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Dinosaur Fossil Hunter
Become a real paleontologist, explore various environments and search for dinosaur fossils. Dig for and study the remnants of these majestic creatures to learn about their evolution. Build your own museum and experience an immersive background story.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“I turned on the legendary Jurassic World soundtrack in the background. Then I dug and dug and dug, and before I knew it, I'd been playing non-stop for an hour. If you're interested, it's an absolutely fantastic game. The only issue is the car controls; otherwise, I enjoyed it…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“collecting all the bones and decorating museum very fun very cool”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“I wanted to like this game so badly, as a kid that grew up obsessed with dinosaurs and the concept of becoming a paleontologist, but sadly the controls, lack of direction and bugged achievements quickly ruined it for me. I appreciate the immense attention to detail (that you…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 18:49 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Biggest Discount Ever and other news!
Hello, Fossil Hunters! 🦖 We have some massive news for you today! Whether you are just discovering our game, or you are a veteran paleontologist looking for a Christmas gift for a fellow dino enthusia
Dinosaur Bundle with Aquarist
Dear Paleontologists! 🐟Walking into the aquarium is like exploring a different world.🐟 Our friends from FreeMind have prepared Publisher's sale and you can grab Aquarist in a bundle together with Dino
Steam Animal Week is live and we're happy to participate in it!
https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/32825646/91f3a34156d093b6bf3cf365dcaa294e9aff9a56.png We are super excited to announce that Dinosaur Fossil Hunter takes part in Animal Week , organized
Our Paleontology Adventure is now also on Xbox platform!
Fossil Hunters! Big news – Dinosaur Fossil Hunter is now available on Xbox One X/S and Xbox Series X/S ! If you’ve ever dreamed of stepping into the muddy boots of a real-life paleontologist and you a
Bundle with Aquarist and 2.5.11 on default!
Dear Paleontologists! Given the fact that no major issues were reported to us during your testing of the 2.5.11 version on the public_testing branch, and the tests of our QA team were successful, we’r
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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, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Mining · Dinosaurs · Building · Sandbox · Open World · First-Person · Management · Exploration · Realistic · Relaxing · Walking Simulator (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Ukrainian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 83 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://pyramid.games |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: RX 570 4GB VRAM / GeForce GTX 960 4GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 15 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible Additional Notes: System requirements may change during the development of the game.