Fun humans vs dinosaurs concept
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This game has everything you could ask for; Dinosaurs and Guns. There is no game like this.”
Steam review · 38.2 h played ↗
Primal Carnage
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 77%Mostly Positive · 77%Lukewarm Media2012FPS · Shooter · Action
$4.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 58 min ago
The verdict
A fun, unusual humans-vs-dinosaurs multiplayer shooter that is now effectively dead, with empty servers. Skip it unless you have a group of friends, or just buy Extinction.
Great for
Nostalgic dinosaur fans with a group of friends ready to fill a server
Main risk
Servers are empty and there are no bots or single-player, so you likely can't play at all
What players love
Nostalgic, loved in its day
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I’ve been playing this game since my childhood, and my dad and I spent countless hours enjoying it together.”
Steam review · 1092.3 h played ↗
Distinct classes and fun dinosaur gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“This game succeeds what many games failed at creating: fun, cool, playable dinosaur gameplay.”
Steam review · 320.1 h played ↗
Good graphics and dinosaur design
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The design & animation of the dinosaurs are amazing & life-like”
Steam review · 320.1 h played ↗
Great with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“This is a great game for you to play with your friends, especially to make them upset whenever you swoop down and snatch them up as a pterodactyl.”
Steam review · 27.1 h played ↗
Smoother than Extinction
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“given its tighter controls and ability to run smoother then it's "remake/sequel".”
Steam review · 231 h played ↗
What players complain about
Servers are dead, nobody plays
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews
“there are practically no players anymore in this multiplayer-only game.”
Steam review · 29.8 h played ↗
Superseded by Extinction
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the sequel has more features and is still getting new content.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Bugs, clunky controls and dated feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Playing as a dinosaur feels clunky and awkward.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Unbalanced classes and dinosaurs
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Humans are extremely underpowered in almost every circumstance.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
Devs abandoned it and resold it as a new game
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Instead of doing the updates like they should have to fix things they just abandoned Primal Carnage, copy pasted the whole thing and renamed it so now its a new product.”
Steam review · 151.5 h played ↗
Repetitive, shallow gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“playing the same two modes over & over again feels extremely repetitive”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP, Vista, 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800+
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsATI 3850HD 512 MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
Storage4 GB HD space
OSWindows XP, Vista, 7
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800+
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsATI 3850HD 512 MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
Storage4 GB HD space
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