Beautiful, lifelike dinosaurs and graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Awesome graphics, and realistic dinos. Great game!”
Steam review · 64.9 h played ↗
Jurassic World Evolution 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%Frontier Developments2021Management · Sandbox · Simulation
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A polished dinosaur park sim with gorgeous dinos and a fun sandbox, but a thin campaign, repetitive micromanagement and pricey DLC. Skip it if you want deep management.
Great for
Dinosaur and Jurassic fans who want a relaxed sandbox park builder with great visuals
Main risk
Tutorial-like campaign and repetitive micromanagement get boring, with content behind DLC
What players love
Relaxing, engaging park management
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Challenging enough to keep me engaged, and simple enough not to be overwhelming. Well balanced gameplay.”
Steam review · 492.9 h played ↗
Fun, free-form sandbox mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the best part of the game by far is the sandbox mode”
Steam review · 38.2 h played ↗
Great dino variety, incl. aquatic and flying
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“the new flying and swimming prehistoric reptiles variety”
Steam review · 29.7 h played ↗
Mods extend the game
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“good game, its really fun when you mod it”
Steam review · 54.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes, bugs and pathing issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the game freezes and crashes out every 15 minutes”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Boring, repetitive micromanagement
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Not a game, but a task managing simulator”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
Short, tutorial-like campaign
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Sadly, the campaign is just a bunch of tutorials”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
Expensive DLC needed for full experience
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“the microtransactions are just out of hand”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Always-online Denuvo DRM
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 negative reviews
“Always online Denuvo DRM. On a singleplayer chill game.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Content locked in sandbox
Mentioned in ~1 in 50 negative reviews
“you have to complete the other modes, to be able to unlock the ability to research all the animals in CREATIVE SANDBOX”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support14 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64bit (min version 1809)
ProcessorIntel i5-4590/AMD FX 8370
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics(4GB VRAM) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti (Legacy GPU: GeForce GTX 960) / AMD Radeon RX 470
Storage14 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64bit (min version 1809)
ProcessorIntel i7-5775C/AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory12 GB RAM
Graphics(6GB VRAM) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD RX 570 (8GB)
Storage14 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64bit (min version 1809)
ProcessorIntel i5-4590/AMD FX 8370
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics(4GB VRAM) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti (Legacy GPU: GeForce GTX 960) / AMD Radeon RX 470
Storage14 GB available space
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