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Dinocide
Dinocide is a classic NES inspired old-school single-player platformer in a prehistoric fantasy world. Dinocide tries to capture the drive and fun of that era and recreate it in a modern way!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
37 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Dinocide is a game heavily inspired by the Adventure Island games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeheGwaxAzU&feature=youtu.be A lot of the core mechanics are almost identical to Adventure Island, although the game…”
“Dinocide is a classic adventure-platformer made in the same vein as the classic Adventure Island series. Much like many classic NES era games, there isn't really a lot in the way of story, just the premise that our…”
“The game is great, and i mean it. GREAT. If you are nostalgic NES fan, loving good old platformer adventures or just sick of modern YOBA games, this game is definitely for you. What can i say? Music - A+ ( Chiptune…”
19 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“It's kinda fun but not THAT fun. Nothing really to point about about it as BAD. It controls ok. It looks passable for the most. Has a fun moment here and there. But overall just kind of bland and a little boring. I hear…”
“This a 2d retro platformer with heavy emphasis on "retro". Graphics: 9/10 - My favorite part of this game, the creators did a great job with the pixel art and while I have seen better done, there is nothing wrong with…”
“I haven’t played games on PC about 10 years. I haven’t played games like Dinocide for 10 years either. It is awesome! First of all I like the design of this game. Just take a look at the intro! I love it! And secondly I…”
11 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“The game is great, and i mean it. GREAT. If you are nostalgic NES fan, loving good old platformer adventures or just sick of modern YOBA games, this game is definitely for you. What can i say? Music - A+ ( Chiptune…”
“Dinocide pulls at the nostalgia that was 8-bit gaming for me. I still have my original NES and boot it up occasionally, and the more games like these come out (and emulators of course), the more I think, this genre and…”
“I mainly bought Dinocide because of nostalgia and because I like 8-bit-styled games. The soundtrack sounds almost as if it was composed on that old tech they used way back. Monsters are actually challenging and hunger…”
7 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“It's kinda fun but not THAT fun. Nothing really to point about about it as BAD. It controls ok. It looks passable for the most. Has a fun moment here and there. But overall just kind of bland and a little boring. I hear…”
“I mainly bought Dinocide because of nostalgia and because I like 8-bit-styled games. The soundtrack sounds almost as if it was composed on that old tech they used way back. Monsters are actually challenging and hunger…”
“This a 2d retro platformer with heavy emphasis on "retro". Graphics: 9/10 - My favorite part of this game, the creators did a great job with the pixel art and while I have seen better done, there is nothing wrong with…”
6 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Great game.Hard but rewarding.Fast-paced 2-D goodness. PS:Sequel ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Since you asked me i would like that the sequel would be little more action based and a little more fast-paced action to contribute…”
“I mainly bought Dinocide because of nostalgia and because I like 8-bit-styled games. The soundtrack sounds almost as if it was composed on that old tech they used way back. Monsters are actually challenging and hunger…”
“Pretty challenging platformer that mainly draws inspiration from Hudson's Adventure Island series. Beating the levels while your health slowly runs out is actually harder than it might first appear. While it doesn't…”
46 of the 100 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The title rips practically all its mechanics and aesthetics from the Adventure Island series, but lacks anything unique and has level design that alternates between boring and cheap. The graphics and soundtrack are also…”
“I bought this game for half price and I honestly don't feel it was worth it. * (A personal gripe) The game itself has graphics that dont really match any platform or era. * Actual gameplay is lackluster and after you…”
“I failed at drawing dinosaurs but my Caterpies are flawless This is a really slow version of Adventure island. Ok so, if you haven't played the old NES game, The idea is that the bar is shared by both your health and…”
28 of the 100 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“After yesterday’s review of a somewhat disappointing platform game, Marcus Level, I didn’t want to set my hopes too high for Dinocide. However, this was very difficult. It’s a game that again appears to have everything…”
“I bought this game for half price and I honestly don't feel it was worth it. * (A personal gripe) The game itself has graphics that dont really match any platform or era. * Actual gameplay is lackluster and after you…”
“The game is great, and i mean it. GREAT. If you are nostalgic NES fan, loving good old platformer adventures or just sick of modern YOBA games, this game is definitely for you. What can i say? Music - A+ ( Chiptune…”
17 of the 100 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I really wanted to like this game. I like platformers, and don't mind the nostalgia look. Unfortunately bad design decisions and finnicky platforming ruin it. You go forward through stages and collect upgrade weapons to…”
“The positive: Great game, true to its 8bit roots. Fun to play, great chiptunes audio. Reminds me of Adventure Island. Very very similar. If you used to play that game, you will love this. The negative: There is no…”
“This is a typical shovelware bundle game. Got it from the Yogscast bundle on Humble and as with many of the other games in that bundle it's ok and not entirely without merit. But the step from "ok" to a remommendation…”
16 of the 100 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The title rips practically all its mechanics and aesthetics from the Adventure Island series, but lacks anything unique and has level design that alternates between boring and cheap. The graphics and soundtrack are also…”
“I bought this game for half price and I honestly don't feel it was worth it. * (A personal gripe) The game itself has graphics that dont really match any platform or era. * Actual gameplay is lackluster and after you…”
“This is a typical shovelware bundle game. Got it from the Yogscast bundle on Humble and as with many of the other games in that bundle it's ok and not entirely without merit. But the step from "ok" to a remommendation…”
12 of the 100 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“The title rips practically all its mechanics and aesthetics from the Adventure Island series, but lacks anything unique and has level design that alternates between boring and cheap. The graphics and soundtrack are also…”
“I can't recommend this game. At first it was nice, but the farther it got worse. + Resembles NES version of Adventure Island. + Nice graphics. + Okay boss fights. - EXTREMELY short game. To finish the game once you need…”
“A Decent Indie Platformer with Room to Grow Dinocide is one of those indie gems that deserves more attention than it gets. It offers a nostalgic NES-inspired experience with a variety of level designs, enemies, and…”
Counted across 100 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 52.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Dinocide is a platformer with an emphasis on eating food to keep your health bar up. It gradually diminishes as time ticks by, so you have to continue to eat to stay alive. Taking damage will decrease a portion of the meter, so making sure you find food while navigating the…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Dinocide is an retro platformer set in an alternate prehistoric timeline. I haven’t played a platformer for a while so I must say, it felt good to play this. The story of the game is as follows, your lovely companion, which I assume to be your wife/partner, gets captured by a…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“This game will always be either extremely easy, or frustratingly difficult like the jungle levels where you are often expected to take random leaps of faith. At at least one point in the game you will be calling bull because of a death that should not have occured. Just save…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Latest official news
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Dinocide is now in Korean
https://atomictorch.com/Images/Upload/10316.png Greetings, friends! Today we have wonderful news for all the Korean players of Dinocide. Thanks to great help from Dollpin who generously provided Korea
New Dinocide update - 1.4.6!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Action · Indie · Platformer · Adventure · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Funny · Classic · Colorful · Atmospheric · Family Friendly · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, French, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean |
| Controller | Full support |
| Official site | http://dinocide.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 Processor: Dual Core 1.6GHz or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 128MB of Video Memory, capable of Shader Model 2.0+; generally everything made since 2004 should work DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 300 MB available space