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Release Date: Mar 26, 2018 2.1K Players*

Welcome to Hope County, Montana, the land of the free and brave, but also the home of a fanatical doomsday cult. Stand up to cult leader Joseph Seed and his siblings, the Heralds, to spark the fires of resistance and liberate the besieged community.

Play solo or two-player co-op in the vast open world of Hope County. Use a vast arsenal of weapons from rocket launchers to shovels, and take control of iconic muscle cars, ATVs, planes, and more to engage the cult forces in epic fights.

DISCOVER ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED FAR CRY GAMES
Join the millions of players in the Far Cry® 5 community and discover what IGN describes as “fast-paced fun.”

FIGHT AGAINST THE DEADLY CULT OF JOSEPH SEED
Free Hope County from the Eden's Gate cult and the Seed family. Discover the first appearance of the charismatic antagonist Joseph Seed, before his return in Far Cry® New Dawn and his own dedicated DLC in Far Cry® 6, Collapse.

EXPLORE THE HOPE COUNTY OPEN WORLD SOLO OR CO-OP AND MAKE YOUR OWN RULES
Play solo or two-player co-op in the vast open world of Hope County. Use a vast arsenal of weapons from rocket launchers to shovels, and take control of iconic muscle cars, ATVs, planes, and more to engage the cult forces in epic fights. Ally with the Fangs for Hire group, including fan-favorite bear Cheeseburger and dog Boomer, and free Hope County from its oppressors.

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How To Play Far Cry® 5 on macOS

Playable

Great news, Far Cry® 5 can be played on macOS using any of the methods below:

  1. Parallels is virtual machine software that lets you run Windows on macOS. You can play Far Cry® 5 using Parallels with a Windows guest operating system.

See game reports below for details.

Game Reports

See how well this game plays on macOS.

Far Cry® 5 is not natively supported on macOS. See below for ways you can play it that have been tested.

Playable
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MacGamer

Good 1080p < 1 Hour Played 35 FPS

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Sequoia, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    Parallels (Windows)

    v20.4.1

  • Launcher Ubisoft Connect
  • Graphics Preset Custom

Additional Information

It benchmarked with an average of 35 FPS with motion blur off and Normal graphics preset. There were some big frame drops which I assume was when loading map data. Running the benchmark again was smoother.

I installed the game without selecting the HD textures pack.

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MacGamer

Poor 1080p < 1 Hour Played 27 FPS

  • Hardware

    Mac mini M4

    Sequoia, 24GB Memory

    10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU

  • Method

    v25.0.1

  • Launcher Ubisoft Connect
  • Graphics Preset Low

Additional Information

It benchmarked with an average of 27 FPS with motion blur off and antialiasing off. This was without installing the HD textures.