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Far Cry® 2
You are a gun for hire, trapped in a war-torn African state, stricken with malaria and forced to make deals with corrupt warlords on both sides of the conflict in order to make this country your home. You must identify and exploit your enemies' weaknesses, neutralizing their superior numbers and fir
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
65 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“The African setting is stunning and the fire mechanics are incredible for the time. Brutal and unforgiving in ways that will frustrate a lot of people but there's a raw atmosphere here that the later games never quite…”
“Far Cry 2 is awesome, pre ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ era ubisoft. The reviews crying about the fact an 18 year old game does not work properly on new hardware are aхмакхои акиб iqlets. Patch the game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ it takes 10 minutes”
20 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“The African setting is stunning and the fire mechanics are incredible for the time. Brutal and unforgiving in ways that will frustrate a lot of people but there's a raw atmosphere here that the later games never quite…”
“As a fan of the series, I must admit I bounced off of this one a few times. The rough edges are undeniable and have been talked about ad nauseum. Repetition does set in between the respawning outposts, the sheer number…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“My favorite Farcry Game out there. The atmosphere and absolute brutality of the game is something you do not see often anymore. Factoring in gun jamming, spreading fire, Malaria flare ups, and the relentless nature of…”
“Objectively the best in the series, despite myself having a soft spot for future entries with many more hours in. Far Cry 2 should not be seen as anything really akin to the later games. Really? this game is the…”
“I think some people mystify this game as this great, well-made and delivered anti-war game where battles never end. And to a point I agree with that. I mean, the main villain is selling for both sides, and you're just…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Most difficult far cry game”
“super underrated. the gameplay is consistently immersive and gives a fun challenge. the story and themes of this game are really thought-provoking and should honestly get more attention.”
“What a game — an incredible improvement over the first one, yet in that characteristic Ubisoft style from the 2000–2010 era, they delivered a totally different experience, very hard to play, but one that gives you a…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“Far Cry 2 is still one of my favorite games of all time. I’ve played through it many times, even back on the Xbox 360, and it’s one of those games I keep coming back to. The atmosphere is something very special that…”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
26 of the 104 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“Far Cry 2 is awesome, pre ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ era ubisoft. The reviews crying about the fact an 18 year old game does not work properly on new hardware are aхмакхои акиб iqlets. Patch the game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ it takes 10 minutes”
“It would be nice if any Ubisoft game from the PS3/X360 era didn’t crash every 0.5–2 hours. Edit: Installing DXVK helps a lot. It still crashes from time to time, but the game is a lot more stable. I’m leaving a negative…”
“I bought the whole Far Cry bundle and gived this game a chance. The npc-s bouncing, car glitching, enemies bug through wall.... too many bugs to enjoy the game”
23 of the 104 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“As a fan of the series, I must admit I bounced off of this one a few times. The rough edges are undeniable and have been talked about ad nauseum. Repetition does set in between the respawning outposts, the sheer number…”
“I think some people mystify this game as this great, well-made and delivered anti-war game where battles never end. And to a point I agree with that. I mean, the main villain is selling for both sides, and you're just…”
“Beyond the 2 hours of trying to get it to work on my PC, when it eventually did, it unleashed this deeply shallow world with the most repetitive shooting and mission structure. and about 5 crashes later im writing this…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“4/10. I love all the FarCry Games, yet with this there is a problem. The story is amazing, but the lags and bugs make this game at many points nearly unplayable. Its a real pain in the ass to play some missions.”
“Unplayable for me on higher fps with bugs all over, if you are willing to play it with locked fps (probably has to be 60fps), then go for it. Game itself is amazing and i finished it many times before.”
“I focused only on the main story missions, and from that perspective this game is a big step up from the first game, FC2 improved a lot, from animations, driving, shooting etc... ( minus that this game didn't have third…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“It would be nice if any Ubisoft game from the PS3/X360 era didn’t crash every 0.5–2 hours. Edit: Installing DXVK helps a lot. It still crashes from time to time, but the game is a lot more stable. I’m leaving a negative…”
“Most of my time in this game has been spent with an external loader (FC2 Multi-Fixer), so my hours aren't accurate. That said, it's well worth it to try this game to see Far Cry before the Ubislop formula reached its…”
“i tried everything to make this game work everytime when i try to launch it he crashes everytime maybe in the future i will play it but now nope i cannot so i give up.”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Excellent game. The gameplay is fantastic. The story isn’t very good and the ending is weak, but the last hour of the story was so good that the ending doesn’t really matter. Overall, I rate the game 8.5/10.”
“Far Cry 2 is peak game design for it's time, still looks beautiful and payable on modern devices with the FC2Fixer which mostly solves the scripting issues within the game by locking the game to 60 FPS and fix the…”
“terrible empty game.the only thing you do is driving around all the time and kill some guards in every check point , game has no senario at all , bosses just tell you 'go kill this guy because is our enemy' and thats…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 76.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Good game. Very pretty scenery and the ai are surprisingly smart. Ubisoft haven't ported the game from console very well though. It is fully functional barring a few sound glitches so long as you limit the games framerate each time on the main menu. To do this, press the ` key…”
— a player, Steam review · 71 hrs played“The story and atmosphere are uniquely honest about the nature of war in a way the other titles of the Far Cry series simply weren't. Other entries in the series - while great in their own way - never really confronted the in-universe moral implications of killing so many people,…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“A great game with a ton of charm and nostalgia for me. Usually when I think of some of my favorite guns in games, my first thought usually goes to their renditions in this game. The jamming/malaria mechanics get a lot of overblown hate as jamming is pretty easily avoidable if…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:35 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Open World · FPS · Action · Shooter · Singleplayer · First-Person · Multiplayer · Adventure · Realistic · Sandbox · Atmospheric · Stealth (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://farcry.us.ubi.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Supported OS: Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista (64 is supported) Processor: Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better Memory: 1 GB Graphics: 256 MB, Shader Model 3 required, NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better* Hard Drive: 3.5 GB (Multiple saves and user created maps will increase the amount of needed hard disk space.) *Supported Video cards: NVidia 6800, NVidia 7000 series, 8000 series, 9000 series, 200 series. 8800M and 8700M supported for laptops. ATI X1650 – 1950 series , HD2000 series , HD3000 series , HD4000 series