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| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 17:51 UTC | 575 |
| 31 Oct, 17:49 UTC | 556 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchMarch 2016 | 3,960 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onJune 2016 | 423 | 11% | Loses players fast (better than 16% of 9,259 other games) |
| 12 months onMarch 2017 | 1,291 | 33% | Holds players well (better than 69% of 7,793 other games) |
Far Cry® Primal kept 11% of the average players it had at its launch in March 2016 after 3 months and 33% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) | 575 | +98 | +20.5% | 575 |
| October 2026Oct 2026 (from 19 Oct) | 477 | −19 | −3.8% | 715 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 496 | −3 | −0.6% | 1,138 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 499 | −180 | −26.5% | 1,096 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 679 | +194 | +40.1% | 1,521 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 485 | −62 | −11.3% | 1,246 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 547 | −121 | −18.1% | 1,080 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 668 | −1,290 | −65.9% | 1,491 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 1,958 | +1,408 | +256.3% | 4,684 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 550 | −289 | −34.5% | 2,901 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 839 | −133 | −13.7% | 1,851 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 972 | +261 | +36.6% | 1,894 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 711 | −1,616 | −69.4% | 1,888 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 2,327 | +1,964 | +540.1% | 8,764 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 364 | −356 | −49.5% | 3,791 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 719 | +324 | +82% | 2,244 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 395 | +69 | +21.1% | 824 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 326 | +59 | +22% | 1,006 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 268 | −103 | −27.7% | 586 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 370 | −332 | −47.3% | 900 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 702 | +385 | +121.4% | 1,504 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 317 | −80 | −20.2% | 687 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 398 | −30 | −7% | 892 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 428 | +195 | +83.5% | 776 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 233 | −101 | −30.4% | 676 |
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 335 | +96 | +40% | 1,046 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 239 | −148 | −38.3% | 476 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 387 | −31 | −7.5% | 1,137 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 419 | +140 | +50.3% | 916 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 279 | +46 | +19.5% | 763 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 233 | −61 | −20.8% | 535 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 294 | −58 | −16.5% | 799 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 353 | −55 | −13.5% | 728 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 408 | +65 | +19% | 1,104 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 342 | −88 | −20.4% | 794 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 430 | −42 | −8.9% | 772 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 473 | +242 | +105.1% | 1,106 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 230 | −108 | −31.9% | 524 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 338 | +93 | +38.1% | 1,065 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 245 | −157 | −39% | 523 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 401 | +220 | +121.2% | 766 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 182 | −32 | −15.2% | 369 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 214 | −117 | −35.3% | 449 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 331 | −136 | −29.1% | 875 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 466 | +254 | +119.3% | 1,152 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 213 | −124 | −36.8% | 390 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 337 | −2 | −0.7% | 785 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 339 | +82 | +32% | 724 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 257 | +71 | +38.3% | 773 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 186 | −110 | −37.2% | 369 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 296 | −25 | −7.7% | 703 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 321 | +37 | +12.8% | 1,368 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 284 | +3 | +0.9% | 584 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 281 | +98 | +53.6% | 665 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 183 | −39 | −17.7% | 338 |
