Far Cry 3 · Game information

1,442playing now

1,50324-hour peak

23,042all-time peak

1,017average, last 30 days

Last 30 daysAll timeLast four months

The last 30 days

+215Gain+26.78%% gain2,259Peak

716 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

Saturday 12 September 2026874 peakSunday 13 September 20261,014 peakMonday 14 September 2026763 peakTuesday 15 September 2026708 peakWednesday 16 September 2026694 peakThursday 17 September 2026729 peakFriday 18 September 20261,185 peakSaturday 19 September 20261,824 peakSunday 20 September 20262,232 peakMonday 21 September 20261,858 peakTuesday 22 September 20261,723 peakWednesday 23 September 20261,762 peakThursday 24 September 20261,827 peakFriday 25 September 20261,879 peakSaturday 26 September 20262,094 peakSunday 27 September 20262,259 peakMonday 28 September 20261,799 peakTuesday 29 September 20261,717 peakWednesday 30 September 20261,649 peakThursday 01 October 20261,717 peakFriday 02 October 20261,761 peakSaturday 03 October 20262,056 peakSunday 04 October 20262,108 peakMonday 05 October 20261,626 peakTuesday 06 October 20261,614 peakWednesday 07 October 20261,536 peakThursday 08 October 20261,591 peakFriday 09 October 20261,545 peakSaturday 10 October 20261,702 peakSunday 11 October 20261,690 peakMonday 12 October 20261,479 peak

Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

168 months, November 2012 to October 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

