Red Storm Entertainment · Ubisoft Shanghai +2^*

Far Cry 3

2012 first-person shooter · action-adventure game · sandbox game^* +1^*

At a glance

Genres

first-person shooter
action-adventure game
sandbox game^*
shooter game^*

Play modes

single-player video game
multiplayer video game

Series

Far Cry

Game facts

Developers

Red Storm Entertainment
Ubisoft Shanghai
Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft Shanghai^*
Ubisoft Montreal^*

Publishers

Ubisoft^*

Engines

Dunia 2

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Platforms

Players by platform

PlayStation 3^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
2^*

Content classifications

ESRB · PlayStation 3^*
Classification
M - Mature^*

Compatibility and community reports

Steam Deck^*
Compatibility category
Playable^*
Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Playable^*
Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Gold^*
Reports
282^*
Community confidence
strong^*
Controller support · 2026-06-27^*
Controller support
Partial^*
Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27^*
Community-reported frame rate
60 fps^*
Reports
1^*

System requirements

Windows · Minimum^*
Operating system
Windows XP, Windows Vista^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Core®2 Duo E6700 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0Ghz or better^*
Memory
4 GB RAM^*
Graphics alternatives
512MB Video RAM (1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c (DirectX11) Shader Model 3.0 (Shader Model 5.0) DirectX®: 9.0c^*
Storage
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^*
Windows · Recommended^*
Memory
4 GB^*
Graphics alternatives
512MB Video RAM (1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c (DirectX11) Shader Model 3.0 (Shader Model 5.0)^*
Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*
Memory
4 GB^*
Video memory
1 GB^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
macOS^*
Supported
No^*
Linux^*
Supported
No^*

Interface languages

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

Audio languages

English^*
German^*
French^*
Italian^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Russian^*
Japanese^*
Traditional Chinese^*

Game features

Single-player^*
Multi-player^*
Co-op^*
Steam Achievements^*
Partial Controller Support^*

Store genres

Action^*
Adventure^*

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 from Far Cry 3

Screenshot 2 from Far Cry 3

Screenshot 3 from Far Cry 3

* Provisional data