ActionAdventure
Far Cry® 5
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 35% of players who started
Started playing 31% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 190,636
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (50%); after 35h it's 1 in 7 (14%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 78% of games we track.
- 35% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Spark” and “Walk The Path” (Discover the Bliss (Solo Campaign only)): from 100% to 59% of starters.
- Only 30% 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 191,537 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 26.2h for positive, 23.6h 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 (30.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Spark Complete the game intro by liberating Dutch’s island (Solo Campaign only). 100%
- Walk The Path Discover the Bliss (Solo Campaign only). Most players quit here 59% −41
- Together Forever Get to the End (Solo Campaign only). 35% −24
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (72)
story milestone ending side
- The Spark Complete the game intro by liberating Dutch’s island (Solo Campaign only). 100%
- Road Gunner While driving or leaning out of a vehicle, kill 25 enemies (Campaign only). 90%
- Liberator Liberate 5 locations from the Project at Eden's Gate (Campaign only). 77%
- What Now? Complete 3 Side Missions in Hope County (Solo Campaign only). 71%
- Scavenger Follow the clues to the end of 3 treasure hunts (Solo Campaign only). 67%
- A Wing And A Prayer Fly Nick's plane. Hopefully you're not afraid of heights (Solo Campaign only). 67%
- You Are Wrath Be deemed the Sin of Wrath (Solo Campaign only). 67%
- Kicking the Hornet's Nest Trigger the wrath of a Herald (Solo Campaign only). 63%
- Walk The Path Discover the Bliss (Solo Campaign only). 59%
- Saving Deputy Hudson Save Deputy Hudson (Solo Campaign only). 57%
- Only You Sucessfully complete the First Trial (Solo Campaign only). 56%
- Sewer Rat Destroy a cult water treatment pump and make them thirst for revenge (Solo Campaign only). 54%
- Peachy Keen Bait Peaches into going back home (Solo Campaign only). 53%
- Ain't No Wallflower Who are these people? Speak to 50 citizens of Hope County (Solo Campaign only). 52%
- Blissful Save the Marshal from the Bliss (Solo Campaign only). 52%
- Close and Personal Perform 25 close combat Takedown Kills (Campaign only). 51%
- Saving Sheriff Whitehorse Save Sheriff Whitehorse (Solo Campaign only). 46%
- Ghost Kill Perform a Headshot kill with any bow or rifle on an enemy cultist more than 150m away (Campaign only). 44%
- Saving Deputy Pratt Save Deputy Pratt (Solo Campaign only). 42%
- Stocked Garage Buy 3 vehicles to populate your garage (Campaign only). 41%
- Fashion First Purchase $1000 in clothing (Campaign only). 41%
- Special Delivery Ensure a baby's safe passage into this world (Solo Campaign only). 40%
- Hitting it Off Play 3 quests with a friend (Campaign only). 40%
- Troublemaker Discover the joys of destroying cult property in every region (Solo Campaign only). 36%
- Extra Crafty Craft 25 recipes (Campaign only). 35%
- Together Forever Get to the End (Solo Campaign only). 35%
- Science Fact Put aside skepticism and help Larry (Solo Campaign only). 33%
- Locked and Loaded Fully customize your weapon (Campaign only). 32%
- Survivalist Purchase half of all perks available (Campaign only). 32%
- Like A Bird Use a wingsuit to travel more than 5000m (Campaign only). 30%
- Squash and Run Run over and kill 20 enemies (Campaign only). 28%
- Pack Rat Grab 1 of each collectible item. You never know when it will come in handy (Solo Campaign only). 15%
- The Greatest SOB That Ever Lived Laugh in danger's face by executing a Clutch Nixon stunt in each region (Solo Campaign only). 14%
- Fish Market Sell 20 fish for cash (Campaign only). 14%
- Welcome to Nam Get back your gear at the helicopter crash site. 8.9%
- The Hurk Locker Truly bond with Hurk by destroying 15 vehicles together (Campaign only). 8.2%
- Fertilizing the Land Using a tractor, obliterate 5 enemies (Campaign only). 8.2%
- Opportunity Knocks Using rocks or cans, distract 15 enemies (Campaign only). 7.9%
- Big Spender Spend $50000 in Vehicle Shops (Campaign only). 7.5%
- DLC: Mars: Welcome to Mars Reboot the Terminal on top of the Control Center Antenna. 6.6%
- Wendell's Story Complete the game. 4.9%
- Leave no one behind Free the 3 US prisoner of war. 4.9%
- Ignoble Beasts Kill a bison using only melee weapons (Campaign only). 4.6%
- Silent Death Perform 25 stealth kills while you have the 4 survival instinct tokens. 4.3%
- ARCADE Player Reach level 20 in the Arcade (Arcade only). 3.3%
- Been There, Done That Complete all Hunting & Fishing Challenges (Campaign only). 3.0%
- Hope County Master Angler Acquire all 4 Fishing Rods (Campaign only). 3.0%
- Where's the Beef? Tenderize a bull with your bare hands. To death (Campaign only). 2.6%
- DLC: Mars: Nick's Story Complete the game (Host Only). 2.6%
- DLC Zombies: Blood Zragon Kill the Blood Dragon in Killer Climate. 2.6%
- DLC Zombies: ReZolution Complete all 7 movie pitches. 2.6%
- Ace Killer Destroy 10 planes while driving any aerial vehicle (Campaign only). 2.3%
- ARCADE Enthusiast Successfully complete 10 featured Arcade maps in Solo or Co-op (Arcade only). 2.0%
- Explosive Surprise Sabotage 5 vehicles in a way that kills an enemy (Campaign only). 2.0%
- DLC: Mars: The Queen is Dead! Kill all the Queens (Host Only). 2.0%
- Infamous Complete New Game+ with Infamous difficulty. 2.0%
- Death From Above Drop a bomb from a plane and destroy or disable 4 vehicles at once (Campaign only). 1.6%
- DLC: Mars: Slimy Death Hit 10 Arachnids with Crabmones. 1.6%
- DLC Zombies: FertiliZer Kill 10 Gougers or Hot Heads with the tractor in Fields of Terror. 1.6%
- ARCADE Hero Play the 'Arcade Hero' mode 5 times (Arcade only). 1.3%
- Make them count Kill a total of 25 enemies with airstrikes. 1.3%
- DLC: Mars: Mars Second Amendment Buy 12 weapons. 1.3%
- ARCADE Hunter Kill 100 enemies in Arcade Multiplayer maps (Arcade only). 1.0%
- 80s Hero Complete the game in Action Movie Mode. 1.0%
- Roguelike Complete the game in Survivor Mode. 1.0%
- DLC: Mars:Bug Squasher Perform 10 takedowns on Arachnids using the Power Glove. 1.0%
- DLC Zombies: Early ExZit Denied Try to escape the bridge early in Burned Bridges. 1.0%
- ARCADE Competitor Win 10 featured maps in Multiplayer (Arcade only). 0.7%
- DLC: Mars: Martian Journal Collect all of Larry's notes (Host Only). 0.7%
- DLC Zombies: Killer BeeZ Destroy all the Zom-bee nests in Laboratory of the Dead. 0.7%
- DLC Zombies: Gold MedaliZt Get a gold medal in all 7 movie pitches in Score Attack. 0.7%
- DLC Zombies: DeceaZed to ExZist Kill 5000 total Gougers, Hot Heads, or Behemoths in any mode. 0.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-22.