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Primal Carnage: Extinction

Primal Carnage: Extinction

Hunt humans, slay dinosaurs. It's chaotic prehistoric PvP, pick a side. Think fast, or you're extinct!

Released Apr 3, 2015 Developer Circle Five Studios, Pub Games Publisher Circle Five Publishing Platforms Windows DinosaursMultiplayerPvPFPSCharacter Customization
View on Steam ↗ $4.41 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

83.2%positive9,237 reviews
Recommended · 15 found this helpful

“used to be popular so i watched it on the gaming beaver, it's so fun and i wish the community came back”

— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“This game is fun with its small community, very underrated. Just DONT play freeroam!!!!! thats where the toxic wierdos reside.... Stick to competitive.”

— a player, Steam review · 1,333 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“would rather have my nuts crushed by a high heel”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

32playing at last check
9724-hour peak
864all-time peak
0 500 1k 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 502 avg · Jan 2016

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

61achievements
7.7%median completion
0.8%rarest: Leech Master
82.7% of players 33.6% of players 32.8% of players 31.9% of players 29.0% of players 25.5% of players 25.5% of players 25.4% of players 22.6% of players 21.5% of players 20.6% of players 20.4% of players 19.3% of players 16.3% of players 15.1% of players 13.8% of players 13.6% of players 12.7% of players 12.4% of players 12.3% of players 11.8% of players 11.6% of players 11.6% of players 10.7% of players 10.3% of players 8.7% of players 8.1% of players 7.9% of players 7.8% of players 7.8% of players 7.7% of players 7.7% of players 7.4% of players 7.3% of players 7.1% of players 6.8% of players 6.7% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.5% of players 5.3% of players 5.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.8% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.4% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.6% of players 2.1% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 82.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
82.7%Carnage Begins — Play Primal Carnage
33.6%Using Your Head — Deflect damage with your thick dome skull as Pachycephalosaurus.
32.8%Clever Girl — As the Scientist, kill a dinosaur from behind
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Leech Master — Steal stamina from 100 enemies as Ceratosaurus.
1.1%Challenge Champion — Complete 30 challenges
1.3%Dinomite — As a Pteranodon, kill 15 humans with dropped Pyros

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.

$4.41−66% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$12.99base price
$4.41lowest since tracking began2026-07-24
US4.41 USD−66%
EU4.41 EUR−66%
UK3.39 GBP−66%
Australia6.29 AUD−66%
Canada4.75 CAD−66%
Japan435 JPY−66%
Brazil8.83 BRL−66%
China14.28 CNY−66%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$1.7 China Japan Canada Australia US UK EU≈$5.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 24, 2026
Patch 3.3.5 and Dinocon Event

Although we have a small-ish game update for PCE on PC today, we're most excited to share our little collaboration with DinoCon this year! Read on for the details, or scroll down to the bottom for a s

Jul 14, 2026
STABILITY PATCH 3.3.4

Last update we made some major changes to PCE's codebase, completely refactoring how user items are loaded and moving to a newer type of server configuration. We tested these changes thoroughly before

Jun 29, 2026
SUMMER MELTDOWN 2026

Arguably the biggest update we've ever done. No joke.Aside from the usual new hotness that Meltdown brings, with dozens of sizzling new skins and even a new map to play on, there are some major update

Jun 25, 2026
SUMMER SALE

A little heads up about this summer's savings, along with a tease of what's just around the corner...STEAM SUMMER SALEGet 75% OFF Primal Carnage: Extinction:(And 75% OFF the PCE-4 Pack, gift some Carn

Jun 12, 2026
Emoji Contest Winners!

Today we announce the winners of our latest Official Emoji Contest! We've run a couple of these now on the official Primal Carnage Discord and will be doing more in future. If you've entered into the

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsDinosaurs · Multiplayer · PvP · FPS · Character Customization · Class-Based · Team-Based · Arcade · Action · Shooter · Combat · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain *
ControllerFull support
Achievements61
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://primalcarnage.com/extinction
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.0GHz+ Single-Core CPU Memory: 5 GB RAM Graphics: Dedicated graphics card with 1GB VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 12 GB available space