Far Cry 5

Intense overall intensity
Highest flag: Dark themes — graphic
AdventureModern/RealisticShooter

What's in it

Violence graphic & gore
High

Realistic first-person gunfire, explosives, and brutal melee/stealth takedowns against human cultists and wildlife, with blood spray and occasional gore.

Substances player uses or trades
High

A hallucinogenic cult drug called Bliss dazes the player during scripted sequences, and a side questline has the player brew and run moonshine to sell.

Dark themes graphic
High

Heavy focus on a doomsday cult's brainwashing, abduction, forced drugging, and 'atonement,' with disturbing hallucination sequences and a bleak tone.

Language strong
High

Frequent strong profanity in dialogue, including repeated use of 'f***' by characters and enemies.

Crime & lawlessness player commits crime
Moderate

The player commits ongoing armed violence, arson, and property destruction against cult forces, and the antagonists commit kidnapping and murder throughout.

Torture depicted
Moderate

Cult 'heralds' capture and torment the player through conditioning, drugging and abusive interrogation sequences that are shown on screen.

Mutilation / body horror depicted
Moderate

Killing human cult members with firearms and explosives produces bloody, gory wounds.

Horror & psychological spooky
Low

Unsettling drug-induced hallucination sequences and eerie cult imagery, but not a dedicated horror experience.

Spending cosmetic purchases
Low

Optional real-money purchases of in-game silver bars for cosmetic and convenience items.

Animal combat combat mechanic
Low

Hunting and fighting wildlife (deer, bears, wolves, cougars) is a standard gameplay mechanic for skins and combat.

Suicide & self-harm referenced
Low

The cult's doomsday ideology references mass death and members choosing to die for the cause.

Sexual content suggestive
Low

Mild suggestive dialogue and innuendo from some characters; no depicted sex acts.

Spending pressure optional
Low

Purchases are entirely optional with no timers, energy gating, or pay-to-win mechanics.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatChat with strangersUser-created contentReal-money spending

What it is

Far Cry 5 is a first-person open-world shooter set in the fictional Hope County, Montana, where the player is a sheriff's deputy fighting to free the region from an armed doomsday cult called Project at Eden's Gate. Gameplay involves stealth and loud gunfights against human cult members using firearms, explosives, vehicles and recruited human and animal allies, played solo or in two-player online co-op. It contains graphic bloody combat, frequent strong profanity, a heavy focus on a hallucinogenic cult drug called Bliss that repeatedly affects the player, and dark themes of brainwashing, torture and religious extremism. A companion 'Arcade' mode adds community-created maps and online multiplayer.

How it's framed

The game frames the player as a lawman leading a resistance against a violent, coercive cult, so combat and property destruction are presented as justified rebellion; the cult's leaders are given charismatic, philosophically 'unhinged' personalities, and the drug, torture and indoctrination content is shown as the cult's menace rather than something the game endorses.

Details

Developer
Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher
Ubisoft
Released
Mar 26, 2018

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