Games like Far Cry® Primal
If Far Cry® Primal is your kind of game, the closest matches are Far Cry® 4, Far Cry 3 and Far Cry® 5 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hunting big game, living in that age and roleplay with tribal language. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Far Cry Primal is a 2016 action-adventure game set in the Stone Age where players navigate a dangerous prehistoric open world. The mechanics include cave exploration, crafting, and hunting, with the ability to tame and ride large beasts like saber-toothed tigers and mammoths. An owl functions as a reconnaissance tool, and spirit-dream missions provide narrative variety alongside standard gameplay. Reviewers highlight the immersive prehistoric setting that allows players to experience living in that ancient era, while the atmospheric world and unsettling environment draw players into unique roleplay experiences with tribal language and big-game hunting. The game is playable on Steam Deck and holds an 85% positive rating from over 14,000 Steam reviews.
About Far Cry® Primal: The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.
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Far Cry® 4
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Top pick for Far Cry® Primal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Hidden in the towering Himalayas lies Kyrat, a country steeped in tradition and violence. You are Ajay Ghale. Traveling to Kyrat to fulfill your mother’s dying wish, you find yourself caught up in a civil war to overthrow the oppressive regime of dictator Pagan Min.
Far Cry 3
WHY THIS
Shares hunting and crafting with Far Cry® Primal.
Second-strongest match for Far Cry® Primal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Discover the dark secrets of a lawless island ruled by violence and take the fight to the enemy as you try to escape. You’ll need more than luck to escape alive!
Far Cry® 5
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Third-strongest match for Far Cry® Primal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Discover the open world of Hope County, Montana, besieged by a fanatical doomsday cult. Dive into the action solo or two-player co-op in the story campaign, use a vast arsenal of weapons and allies, and free Hope County from Joseph Seed and his cult.
Primitive
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Far Cry® Primal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Welcome to the brutal reality of the Stone Age. Fight, conquer, dominate! An open world full of traps and unexpected events, breathtaking views, dynamic changes in weather conditions, deadly beasts, and hostile tribes - welcome to "Primitive" and dare to survive.
Last Hope on Earth
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Far Cry® Primal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
An single/multiplayer game of survival in a desolated post-war future world. A group of clone challenges the dangers of a forbidden Earth trying to survive against monsters made of pure radiation.
25°N 71°W
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Ranked #6 for Far Cry® Primal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
25°N 71°W, Bermuda Triangle: An airplane is on its way to America. Suddenly the engines fail. At the end of the day there's a lone survivor: you, stranded on a desert island. Welcome to 25°N 71°W - a survival game where you have to mine, craft and build - to survive somehow! Remastered 2023.
Winter Survival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Ranked #7 for Far Cry® Primal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
Rust
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Ranked #8 for Far Cry® Primal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Reviewers of Far Cry® Primal cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Far Cry® 5
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Reviewers of Far Cry® Primal cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Discover the open world of Hope County, Montana, besieged by a fanatical doomsday cult. Dive into the action solo or two-player co-op in the story campaign, use a vast arsenal of weapons and allies, and free Hope County from Joseph Seed and his cult.
ARK: Survival Evolved
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Reviewers of Far Cry® Primal cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Reviewers of Far Cry® Primal cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Reviewers of Far Cry® Primal cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.
Fallout 4
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Reviewers of Far Cry® Primal cross-mention this title as a similar play.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
UnReal World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Reviewers of Far Cry® Primal cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.
The Last of Us™ Part I
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Reviewers of Far Cry® Primal cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Far Cry® Primal at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under Far Cry® Primal on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~67% under Far Cry® Primal on Steam right now. Shares Action with Far Cry® Primal.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Far Cry® Primal on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Far Cry® Primal on Steam right now. Shares Action with Far Cry® Primal.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~67% under Far Cry® Primal on Steam right now. Shares Action with Far Cry® Primal.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Far Cry® Primal on Steam right now. Shares Action with Far Cry® Primal.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Far Cry® Primal.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Far Cry® Primal.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Ubisoft, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Watch_Dogs® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Another title from Ubisoft, the studio behind Far Cry® Primal. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Welcome to San Francisco. Play as Marcus, a brilliant young hacker, and join the most notorious hacker group, DedSec. Your objective: execute the biggest hack of history.
Assassin's Creed® Unity
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Another title from Ubisoft, the studio behind Far Cry® Primal. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Paris, 1789. In this action-adventure game, experience the French Revolution through the eyes of Arno Dorian. Become an Assassin and expose the true powers behind the Revolution for the fate of a nation.
Watch_Dogs™
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Another title from Ubisoft, the studio behind Far Cry® Primal. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
In today's hyper-connected world, Chicago operates under ctOS, the most advanced computer network in America.
Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
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Another title from Ubisoft, the studio behind Far Cry® Primal. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.
Immortals Fenyx Rising
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Another title from Ubisoft, the studio behind Far Cry® Primal. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Immortals Fenyx Rising brings grand mythological adventure to life. Play as Fenyx on a quest to save the Greek gods.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™
WHY THIS
Another title from Ubisoft, the studio behind Far Cry® Primal. Shares Action and Adventure with Far Cry® Primal.
Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Far Cry® Primal.
Another title from Ubisoft, the studio behind Far Cry® Primal. Shares Action with Far Cry® Primal.
Enter the world of cinematic stealth action with Splinter Cell, the game that propelled the genre to cult status. You are Sam Fisher, an elite covert agent in the NSA's top-secret division: Third Echelon.
Might & Magic X - Legacy
WHY THIS
Another title from Ubisoft, the studio behind Far Cry® Primal.
After a decade, a Might & Magic® RPG is back with both the unique core formula and a new set of improved and fine-tuned features. The best RPG of its class!In the wake of the spectacular events in Might & Magic® Heroes® VI, you will play in a party of four adventurers entangled in intrigue and political machinations unfolding in...
Frequently asked about Far Cry® Primal
- Does Far Cry® Primal run on Steam Deck?
- Far Cry® Primal is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Far Cry® Primal cost?
- Far Cry® Primal is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Far Cry® Primal?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Far Cry® Primal are Far Cry® 4, Far Cry 3, Far Cry® 5.
- Who developed Far Cry® Primal?
- Far Cry® Primal was developed by Ubisoft.
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