November 20128,934 monthly peakDecember 201218,451 monthly peakJanuary 201319,798 monthly peakFebruary 20136,478 monthly peakMarch 201310,628 monthly peakApril 20135,743 monthly peakMay 20133,330 monthly peakJune 20132,256 monthly peakJuly 20135,420 monthly peakAugust 20132,888 monthly peakSeptember 20134,275 monthly peakOctober 20131,932 monthly peakNovember 20132,780 monthly peakDecember 201319,260 monthly peakJanuary 201417,099 monthly peakFebruary 201420,115 monthly peakMarch 20148,162 monthly peakApril 20142,978 monthly peakMay 20142,787 monthly peakJune 201420,606 monthly peakJuly 201411,004 monthly peakAugust 20144,594 monthly peakSeptember 20143,216 monthly peakOctober 20143,153 monthly peakNovember 201423,042 monthly peakDecember 20149,819 monthly peakJanuary 20156,812 monthly peakFebruary 20153,503 monthly peakMarch 20156,907 monthly peakApril 20155,608 monthly peakMay 20152,539 monthly peakJune 20153,402 monthly peakJuly 20151,908 monthly peakAugust 20151,604 monthly peakSeptember 20151,600 monthly peakOctober 20154,462 monthly peakNovember 20151,913 monthly peakDecember 20152,211 monthly peakJanuary 20163,550 monthly peakFebruary 20163,246 monthly peakMarch 20165,496 monthly peakApril 20163,196 monthly peakMay 20161,504 monthly peakJune 20162,298 monthly peakJuly 20163,037 monthly peakAugust 20164,975 monthly peakSeptember 20161,917 monthly peakOctober 20161,369 monthly peakNovember 20163,004 monthly peakDecember 20163,063 monthly peakJanuary 20173,094 monthly peakFebruary 20171,545 monthly peakMarch 20174,016 monthly peakApril 20171,807 monthly peakMay 20171,545 monthly peakJune 20171,868 monthly peakJuly 20171,886 monthly peakAugust 2017957 monthly peakSeptember 2017940 monthly peakOctober 2017964 monthly peakNovember 20171,728 monthly peakDecember 20172,029 monthly peakJanuary 20184,493 monthly peakFebruary 20182,755 monthly peakMarch 20183,190 monthly peakApril 20183,110 monthly peakMay 20182,087 monthly peakJune 20182,960 monthly peakJuly 20181,766 monthly peakAugust 20181,924 monthly peakSeptember 20181,921 monthly peakOctober 2018848 monthly peakNovember 20181,589 monthly peakDecember 20181,415 monthly peakJanuary 20191,799 monthly peakFebruary 20191,436 monthly peakMarch 20191,489 monthly peakApril 2019922 monthly peakMay 2019979 monthly peakJune 2019828 monthly peakJuly 2019899 monthly peakAugust 2019669 monthly peakSeptember 20191,130 monthly peakOctober 2019850 monthly peakNovember 20191,195 monthly peakDecember 20191,070 monthly peakJanuary 20201,066 monthly peakFebruary 20201,610 monthly peakMarch 20202,082 monthly peakApril 20201,383 monthly peakMay 20201,859 monthly peakJune 20201,016 monthly peakJuly 20206,175 monthly peakAugust 20201,946 monthly peakSeptember 20201,623 monthly peakOctober 20201,467 monthly peakNovember 20201,579 monthly peakDecember 20201,498 monthly peakJanuary 20212,046 monthly peakFebruary 20211,318 monthly peakMarch 20211,931 monthly peakApril 20211,313 monthly peakMay 20213,392 monthly peakJune 20212,798 monthly peakJuly 20212,633 monthly peakAugust 20211,098 monthly peakSeptember 20211,108 monthly peakOctober 20211,381 monthly peakNovember 20212,354 monthly peakDecember 20212,059 monthly peakJanuary 20222,183 monthly peakFebruary 20221,313 monthly peakMarch 20221,341 monthly peakApril 2022915 monthly peakMay 2022694 monthly peakJune 20221,071 monthly peakJuly 2022919 monthly peakAugust 20221,516 monthly peakSeptember 20221,018 monthly peakOctober 20221,023 monthly peakNovember 20221,781 monthly peakDecember 20221,272 monthly peakJanuary 20231,054 monthly peakFebruary 2023726 monthly peakMarch 20231,557 monthly peakApril 20231,509 monthly peakMay 2023794 monthly peakJune 2023803 monthly peakJuly 20231,521 monthly peakAugust 20231,116 monthly peakSeptember 20231,751 monthly peakOctober 20231,003 monthly peakNovember 20231,703 monthly peakDecember 20231,417 monthly peakJanuary 20241,502 monthly peakFebruary 20241,881 monthly peakMarch 20241,379 monthly peakApril 20241,481 monthly peakMay 20241,149 monthly peakJune 20241,851 monthly peakJuly 20242,422 monthly peakAugust 20242,062 monthly peakSeptember 20241,635 monthly peakOctober 20241,058 monthly peakNovember 20241,545 monthly peakDecember 20241,543 monthly peakJanuary 20253,194 monthly peakFebruary 20251,939 monthly peakMarch 20253,788 monthly peakApril 20252,419 monthly peakMay 20251,374 monthly peakJune 20252,105 monthly peakJuly 20252,003 monthly peakAugust 20252,148 monthly peakSeptember 20252,223 monthly peakOctober 20252,190 monthly peakNovember 20251,840 monthly peakDecember 20252,345 monthly peakJanuary 20262,507 monthly peakFebruary 20261,914 monthly peakMarch 20262,406 monthly peakApril 20261,249 monthly peakMay 20262,139 monthly peakJune 20262,171 monthly peakJuly 20262,401 monthly peakAugust 20261,999 monthly peakSeptember 20262,259 monthly peakOctober 20262,108 monthly peak

Monthly peak

The last four months

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All four monthsJuly 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

July 20262,401 peak — daily detail belowAugust 20261,999 peak — daily detail belowSeptember 20262,259 peak — hourly detail belowOctober 20262,108 peak — hourly detail below

Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

18 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

Wednesday 01 July 20262,401 peakWednesday 15 July 20261,283 peakThursday 16 July 20261,220 peakFriday 17 July 20261,178 peakSaturday 18 July 20261,307 peakSunday 19 July 20261,460 peakMonday 20 July 20261,176 peakTuesday 21 July 20261,111 peakWednesday 22 July 20261,055 peakThursday 23 July 20261,096 peakFriday 24 July 20261,046 peakSaturday 25 July 20261,123 peakSunday 26 July 20261,318 peakMonday 27 July 20261,115 peakTuesday 28 July 20261,351 peakWednesday 29 July 20261,483 peakThursday 30 July 20261,523 peakFriday 31 July 20261,547 peak

