ActionAdventure
Far Cry® Primal
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 24% of players who started
Started playing 38% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 41,678
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (48%); after 15h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 75% of games we track.
- At least 24% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Spearproof” (Repel the Udam attack) and “Uncaged” (Escape the Udam caverns): from 63% to 31% of starters.
- Only 38% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 41,832 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 18.2h for positive, 17.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (38.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- This Way To Oros Survive the mammoth hunt. 100%
- Spiritual Advisor Tensay joins the Wenja village. 70% −30
- Spearproof Repel the Udam attack. 63% −6
- Uncaged Escape the Udam caverns. Most players quit here 31% −32
- Krati, Krati, Krati! Steal the Izila mask of Krati. 27% −4
- Evolution in Action Complete the mission, The Hunt for Ull. ≥24% −3
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (55)
story milestone ending side
- This Way To Oros Survive the mammoth hunt. 100%
- Spiritual Advisor Tensay joins the Wenja village. 70%
- Home Improvement Build or upgrade any 2 village huts. 65%
- Spearproof Repel the Udam attack. 63%
- Subdivisions Your Wenja tribe reaches a population of 20. 62%
- Mapmaker Discover 15 hidden locations. 58%
- Gray Huntress Jayma joins the Wenja village. 54%
- Mister Fix-It Wogah joins the Wenja village. 53%
- Deadeye Karoosh joins the Wenja village. 53%
- Fancy Friend Tame 1 rare beast. 52%
- Armorer Use the crafting ability 100 times to craft weapons or arrows. 50%
- Menagerie Tame 7 beasts. 49%
- Sic 'Em Eliminate 50 hostile targets using a tamed beast. 49%
- Veterinarian Heal a tamed beast 25 times. 48%
- Sharpshooter Eliminate 100 enemies using a bow. 43%
- Twelve Labors Complete any 12 specialist missions. 40%
- Liberator Rescue a Wenja captive from the Izila. 39%
- Here Kitty Tame the bloodfang sabretooth. 36%
- Uncaged Escape the Udam caverns. 31%
- Killer's Belief Eliminate 25 enemies using any takedown. 29%
- Outta My Way Eliminate 25 enemies while riding any beast. 29%
- Big Teddy Tame the great scar bear. 28%
- Conquest Capture all forts. 28%
- Krati, Krati, Krati! Steal the Izila mask of Krati. 27%
- Skirmish Capture 10 outposts. 26%
- Good Boy Tame the snowblood wolf. 25%
- Skewered Eliminate 100 enemies using a spear. 25%
- Endangered Fight the bloodtusk mammoth. 24%
- Evolution in Action Complete the mission, The Hunt for Ull. 24%
- To Ash Complete the mission, The Fall of Batari. 22%
- BEES! Eliminate 10 enemies using sting bombs. 21%
- Feathered Friend Eliminate 15 enemies using your owl. 20%
- And Stay Down Eliminate 100 enemies using a club. 20%
- Real Estate Baron Complete all hut upgrades. 19%
- Expansion Capture all outposts. 15%
- Good Neighbor Complete 15 "Help Wenja" quests. 15%
- Quickdraw Eliminate 15 enemies using throwing shards. 14%
- Bullseye Kill a target 70 feet away or more using an arrow. 14%
- Bad Trip Influence 25 enemies using poison. 12%
- Master Tracker Complete 5 "Beast Kill" quests. 11%
- Inflammable Eliminate 50 enemies with fire. 10%
- Tears of Shame Kill and skin 1 tamed beast. 9.2%
- Crush Your Enemies Complete 10 "Tribal Clash" quests. 9.2%
- Mark 4 Wenja Discover the future past. 8.4%
- Cave Hoarder Pickup 80 collectibles. 6.8%
- David And Goliath Eliminate 10 enemies using a sling. 6.5%
- Expert Wenja Learn all skills. 6.3%
- Right On Target Kill a target 50 feet away or more using a spear. 5.2%
- Kanda Of Faith Climb to the peak of Pardaku Lookout and leap off. 5.2%
- Gotcha Eliminate 10 enemies using hunting traps. 3.9%
- Apex Predator Obtain all the Achievements. 2.1%
- TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN Finish the game in Survivor mode (Any difficulty). 1.6%
- TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN (2ND CHANCE) Finish the game in Survivor mode (Any difficulty) and the Second chance option activated. 1.0%
- TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN (PERMADEATH) Finish the game in Survivor mode (Any difficulty) and the Permadeath option activated. 0.8%
- SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST Finish the game in Survivor mode (Expert difficulty) and the Permadeath option activated... Forget it... No-one will ever achieve it. 0.8%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.