The player often needs to work with freedom fighters attempting to regain control of a region from a ruling party, and may have to pit different sides of a conflict against each other through their actions. Instead, the Far Cry games have generally shared the theme of taking the player to 'a lawless frontier' where 'values and laws of today are non-functional', along with elements of having to survive in the wilderness including hunting and crafting. There are minimal narrative elements or chronology between the games. Whereas the first Far Cry and its spinoffs were typical FPS with discrete levels, Far Cry 2 and the subsequent games have adapted an open world-style of gameplay, with main story and side missions and optional quests to complete. The main Far Cry games are first-person shooters (FPS) with action-adventure elements.

4.9 Far Cry VR: Dive Into Insanity (2021).

4.2 Far Cry Instincts: Evolution (2006).

2.2 Shifts to internal development (2008–2011).

Ubisoft reports that through 2014, lifetime sales of the Far Cry franchise has exceeded 20 million units. The Far Cry games have generally been well-received for their open world gameplay despite their stories receiving mixed reviews and are considered commercial successes. The games also offer competitive multiplayer options and the ability for users to edit the games' maps for these matches. The Far Cry games feature a robust single-player campaign with later titles offering co-operative campaign support. The Far Cry games, due to the history of their development, do not have any significant shared narrative elements, but instead share a theme of placing the player in a wilderness environment where they must help fight against one or more despots that control the region as well as surviving against wild animals that roam the open spaces. There have been six main games in the series, along with three standalone expansions the first game, initially developed for Microsoft Windows, also saw a number of ports to video game consoles. The following games in the series have used a Ubisoft-modified version of the CryEngine, the Dunia Engine, allowing for open world gameplay. Subsequently, Ubisoft obtained the rights to the franchise and the bulk of the development is handled by Ubisoft Montreal with assistance from other Ubisoft satellite studios.

The first game, Far Cry, was developed by Crytek to premiere their CryEngine software, and released in March 2004. Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, Arcade, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5įar Cry is a franchise of first-person shooter games, all of which have been published by Ubisoft.

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