August 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

Saturday 01 August 20261,806 peakSunday 02 August 20261,999 peakMonday 03 August 20261,721 peakTuesday 04 August 20261,537 peakWednesday 05 August 20261,377 peakThursday 06 August 20261,345 peakFriday 07 August 20261,206 peakSaturday 08 August 20261,318 peakSunday 09 August 20261,404 peakMonday 10 August 20261,087 peakTuesday 11 August 20261,071 peakWednesday 12 August 20261,055 peakThursday 13 August 20261,007 peakFriday 14 August 2026977 peakSaturday 15 August 20261,149 peakSunday 16 August 20261,261 peakMonday 17 August 20261,026 peakTuesday 18 August 2026989 peakWednesday 19 August 2026914 peakThursday 20 August 2026873 peakFriday 21 August 2026860 peakSaturday 22 August 20261,017 peakSunday 23 August 20261,180 peakMonday 24 August 2026934 peakTuesday 25 August 2026878 peakWednesday 26 August 2026875 peakThursday 27 August 2026813 peakFriday 28 August 2026829 peakSaturday 29 August 2026997 peakSunday 30 August 20261,106 peakMonday 31 August 2026856 peak

September 2026

30 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 433 hourly samples from 12 Sep, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

Tuesday 01 September 2026821 peakWednesday 02 September 2026784 peakThursday 03 September 2026809 peakFriday 04 September 2026798 peakSaturday 05 September 2026969 peakSunday 06 September 20261,008 peakMonday 07 September 2026940 peakTuesday 08 September 2026762 peakWednesday 09 September 2026754 peakThursday 10 September 2026722 peakFriday 11 September 2026777 peakSaturday 12 September 2026874 peakSunday 13 September 20261,014 peakMonday 14 September 2026763 peakTuesday 15 September 2026708 peakWednesday 16 September 2026694 peakThursday 17 September 2026729 peakFriday 18 September 20261,185 peakSaturday 19 September 20261,824 peakSunday 20 September 20262,232 peakMonday 21 September 20261,858 peakTuesday 22 September 20261,723 peakWednesday 23 September 20261,762 peakThursday 24 September 20261,827 peakFriday 25 September 20261,879 peakSaturday 26 September 20262,094 peakSunday 27 September 20262,259 peakMonday 28 September 20261,799 peakTuesday 29 September 20261,717 peakWednesday 30 September 20261,649 peak

October 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 283 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

Thursday 01 October 20261,717 peakFriday 02 October 20261,761 peakSaturday 03 October 20262,056 peakSunday 04 October 20262,108 peakMonday 05 October 20261,626 peakTuesday 06 October 20261,614 peakWednesday 07 October 20261,536 peakThursday 08 October 20261,591 peakFriday 09 October 20261,545 peakSaturday 10 October 20261,702 peakSunday 11 October 20261,690 peakMonday 12 October 20261,479 peak

Game information

Updated 03 Oct 2026, 18:09 UTC

App ID: 220240
Last updated: 05 Mar 2024 build 13146413
Update pace: Quiet no update while we have been watching · 0 in 31 days watched
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft Shanghai
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release date: Dec 4, 2012
Platforms: Windows
Download size: 8.80 GB
Install size: 11.35 GB
Genres: Action, Adventure
Game modes: Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op
Controller support: Partial
Third-party account: Ubisoft Connect launcher (Supports Linking to Steam Account)
Achievements: 44
Metacritic: 88

Launch options (1)

Features & support

Steam features

Steam Achievements

Controllers & input

Partial Controller Support

Accessibility

Popular tags

Open WorldFPSActionAdventureMultiplayerShooterStealthCo-opFirst-PersonHuntingSingleplayerStory RichSurvivalSandboxOnline Co-OpNudityAtmosphericCraftingColorfulRPG

About this gameFull description from Steam

SURVIVE THE ISLAND OF INSANITY You are Jason Brody, stranded on a lawless tropical archipelago. Confront the infamous Vaas Montenegro, make brutal choices, and fight to escape a descent into madness that will change Jason forever. CHOOSE HOW YOU FIGHT Assault outposts with rifles and explosives, snipe from the hills, or slip in with takedowns and stealth tools. Craft syringes and gear, upgrade skills, and use the environment to flip the odds. DISCOVER A LETHAL PARADISE Roam mountain ridges, swamps, and white sand beaches in a tropical playground packed with dangers and secrets. Hunt wildlife, track relics and loot, play side activities, and travel by land, sea, or air as you battle through towns, temples, and river ports.

