Far Cry: Primal
Far Cry Primal is a first-person action game set in 10,000 BC during the transition from the Upper Paleolithic to the Mesolithic period. As part of the Far Cry series, it replaces modern firearms with…
Far Cry: Primal is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 23 February 2016 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The main story takes about 21.9 hrs to finish.
What Far Cry: Primal is
Far Cry: Primal is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2016. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Dunia Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Takkar, a hunter of the Wenja tribe, becomes separated from his people after his hunting party is killed by a sabertooth tiger in the prehistoric land of Oros. He soon learns that the Wenja have been scattered across the valley, their village destroyed by the brutal Udam, a Neanderthal-like tribe that raids them for food. Takkar discovers he possesses the rare ability to tame wild animals, earning him the title of Beast Master. He begins gathering the surviving Wenja around a new settlement, rebuilding their strength. As Takkar unites his people, he faces threats from two directions: the cannibalistic Udam in the northern mountains, and the Izila, a more technologically advanced tribe in…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, historical, open world and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 55 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Far Cry series
Far Cry: Primal is the 15th of 29 entries we hold in the Far Cry series. It arrived a year after Far Cry 4. The next entry was Far Cry 4 + Far Cry Primal Double Pack in 2016. Its critic score of 76 is 3 points below the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Far Cry 3 at 90.
How it was received
Far Cry: Primal holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 514 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 21.9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 35.3 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-550 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 or equivalent, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon HD 5770 (1GB VRAM) or equivalent. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Far Cry: Primal launched on 23 February 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch and SuperHot. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch, SuperHot.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Far Cry: Primal yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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