Dinosaur Hunt

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mixed · 67%Mixed · 67%2015

$0.99

US Steam price, checked 3 h ago

The verdict

A dirt-cheap, janky wave shooter whose real draw is 1000+ instantly unlocked achievements and trading cards. Skip it if you want actual gameplay depth, polish or a stable experience.

Great for

Achievement and trading-card hunters wanting a near-free 100% in under an hour

Main risk

The gameplay is repetitive and shallow, and the achievement spam is the only real selling point

What players love

1000+ easy achievements

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“If you are willing to pay 0.99 for 1k+ cool achievements this game is for you.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗

“played for 9 minutes and got 770 achievements”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“40 minutes of play = 1079 achievements, super easy”
Steam review · translated · 0.7 h played ↗

Extremely cheap price

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“It's a $1 game, don't go in expecting more than that.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗

“Overall, it's really fun for the .99cent, pick it up on sale and get a few copies with friends if you can.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

Fun, chaotic dino shooting

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“Simple dinosaur shooting game with fast action, basic mechanics and fun chaotic combat against dinosaurs.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗

“a good horde shooter.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

“Killing dinosaurs relieves stress really well, especially their flying chunks of meat.”
Steam review · translated · 11 h played ↗

Wide weapon selection

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“A large assortment of weapons: melee, pistols, shotguns, sniper and assault rifles, rocket launchers and a six-barrel minigun.”
Steam review · translated · 4.2 h played ↗

“great weapon selection ranging from AK-47, Sniper rifles to rocket launcher cross bow and even a katana”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗

Trading cards and profile items

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“If you play 1.5-2 hours you can recoup the game's price from cards, plus lots of achievements to decorate your profile”
Steam review · translated · 0.9 h played ↗

“You will receive tradable skins at the landmarks of 100 kills and 1000 kills.”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗

So-bad-it's-good fun with friends

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews

“This is the type of game you play with your friends and just laugh.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

“with a couple of friends this is a pretty funny game.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗

What players complain about

Only worthwhile for achievement hunters

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Only for achievement farm & nothing more!”
Steam review · 15.7 h played ↗

“Avoid it unless you're an achievement hunter.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

“Only get it for the achievements.”
Steam review · translated · 0.9 h played ↗

Asset flip and low quality

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Just bunch of Unity assets put together. Zero value.”
Steam review · 6.1 h played ↗

“Developer keeps jugging out these garbage asset flips with the same engine and same basic framework”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗

Achievement spam and popups

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“I played 11 minutes and apparently got 500 achievements that won't stop popping up in my corner ( I was afraid this game gave me a virus ).”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“Your achievements will keep popping up for an hour after you quit.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

“I had to restart steam just so I can stop the achievement notifications popping up”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

Bugs and janky AI

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“Objects float, there's buggy AI, deaths out of nowhere, we clip through walls, and NPCs that walk against the walls.”
Steam review · 9 h played ↗

Repetitive, shallow wave-shooter gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“It became repetitive almost immediately.”
Steam review · 8.6 h played ↗

“Dinos will mindlessly charge you.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗

“You shoot dinosaurs in the arena, a big dinosaur appears at the end of the round, then the next round. That's the whole game.”
Steam review · translated · 0.4 h played ↗

Lag and bad optimization

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“this one tends to lag/freeze up more often that you notice it, specially on loading screens or when 3+ dinosaurs are on you.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗

“Jugar solo si queres trofeos faciles y una buena pc, ya que este juego esta horriblemente mal optimizado.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unknown

Minimum

OSWindows XP SP3

ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsGeforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB

Storage5 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 7 or later

ProcessorIntel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivalent)

Memory3 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 670+

Storage5 GB available space

OSWindows XP SP3

ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsGeforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB

Storage5 GB available space

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