Better than JWE1 and JWE2
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It's like 1 and 2... but better! No seriously, if you're new to Jurassic World Evolution, get this one.”
Steam review · 34 h played ↗
Jurassic World Evolution 3
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Frontier Developments2025Sandbox · Simulation · Strategy
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A beautiful, creative dino park builder with modular building, terrain tools and baby dinos. It's easy and close to JWE2, with resold-DLC complaints, so skip it at full price if you own the earlier games.
Great for
Newcomers to the series and Planet Zoo-style builders who want creative freedom and cute baby dinosaurs
Main risk
Feels like an overpriced JWE2 expansion that is too easy, with resold DLC species
What players love
Modular building and terrain tools
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Fully modular customization. Previous games were really limited in terms of building and decoration options, but this game gives you essentially full control over the visual aspects of your Park”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗
Beautiful graphics and dinosaur models
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The artwork; the illustrations, the models, the textures, the lighting, the music - everything. It's all so gorgeous.”
Steam review · 13.2 h played ↗
Baby dinosaurs and breeding
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Baby dinos. 100% worth it.”
Steam review · 100.9 h played ↗
Fuller, better campaign
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“The campaign is pretty much perfect and exactly what I wanted - its a long one, giving you a whole lot of different park sites across the globe”
Steam review · 108 h played ↗
Good optimization and smooth performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“Performance is second to none. It's super stable and can keep up even with me placing an insane amount of objects.”
Steam review · 21.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Feels like a JWE2 expansion at full price
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“it is essentially a really expensive DLC. New maps, new dinosaur breeding program, similar missions to previous games and very, very few new buildings.”
Steam review · 77.1 h played ↗
Resold DLC species and pricey DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Resold content. Absurd prices for the most requested features/dinos.”
Steam review · 94.7 h played ↗
Shallow guests and weak dinosaur AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Guests aren't real. They're particle effects tied to a bar graph.”
Steam review · 33 h played ↗
Bugs and broken campaign progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I wasted 10+ hours on a campaign mission only to find out the mission was bugged and couldn't be completed.”
Steam review · 23.4 h played ↗
Crashes and graphical glitches
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Ever since the latest update, my game sporadically crashes.”
Steam review · 47.1 h played ↗
Too easy, no economic challenge
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“There’s absolutely no economic challenge.”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support25 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64bit (min version 22H2)
ProcessorIntel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A750 (8GB VRAM)
Storage25 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10, 11
ProcessorIntel i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5800
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12GB VRAM) / Intel Arc B580 (12GB VRAM)
Storage25 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64bit (min version 22H2)
ProcessorIntel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A750 (8GB VRAM)
Storage25 GB available space
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