Content & age ratings4 regional ratings

Regional ratings

ESRBmBlood and Gore · Intense Violence · Nudity · Strong Language · Strong Sexual Content · Use of Drugs

NZOFLCma15Strong violence, drug use, sex scenes, sexual references and coarse language

OFLCma15Strong violence, drug use, sex scenes, sexual references and coarse language

PEGI18

System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: OS *:Windows XP, Windows Vista Processor:Intel Core®2 Duo E6700 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0Ghz or better Memory:4 GB RAM Graphics:512MB Video RAM (1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c (DirectX11) Shader Model 3.0 (Shader Model 5.0) DirectX®:9.0c Hard Drive:15 GB HD space Sound:DirectX Compatible (Recommended Surround Sound 5.1 capable) Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection Additional:*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: AMD Radeon™ HD 2900 / 3000 / 4000 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 series, NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX / 9 / 200 / 400 / 500 / 600 series. Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. For the most up-to-date minimum requirement listings, please visit the FAQ on our support website at . Requires a UPlay account

Recommended: Memory:4 GB RAM Graphics:512MB Video RAM (1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c (DirectX11) Shader Model 3.0 (Shader Model 5.0) DirectX®:11 Hard Drive:15 GB HD space Sound:DirectX Compatible (Recommended Surround Sound 5.1 capable) Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection Additional:*Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: AMD Radeon™ HD 2900 / 3000 / 4000 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 series, NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX / 9 / 200 / 400 / 500 / 600 series. Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. For the most up-to-date minimum requirement listings, please visit the FAQ on our support website at . Requires a UPlay account

Supported languages17 languages

Language	Full audio
English	●
German	●
French	●
Italian	●
Spanish - Spain	●
Portuguese - Portugal
Polish
Danish
Dutch
Norwegian
Swedish
Czech
Russian	●
Japanese	●
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

Far Cry 3 Revealed Trailer

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Far Cry 3 Heart of Insanity Trailer

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Far Cry 3 Meet Vaas & Buck Trailer

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AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

44 achievements in total.

Show selected achievements (may contain spoilers)

First BloodAchievement

Magic MushroomAchievement

Worst Date EverAchievement

One of UsAchievement

Hands Off My StonerAchievement

Retake Wall StreetAchievement

Have I Told You?Achievement

Taken for GrantedAchievement

Higher Than a KiteAchievement

Deep CoverAchievement

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7 developer announcements, Dec 2016 to Jan 2025 · times in UTC

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January

17 Jan13:57
Steam Achievements Are Now Live for Far Cry 3!
Insanity has a new meaning: chasing 100% Steam Achievements in Far Cry 3. Ready to dive in? They’re live now! Important Update on Multiplayer Achievements Far Cry 3: The multiplayer achievements: "Ready or Not," "Sidetracked," "Overboard,"…
Ubi_PatBrutal
14 Jan20:05
Far Cry 3 - Steam Achievements Issue
We started to release Far Cry 3 achievement on Steam, but during the update, we encountered sync issues with multiplayer achievements for players who had previously unlocked them via Ubi Connect. We're working on fixing the issue and we'll…
Ubi_PatBrutal

June

6 Jun17:12
Bug fix
Fixing the missing subtitles issue
Patch notes

December

20 Dec17:06
Far Cry 3 & Far Cry 4 nominated in the Steam Awards!
http://i.imgur.com/1gZptBF.jpg On December 22nd, don’t forget to vote for your favorite videogame Villain! Far Cry 3’s Vaas and Far Cry 4’s Pagan Min are nominated in the Steam Awards category: “Villain Most In Need Of A Hug”. More…
Ubi_Jax
20 Dec17:06
Far Cry 3 & Far Cry 4 nominated in the Steam Awards!
http://i.imgur.com/1gZptBF.jpg On December 22nd, don’t forget to vote for your favorite videogame Villain! Far Cry 3’s Vaas and Far Cry 4’s Pagan Min are nominated in the Steam Awards category: “Villain Most In Need Of A Hug”. More…
Ubi_Jax
5 Dec23:12
Happy birthday to Far Cry 3 !
http://i.imgur.com/yWo5DC6.jpg Happy birthday to Far Cry 3 ! The game was released December 4, 2012, in North America. Already four years of insanity and many more to come!
[Ubi] Matty
5 Dec23:12
Happy birthday to Far Cry 3 !
http://i.imgur.com/yWo5DC6.jpg Happy birthday to Far Cry 3 ! The game was released December 4, 2012, in North America. Already four years of insanity and many more to come!
[Ubi] Matty