| April 2022Apr 2022 | 223 | −148 | −40% | 472 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 371 | −82 | −18.1% | 809 |
| February 2022Feb 2022 | 453 | +3 | +0.6% | 1,091 |
| January 2022Jan 2022 | 450 | −140 | −23.7% | 1,012 |
| December 2021Dec 2021 | 590 | +311 | +111.6% | 1,216 |
| November 2021Nov 2021 | 279 | +56 | +25.1% | 1,053 |
| October 2021Oct 2021 | 223 | +16 | +7.7% | 428 |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 207 | −35 | −14.6% | 396 |
| August 2021Aug 2021 | 242 | −200 | −45.2% | 412 |
| July 2021Jul 2021 | 442 | +57 | +14.8% | 958 |
| June 2021Jun 2021 | 385 | +118 | +43.9% | 878 |
| May 2021May 2021 | 268 | −16 | −5.8% | 970 |
| April 2021Apr 2021 | 284 | −122 | −30.1% | 629 |
| March 2021Mar 2021 | 406 | +72 | +21.4% | 1,016 |
| February 2021Feb 2021 | 335 | −187 | −35.8% | 687 |
| January 2021Jan 2021 | 522 | +133 | +34.3% | 1,298 |
| December 2020Dec 2020 | 389 | +21 | +5.8% | 908 |
| November 2020Nov 2020 | 367 | +97 | +36% | 814 |
| October 2020Oct 2020 | 270 | +24 | +9.6% | 756 |
| September 2020Sept 2020 | 246 | −127 | −34% | 421 |
| August 2020Aug 2020 | 373 | −519 | −58.2% | 782 |
| July 2020Jul 2020 | 892 | +601 | +206.3% | 2,345 |
| June 2020Jun 2020 | 291 | −145 | −33.2% | 672 |
| May 2020May 2020 | 436 | −3 | −0.6% | 1,223 |
| April 2020Apr 2020 | 439 | −360 | −45.1% | 950 |
| March 2020Mar 2020 | 799 | +272 | +51.6% | 2,029 |
| February 2020Feb 2020 | 527 | +43 | +8.9% | 1,523 |
| January 2020Jan 2020 | 484 | −145 | −23% | 1,166 |
| December 2019Dec 2019 | 629 | +103 | +19.5% | 1,556 |
| November 2019Nov 2019 | 527 | +247 | +88.2% | 1,846 |
| October 2019Oct 2019 | 280 | +31 | +12.5% | 735 |
| September 2019Sept 2019 | 249 | +33 | +15.2% | 1,141 |
| August 2019Aug 2019 | 216 | −217 | −50.1% | 437 |
| July 2019Jul 2019 | 433 | +158 | +57.5% | 944 |
| June 2019Jun 2019 | 275 | −65 | −19% | 950 |
| May 2019May 2019 | 340 | +9 | +2.6% | 1,189 |
| April 2019Apr 2019 | 331 | −228 | −40.8% | 797 |
| March 2019Mar 2019 | 559 | −33 | −5.5% | 2,421 |
| February 2019Feb 2019 | 592 | +9 | +1.5% | 1,643 |
| January 2019Jan 2019 | 583 | +103 | +21.4% | 2,104 |
| December 2018Dec 2018 | 480 | +95 | +24.8% | 1,105 |
| November 2018Nov 2018 | 385 | +213 | +123.8% | 1,424 |
| October 2018Oct 2018 | 172 | −106 | −38.1% | 341 |
| September 2018Sept 2018 | 278 | +69 | +32.8% | 872 |
| August 2018Aug 2018 | 209 | −70 | −25.2% | 854 |
| July 2018Jul 2018 | 280 | +3 | +1.2% | 635 |
| June 2018Jun 2018 | 276 | −194 | −41.3% | 692 |
| May 2018May 2018 | 470 | +46 | +10.9% | 1,393 |
| April 2018Apr 2018 | 424 | −124 | −22.6% | 1,208 |
| March 2018Mar 2018 | 548 | +16 | +3% | 2,421 |
| February 2018Feb 2018 | 532 | −11 | −2% | 1,134 |
| January 2018Jan 2018 | 543 | +95 | +21.1% | 1,965 |
| December 2017Dec 2017 | 448 | +125 | +38.8% | 1,110 |
| November 2017Nov 2017 | 323 | +115 | +55.5% | 1,415 |
| October 2017Oct 2017 | 208 | −27 | −11.6% | 419 |
| September 2017Sept 2017 | 235 | −38 | −14% | 449 |
| August 2017Aug 2017 | 273 | −207 | −43.2% | 470 |
| July 2017Jul 2017 | 481 | +83 | +20.9% | 1,165 |
| June 2017Jun 2017 | 398 | +87 | +28% | 1,143 |
| May 2017May 2017 | 311 | −140 | −31.1% | 593 |
| April 2017Apr 2017 | 451 | −840 | −65.1% | 1,239 |
| March 2017Mar 2017 | 1,291 | +821 | +174.7% | 4,922 |
| February 2017Feb 2017 | 470 | −499 | −51.5% | 965 |
| January 2017Jan 2017 | 969 | −11 | −1.1% | 2,940 |
| December 2016Dec 2016 | 980 | +358 | +57.4% | 2,680 |
| November 2016Nov 2016 | 623 | +329 | +112% | 3,375 |
| October 2016Oct 2016 | 294 | −76 | −20.6% | 577 |
| September 2016Sept 2016 | 370 | −215 | −36.8% | 823 |
| August 2016Aug 2016 | 586 | −27 | −4.5% | 2,141 |
| July 2016Jul 2016 | 613 | +190 | +44.9% | 1,675 |
| June 2016Jun 2016 | 423 | −44 | −9.5% | 1,223 |
| May 2016May 2016 | 467 | −453 | −49.2% | 1,056 |
| April 2016Apr 2016 | 921 | −3,040 | −76.8% | 2,478 |
| March 2016Mar 2016 | 3,960 | — | — | 14,686 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.