Far Cry 3

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• first-person shooter

• action-adventure game

• sandbox game^*

• shooter game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• PlayStation 3^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  2^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · PlayStation 3^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• Far Cry

Engines

• Dunia 2

Localized titles

• Far Cry 3

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*

Game features

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

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^*

Community tags · historical

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  2,501^*

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  2,042^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  1,787^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  1,523^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  1,268^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  1,163^*

• Stealth^*

  Votes · historical

  1,125^*

• Co-op^*

  Votes · historical

  1,046^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  1,010^*

• Hunting^*

  Votes · historical

  967^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  940^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  617^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  615^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  613^*

• Online Co-Op^*

  Votes · historical

  511^*

• Nudity^*

  Votes · historical

  463^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  463^*

• Crafting^*

  Votes · historical

  422^*

• Colorful^*

  Votes · historical

  407^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  301^*

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^*

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^*

Developers

• Red Storm Entertainment

• Ubisoft Shanghai
• Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Entertainment, and Ubisoft Shanghai^*
• Ubisoft Montreal^*

Publishers

• Ubisoft^*

• 2012-11-29

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2012-12-04 · PlayStation 3^*

  Release date

  2012-12-04^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  PlayStation 3^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Dec 4, 2012^*

Detailed specifications