Far Cry® 5 similar games & best alternatives

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Far Cry® 5

2018

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Beautiful open world and graphics
  • Engaging and flexible gameplay
  • Strong cooperative multiplayer
  • Memorable story and characters
  • Extensive side content and dlc

Things to keep in mind

  • Forced story missions interrupt gameplay
  • Repetitive mission structure
  • Some ai and vehicle mechanics issues
  • Ubisoft connect integration can be frustrating
  • Limited character voice and expression

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Dying Light: The Beast

  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint

  • Into the Radius 2

  • LIZARDS MUST DIE 2

  • Saints Row: The Third

  • Voidtrain

Less intimate

Games that feels like Far Cry® 5 but with less focus on close relationships

  • Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

  • Serious Sam 4

  • Atlas Fallen: Reign Of Sand

  • Generation Zero®

  • Far Cry® New Dawn

  • Far Cry® 6

More competitive

Games that feels like Far Cry® 5 but with more competition against others

  • STALZONE

  • Arizona Sunshine® VR 2

  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands

  • Dying Light

  • Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2

  • Assassin's Creed® Revelations

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Far Cry® 5. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • 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® 5. These titles are not in What to play next.

Far Cry® 5: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Leadership, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026