10 games similar to Far Cry 5, a Shooter, Adventure game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Far Cry 5.
01Shares AdventureBoth games drop you into open worlds where survival hinges on resource management and hunting. Far Cry 5 emphasizes base building and crafting alongside combat, while Life is Feudal expands those systems into a full medieval sandbox with farming, forging, and construction. Each rewards exploration and self-sufficiency, though Life is Feudal trades gunplay for melee combat and community-driven gameplay.
02Shares AdventureShooterBoth games drop you into open worlds where survival depends on hunting, crafting, and managing a base while facing organized threats. Far Cry Primal strips away modern weapons for bows and melee combat, but keeps the cinematic first-person action and narrative focus on leading a resistance, this time through taming wild animals instead of recruiting allies. The core loop of exploration, resource gathering, and tactical combat remains unchanged.
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03Shares AdventureShooterBoth games put you in a first-person open world where your character choices shape the story and outcome. The Outer Worlds trades Far Cry 5's Montana cult resistance for a sci-fi conspiracy across space colonies, but maintains that sense of being an outsider thrust into a factional conflict. Character customization lets you define who you become in each game, and exploration drives the narrative forward in both.
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04Shares AdventureShooterBoth games pair first-person and third-person shooting with survival in hostile worlds where you fight organized threats to human freedom. Character creation lets you shape your protagonist, while resource gathering and weapon crafting sustain your resistance. Remnant trades Far Cry's open Montana for procedurally-generated realms, but shares the core loop of scavenging, upgrading gear, and cooperative combat against overwhelming odds.
05Shares AdventureShooterBoth games cast you into hostile open worlds where you fight against organized military forces threatening a region. Far Cry 5 pits you against a doomsday cult in Montana; Breakpoint drops you on an island controlled by rogue soldiers. Each emphasizes character customization and supports solo or cooperative play, letting you approach resistance missions your own way across sprawling environments filled with enemy outposts to dismantle.
06Shares AdventureShooterBoth Far Cry 5 and Miscreated drop you into hostile open worlds where survival depends on crafting resources and combat. Far Cry 5 pits you against a militaristic cult in Montana; Miscreated throws you into a post-apocalyptic wasteland filled with mutants and other players. Each game emphasizes first-person action and exploration across expansive maps where environmental threats matter as much as armed enemies.
07Shares AdventureShooterBoth games pit you against a powerful criminal organization in a sprawling open world where resistance movements fight back. Like Far Cry 5's campaign against Eden's Gate, Wildlands has you dismantling a cartel's control through tactical operations across hostile territory. Character creation appears in both, and cooperative play lets you tackle the campaign with friends, mirroring Far Cry 5's multiplayer approach to liberating a region from authoritarian rule.
08Shares AdventureBoth games cast you as an agent of change in open worlds where survival hinges on combat and resource management. Far Cry 5 has you spark resistance against a cult; Dying Light 2 positions you as a valued ally in a fractured settlement. Each emphasizes how your choices shape the community's fate, and both deliver action through first-person exploration where your decisions genuinely matter to the world around you.
09Shares AdventureShooterBoth games pit you against charismatic cult leaders commanding devoted followers across open worlds. Far Cry 5 has you fighting Joseph Seed's doomsday sect in Montana, while Borderlands 3 tasks you with stopping twin Sirens leading the Children of the Vault across alien planets. Each game emphasizes first-person action and cooperative multiplayer as you work to dismantle these fanatical organizations and liberate their territories.
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10Shares AdventureBoth games present first-person open worlds where survival depends on resource gathering and crafting. Far Cry 5 emphasizes resistance against a cult through combat and base management, while Rising World focuses on creative construction in a procedurally generated landscape. Yet both reward exploration and offer cooperative multiplayer, letting you tackle their expansive environments alone or with friends.
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10 games similar to Far Cry 5: Life is Feudal: Your Own, Far Cry: Primal, The Outer Worlds, Remnant: From the Ashes, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, Miscreated, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands, Dying Light 2: Stay Human.
Most of these games share Action, Adventure, Open world, Shooter and Survival with Far Cry 5, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Far Cry 5.