Far Cry 3 similar games & best alternatives

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Far Cry 3

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 • 2012

Should you play it?

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!

What works

  • Engaging story with memorable villain vaas
  • Open world with diverse exploration and combat options
  • Skill progression and crafting systems
  • Immersive atmosphere and sound design
  • High replay value and player freedom

Things to keep in mind

  • Technical issues and crashes on modern systems
  • Mandatory ubisoft connect launcher and login
  • Repetitive side content and collectibles
  • Multiplayer and co-op modes no longer supported
  • Some plot and ai inconsistencies

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • CONVRGENCE

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

  • Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

  • Rise of the Tomb Raider™

  • Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition

Less social

Games that feels like Far Cry 3 but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

  • Shadow Warrior

  • Tomb Raider: Underworld

  • Days Gone

  • Crimson Desert

  • Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered

More fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Far Cry 3 but with a stronger sense of community

  • Resident Evil 5

  • Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition

  • Dead Island Definitive Edition

  • Dying Light

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

More competitive

Games that feels like Far Cry 3 but with more competition against others

  • Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

  • Tomb Raider Game of the Year

  • Resident Evil 4 (2005)

  • Dino Crisis 2

  • Sniper Elite: Resistance

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Assassin's Creed Mirage

  • Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon

  • Assassin's Creed 2

  • Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry

  • Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Far Cry 3. These titles are not in What to play next.

Far Cry 3: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Domination, Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026