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Prehistoric Kingdom
Take on the role of park manager and design the ultimate zoo for nature's greatest creations.
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 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
76 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I WANT to rate this highly, but at its current state - and knowing how long it's BEEN in this state, given it's several years into early access atp - I unfortunately can't. It's fun, there's a nice variety of creatures…”
“I like this game very much and the systems in this game are very well thought out. I cannot recommend it in its current state though. The ai for the dinosaurs breaks constantly, especially in later game. I had a very…”
“looks fun but needs a tutorial. im not watching youtube videos in my free time to learn this.”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I WANT to rate this highly, but at its current state - and knowing how long it's BEEN in this state, given it's several years into early access atp - I unfortunately can't. It's fun, there's a nice variety of creatures…”
“Hands down, some of the best dinosaurs in gaming I've seen so far. No other game makes me take this many screenshots just because of how amazing the dinosaurs look. However, this game is borderline unplayable with the…”
“i liked the game because of the graphics and i dislike when the dinosaurs clip through the fence”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“TRICKY ONE TO REVIEW, For me. i will update as the game progresses. its basically planet zoo mechanics, but dino's. Which is AWSOME. iv waited 38 years for a concept like this. pros - graphics and animal behaviour is…”
“I've logged almost 50 hours playing Prehistoric Kingdom on my hubby's library and decided to buy my own (very unnecessary) copy just to support this project. I was hesitant to get too attached to this game because of…”
“After playing this game since day 1, watching it grow from a hatchling to a... not yet an adult but a sizeable 4 ton teenager. I can say.... this is the best zoo game anywhere hands down. The difference between this and…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“After playing this game since day 1, watching it grow from a hatchling to a... not yet an adult but a sizeable 4 ton teenager. I can say.... this is the best zoo game anywhere hands down. The difference between this and…”
“Outshines JWE in realism, creativity, customizability, price, variety, etc, while still in early access.”
“All the fun and nearly half the price as Brand X. Scratches the park builder itch perfectly for me.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Outshines JWE in realism, creativity, customizability, price, variety, etc, while still in early access.”
“It runs smoothly and already has a decent amount of features and animal variety. I'm quite happy I jumped in this early because it's already very good, but if you'd rather wait, it's shaping up to be an incredible game.…”
“I love this game. Prehistoric Kingdom is really fun, I highly recommend. There is about 72 species, with 8 new species in upd 17. (Three species, with subspecies, two pachycephalosaurus subspecies, four Allosaurus…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“I like this game very much and the systems in this game are very well thought out. I cannot recommend it in its current state though. The ai for the dinosaurs breaks constantly, especially in later game. I had a very…”
“Hands down, some of the best dinosaurs in gaming I've seen so far. No other game makes me take this many screenshots just because of how amazing the dinosaurs look. However, this game is borderline unplayable with the…”
“Just wanting to try to enjoy the game but then find out my animals are escaping without any escaping. Dude walked toward a fence and just phased right through it. 4 hours of gameplay. Took me an hour to work on my…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I WANT to rate this highly, but at its current state - and knowing how long it's BEEN in this state, given it's several years into early access atp - I unfortunately can't. It's fun, there's a nice variety of creatures…”
“I like the concept and a lot of the main ideas here, but many of the mechanics of this game leave a lot to be desired. The building system desperately needs snapping (for things like doors or awnings). This leads to a…”
“Just wanting to try to enjoy the game but then find out my animals are escaping without any escaping. Dude walked toward a fence and just phased right through it. 4 hours of gameplay. Took me an hour to work on my…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Hands down, some of the best dinosaurs in gaming I've seen so far. No other game makes me take this many screenshots just because of how amazing the dinosaurs look. However, this game is borderline unplayable with the…”
“Why is this game keep crashing? I have a high end pc yet it cant run this game.”
“Game is fantastic , titanoboa in vivarium ok for dev note we want open habitat rather keeping titanoboa in vivarium ,add more snakes ,water creatures ,live stock live fishes want more realism and performance issues there”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I WANT to rate this highly, but at its current state - and knowing how long it's BEEN in this state, given it's several years into early access atp - I unfortunately can't. It's fun, there's a nice variety of creatures…”
“Just wanting to try to enjoy the game but then find out my animals are escaping without any escaping. Dude walked toward a fence and just phased right through it. 4 hours of gameplay. Took me an hour to work on my…”
“looks fun but needs a tutorial. im not watching youtube videos in my free time to learn this.”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I WANT to rate this highly, but at its current state - and knowing how long it's BEEN in this state, given it's several years into early access atp - I unfortunately can't. It's fun, there's a nice variety of creatures…”
“I like the concept and a lot of the main ideas here, but many of the mechanics of this game leave a lot to be desired. The building system desperately needs snapping (for things like doors or awnings). This leads to a…”
“if u want a budget JWE3 then absolutely but otherwise...”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“The dinosaur park game I've wanted ever since I was 11. When I was a kid, I played Zoo Tycoon Complete collection and Zoo Tycoon 2 Ultimate Collection, I loved those games and of course I loved making a dinosaur focused park. Dinosaurs have been a passion of mine for so long,…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“if you want a more realistic game than JWE3, and if you want more realistic combat (coming out soon), baby growth, and park management. This is the game for you”
— a player, Steam review · 47 hrs played“i cannot stop playing this game dude. probably my favorite modular building mechanics that i've used. i say that and then rage over building lol”
— a player, Steam review · 89 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Prehistoric Kingdom - Update 17 Fix Patch (1.17.120)
Park Managers ! The final support patch for Update 17 is here, bringing new partner combat animations for several species, major improvements to animal behaviour and mutation visuals, important optimi
Dev Diary: August 2026
August Development Update! To kick things off, we can confirm that the final support patch for Update 17 is very close to release! After one last round of testing, it’ll be released shortly to improve
Dev Diary: July 2026
July Development Update! A week ago we put out a survey to gather feedback and see how the community felt about various parts of the game. To our surprise, we received a staggering 4,000 responses wit
Community Survey
If our community survey surpasses 1,000 submissions before the 10th of August, we'll be unveiling brand new concept art for one of our 1.0 launch animals. Let your opinion be heard! 🦖 💭 Survey: bit.ly
Prehistoric Kingdom - Update 17 Hotfix (1.17.106)
Hello, Park Managers!This patch fixes critical bugs relating to guests and modular building, while improving animal aggression and behavior stability.Additionally, our playable tutorials have been giv
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Dinosaurs · Management · Simulation · Sandbox · Building · Singleplayer · Strategy · Resource Management · 3D · Economy · Atmospheric · Education (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Official site | http://prehistorickingdom.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 64bit Processor: Intel i5-2300/AMD FX-4300 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GTX 1060 (4GB)/AMD R9 380 (4GB) DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 10 GB available space