Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Far Cry Primal (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Far Cry Primal 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 Primal is tagged Open World, Survival, Action, Adventure, Hunting, First-Person, Singleplayer, Open World Survival Craft 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.
- 2 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 6 are from the same studio: Far Cry 4, Far Cry 3, Far Cry 5, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Far Cry New Dawn, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
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 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-OpExploration
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Far Cry 3
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Red Storm Entertainment; both open world, survival, stealth and atmospheric; shares 9 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Stealth; released around the same time (2012).
Stranded on the Rook Islands as Jason Brody, fight your way through a lawless tropical open world using a powerful arsenal to save your friends and escape the madness of this acclaimed visceral FPS.
Far Cry 3 at a glance Released 2012 Studio Red Storm Entertainment Player sentiment 88% positive of 133,189 Price $19.99 FPSShooterStealthFirst-PersonHuntingSurvivalOnline Co-OpCrafting
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Far Cry 5
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Ubisoft Kyiv; both open world, survival, stealth and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Exploration; released around the same time (2018).
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 FPSShooterExplorationFirst-PersonHuntingStealthSurvival
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Ubisoft Toronto; both stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 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-OpFPSStrategyFirst-PersonRPGMature
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, Stealth and FPS; released around the same time (2017).
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-OpSurvivalStrategyFirst-Person
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Far Cry New Dawn
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Ubisoft Montreal; both open world, survival and stealth; shares 8 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Shooter; released around the same time (2019).
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-OpStealthSurvivalRPGAction RPG
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Aliens vs. Predator
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including FPS, Shooter and First-Person.
Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.
Aliens vs. Predator at a glance Released 2010 Studio Rebellion Player sentiment 91% positive of 21,551 Price $1.49 FPSShooterFirst-PersonStealthSurvivalHuntingOnline Co-OpStrategy
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Tom Clancy's The Division
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; 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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Tom Clancy’s The Division
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; 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 Massive Entertainment Player sentiment 71% positive of 96,713 Price $29.99 ShooterRPGOnline Co-OpSurvivalFPSStealth
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Homefront: The Revolution
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth and atmospheric; shares 7 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-OpStealthSurvivalCrafting
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Fallout 4 VR
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth and atmospheric; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Shooter and Survival; released around the same time (2017).
Fallout 4, the legendary post-apocalyptic adventure from Bethesda Game Studios and winner of more than 200 ‘Best Of’ awards, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year, comes in its entirety to VR.
Fallout 4 VR at a glance Released 2017 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 60% positive of 8,760 Price $59.99 RPGShooterSurvivalFPSFirst-PersonSexual ContentStealth
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Witch It
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Online Co-Op, Survival and Stealth; released around the same time (2020).
Witch It is a multiplayer hide & seek game set in a vibrant, magical world. Brave hunters seek hidden witches that curse their villages!
Witch It at a glance Released 2020 Studio Barrel Roll Games Player sentiment 89% positive of 19,870 Price $19.99 Online Co-OpSurvivalStealthFirst-PersonStrategy
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Will To Live Online
Why it matched: both open world, survival and atmospheric; shares 8 player tags including Survival, Open World Survival Craft and FPS; released around the same time (2018).
Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.
Will To Live Online at a glance Released 2018 Studio AlphaSoft LLC Player sentiment 69% positive of 18,389 Price Free SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftFPSShooterFirst-PersonCraftingRPGExploration
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Dying Light
Why it matched: both open world, survival and stealth; shares 7 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-PersonSurvivalOpen World Survival CraftFPSStealthAction RPG
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Metro Exodus
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including FPS, First-Person and Survival; released around the same time (2020).
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 FPSFirst-PersonSurvivalShooterStealthExploration
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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Ubisoft Romania; both open world, stealth and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Stealth, Exploration and RPG; released around the same time (2013).
Discover Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, the classic pirate action-adventure game from 2013. Command your ship, hunt Templars and carve your legend as Edward Kenway across the Caribbean's Golden Age of Piracy.
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag at a glance Released 2013 Studio Ubisoft Romania Player sentiment 88% positive of 78,523 Price $39.99 StealthExplorationRPGMatureAction RPG
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Dead by Daylight
Why it matched: both survival, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Online Co-Op, Survival and Stealth; released around the same time (2016).
10 years of horror. 10 years of jump scares and close calls. 10 years of brutal sacrifices and thrilling escapes. Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.
Dead by Daylight at a glance Released 2016 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 78% positive of 931,065 Price $7.99 Online Co-OpSurvivalStealthFirst-PersonStrategyMature
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We Happy Few
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Survival, First-Person and Stealth; released around the same time (2018).
From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.
We Happy Few at a glance Released 2018 Studio Compulsion Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 13,772 Price $59.99 SurvivalFirst-PersonStealthExplorationCraftingMature
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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Stealth; released around the same time (2013).
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 takes the bulls-eye precision of its predecessor to new and exciting heights!
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 at a glance Released 2013 Studio City Interactive Player sentiment 76% positive of 18,757 Price $9.99 FPSShooterStealthFirst-PersonStrategyOnline Co-Op
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Why it matched: both open world, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Stealth, Shooter and FPS; released around the same time (2012).
In Ghost Recon Future Soldier join an elite team of highly trained, cut-throat special-ops soldiers. Armed to the teeth with unrivalled combat technology, Ghost Recon takes you to the globe’s most deadly warzones to hunt down the highest value targets.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier at a glance Released 2012 Studio Ubisoft Paris Player sentiment 71% positive of 6,170 Price $19.99 StealthShooterFPSOnline Co-OpStrategyFirst-Person
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Crysis
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Stealth.
The classic first person shooter from Crytek is back with the action-packed gameplay, sandbox world, and thrilling epic battles you loved the first time around – now with remastered graphics optimized for a new generation of hardware.
Crysis at a glance Released 2007 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 77% positive of 17,705 Price $10.49 FPSShooterStealthFirst-PersonSurvival
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Crysis Remastered
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including FPS, Shooter and Stealth.
The classic first person shooter from Crytek is back with the action-packed gameplay, sandbox world, and thrilling epic battles you loved the first time around – now with remastered graphics optimized for a new generation of hardware.
Crysis Remastered at a glance Released 2021 Studio Crytek Player sentiment 77% positive of 17,722 Price $10.49 FPSShooterStealthFirst-PersonSurvival
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Rise of the Tomb Raider
Why it matched: both open world, survival, stealth and atmospheric; shares 5 player tags including Exploration, 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 ExplorationSurvivalStealthShooterRPG
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theHunter: Call of the Wild
Why it matched: both open world, survival and stealth; shares 7 player tags including Hunting, Stealth and FPS; released around the same time (2017).
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 HuntingStealthFPSSurvivalOnline Co-OpFirst-PersonShooter
Common questions
What game is most like Far Cry Primal?
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 Primal" 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 Primal. 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 Primal do?
Far Cry 4, Far Cry 3, Far Cry 5, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Far Cry New Dawn, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag are also from Ubisoft Kyiv, 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.