Stealth; released around the same time (2011).
Aliens are decimating New York City, only you have the technology to survive. Be The Weapon.
Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition at a glance Released 2011 Studio Crytek Studios Player sentiment 85% positive of 13,866 Price $29.99 FPSShooterStealthFirst-PersonStory RichSurvivalRPG
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Far Cry
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
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.
Far Cry at a glance Released 2004 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 82% positive of 11,764 Price $9.99 FPSShooterFirst-PersonStealthStory RichSandboxSurvival
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Tom Clancy's The Division
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Ubisoft Reflections; both open world, survival, stealth and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Shooter, RPG and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2016).
A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.
Tom Clancy's The Division at a glance Released 2016 Studio Ubisoft Reflections Player sentiment 71% positive of 96,706 Price $29.99 ShooterRPGOnline Co-OpSurvivalFPSStealth
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Fallout: New Vegas
Why it matched: both open world, survival, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Story Rich and First-Person; released around the same time (2010).
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Fallout: New Vegas at a glance Released 2010 Studio Obsidian Entertainment Player sentiment 96% positive of 261,194 Price $9.99 RPGStory RichFirst-PersonFPSSurvivalSandboxShooter
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Rise of the Tomb Raider
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Survival and Stealth; released around the same time (2015).
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration includes the base game and Season Pass featuring all-new content. Explore Croft Manor in the new “Blood Ties” story, then defend it against a zombie invasion in “Lara’s Nightmare”.
Rise of the Tomb Raider at a glance Released 2015 Studio Crystal Dynamics Player sentiment 94% positive of 155,369 Price $4.49 Story RichSurvivalStealthShooterRPG
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Fallout 4
Why it matched: both open world, survival, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Shooter and First-Person; released around the same time (2015).
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Fallout 4 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 81% positive of 428,604 Price $19.99 RPGShooterFirst-PersonStory RichFPSSandboxSurvival
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Metro Exodus
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Story Rich and First-Person.
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
Metro Exodus at a glance Released 2020 Studio 4A Games Player sentiment 90% positive of 135,440 Price $29.99 FPSStory RichFirst-PersonSurvivalShooterStealth
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Mafia III
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Story Rich, Shooter and Nudity; released around the same time (2016).
After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.
Mafia III at a glance Released 2016 Studio Aspyr Player sentiment 57% positive of 64,036 Price $29.99 Story RichShooterNudityStealthSandboxFPS
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Dishonored
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, First-Person and Story Rich; released around the same time (2012).
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Dishonored at a glance Released 2012 Studio Arkane Studios Player sentiment 98% positive of 88,064 Price $9.99 StealthFirst-PersonStory RichFPSRPGShooter
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Dying Light
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth and story-rich; shares 6 player tags including Online Co-Op, First-Person and Survival; released around the same time (2015).
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Dying Light at a glance Released 2015 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 95% positive of 494,569 Price $24.99 Online Co-OpFirst-PersonSurvivalFPSStealthStory Rich
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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Shooter.
America, 1961. The assassination of Nazi General Deathshead was a short-lived victory. The Nazis maintain their stranglehold on the world. You are BJ Blazkowicz, aka “Terror-Billy,” member of the Resistance, scourge of the Nazi empire, and humanity’s last hope for liberty.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus at a glance Released 2017 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 81% positive of 49,468 Price $39.99 FPSFirst-PersonShooterStory RichNudityStealth
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, Stealth and FPS.
Lead your elite team of Ghosts in this tactical third-person shooter. Explore a massive open world, infiltrate and destroy the deadly Santa Blanca cartel, and save Bolivia and its people.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands at a glance Released 2017 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 78% positive of 113,815 Price $49.99 ShooterStealthFPSOnline Co-OpSurvivalSandboxFirst-Person
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The Evil Within
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 4 player tags including Survival, Stealth and Shooter; released around the same time (2014).
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
The Evil Within at a glance Released 2014 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 85% positive of 33,579 Price $19.99 SurvivalStealthShooterStory Rich
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The Evil Within 2
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Story Rich, Stealth and Survival.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
The Evil Within 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 92% positive of 30,959 Price $39.99 Story RichStealthSurvivalShooterFirst-Person
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Prey
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Story Rich.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Prey at a glance Released 2017 Studio Arkane Studios Player sentiment 91% positive of 54,539 Price $29.99 FPSFirst-PersonStory RichStealthRPG
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Why it matched: both stealth, story-rich and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Shooter and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2013).
In this stealth-action thriller, a terrorist group known as the Engineers launches the Blacklist, a series of escalating attacks on US interests. Only one man can stop them: legendary covert agent Sam Fisher.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist at a glance Released 2013 Studio Ubisoft Toronto Player sentiment 79% positive of 21,615 Price $19.99 StealthShooterOnline Co-OpStory RichFPSFirst-PersonRPG
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theHunter: Call of the Wild
Why it matched: both open world, survival and stealth; shares 8 player tags including Hunting, Stealth and FPS.
Discover an atmospheric hunting game like no other in this realistic, stunning open world – regularly updated in collaboration with the community. Immerse yourself in the single player campaign, or share the ultimate hunting experience with friends.
theHunter: Call of the Wild at a glance Released 2017 Studio Expansive Worlds Player sentiment 89% positive of 202,234 Price Free HuntingStealthFPSSandboxSurvivalOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonShooter
Common questions
What game is most like Far Cry 3?
Far Cry 4, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Ubisoft Toronto. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Far Cry 3" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Far Cry 3. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Far Cry 3 do?
Far Cry 4, Far Cry Primal, Far Cry 5, Far Cry New Dawn, Tom Clancy's The Division are also from Red Storm Entertainment, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.