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Far Cry 4

Catalogue entry · not reviewed · store data read 30 August 2026

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.

First-Person Shooter Action Adventure

Player score

8.5/10

73,512 reviews

Released: 2014
Developer: Ubisoft Toronto
Platforms: 5 systems
Critics: 80
Steam Deck: unsupported
Download: 30 GB

We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is Far Cry 4?

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.

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released	18 November 2014
Developer	Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Kyiv, Red Storm Entertainment
Publisher	Not recorded
Platforms	PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Genres	First-Person Shooter, Action Adventure
Languages	18 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q15992359, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was Far Cry 4 received?

Players85%positive of 73,512 · Very Positive

Metacritic80critic aggregate, PC

Achievements57on Steam

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

Accessibility

1 declared features

Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

What does it support?

Technical support
Capability	Support
Controller	partial support
Cloud saves	No
Cross-platform play	No
Mod support	No official workshop
Online play	Single-player only
In-game purchases	No
Steam Deck	unsupported
Download size	30 GB
Add-on content	5 DLC listed
Age gate	17+

Content descriptors

Frequent violence or gore
General mature content

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

$29.99

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Problems players report

We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Far Cry 4 on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

Crashes and freezes30 of 300 (10%)
Freezing (cannot kill the game), no sound, full screen issues when switching between Windows and (this beta version of) the game.
Steam review, 29 June 2026 · 3 hours played · 3 readers marked it helpful
Crashes, unskippable logos, takes forever to even reach the main menu...
Steam review, 2 July 2026 · 1 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpful
Performance and stutter14 of 300 (5%)
I'm quite tolerant of Ubisoft's shenanigans, especially 7th gen Ubisoft before their games turned into a lecture, but since they added achievements to the older FC games, they've all become stuttering messes.
Steam review, 18 June 2026 · 75 hours played · 4 readers marked it helpful
This game ran terribly and didn't even fully utilize my GPU, no matter what I did it only used 30% of my GPU resulting in low frame rate.
Steam review, 3 July 2026 · 1 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpful
Will not launch or install9 of 300 (3%)
This game stays on a black screen on gaming mode and/or crashes on desktop mode on Linux.
Steam review, 6 July 2026 · 0 hours played · 1 readers marked it helpful
Great game, but doesn't run well on my Linux system.
Steam review, 13 August 2026 · 70 hours played

A further 9 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.

Games like Far Cry 4

24 games overlap with Far Cry 4 on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Far Cry 3, Far Cry Primal and Far Cry 5.

All 24 games like Far Cry 4

Common questions about Far Cry 4

What platforms is Far Cry 4 on?

Far Cry 4 is available on PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One. It first released in 2014.

How much does Far Cry 4 cost?

$29.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.

Do players recommend Far Cry 4?

85% of 73,512 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

What is the Metacritic score for Far Cry 4?

80 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.

Does Far Cry 4 work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates Far Cry 4 as unsupported on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.

How big is the Far Cry 4 download?

30 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.