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Primal Carnage

Primal Carnage

A savage online shooter, where players do battle as man or beast in class-based deathmatches and a frantic escape mode. Unleash your inner dinosaur!

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “fun dinosaur combat” (9 of 93 reviews); the most common complaint is “empty playerbase” (37). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Oct 29, 2012 Developer Lukewarm Media Publisher Circle 5 Publishing Platforms Windows DinosaursActionMultiplayerFPSShooter
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

76.4%positive5,788 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 93 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 93 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 76.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Classic but fun game”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Not recommended · 7 found this helpful

“It's a dead game now. Can't really do anything unless you get a big group of friends together to play.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Not recommended · 5 found this helpful

“dead game, can't even play on a server with friends, absolutely do not buy this, it should be taken off steam”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

8peak since Aug 2026
0 0 1 1 avg · Sep 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

67achievements
4.8%median completion
1.9%rarest: Supply Drop
92.0% of players 66.9% of players 58.2% of players 52.1% of players 47.7% of players 38.6% of players 36.1% of players 34.2% of players 30.0% of players 22.3% of players 21.8% of players 20.7% of players 18.6% of players 18.1% of players 15.1% of players 13.5% of players 12.8% of players 12.7% of players 12.2% of players 11.0% of players 9.1% of players 9.1% of players 8.3% of players 8.1% of players 7.9% of players 7.6% of players 7.1% of players 6.7% of players 6.0% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 5.4% of players 5.0% of players 4.8% of players 4.6% of players 4.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 92.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.0%Carnage Begins — Play Primal Carnage.
66.9%Size Matters — Play only as a T. rex for an entire round.
58.2%Squashed Like a Bug! — Get trampled by a T. rex.
Rarest badges of honor
1.9%Supply Drop — While playing as a Pteranodon, drop 10 humans so they are eaten by a T. rex below.
1.9%Nothin' But Net — Use the Trapper net to make 5 dinosaurs fall to death.
1.9%Out of the Blue — Kill 20 humans with a Pteranodon peck while flying.

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.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US4.99 USD
EU7.99 EUR
UK5.59 GBP
Australia11.50 AUD
Canada8.79 CAD
Japan798 JPY
Brazil19.49 BRL
China31.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$3.9 China US Japan Canada UK Australia EU≈$9.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-30 08-19 09-08 09-28 10-20

Latest official news

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

May 20, 2026
90% OFF Primal Carnage Extinction!

RECORD BREAKING Hello, you old fossils! Bit dusty around these parts...A little over 10 years ago Primal Carnage: Extinction arrived on Steam, and just a day ago we broke our record for daily players.

Apr 29, 2016
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Apr 29, 2016
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Oct 12, 2015
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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.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsDinosaurs · Action · Multiplayer · FPS · Shooter · Team-Based · Indie · First-Person · PvP · Open World · Third Person · Survival (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Valve Anti-Cheat enabled · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements67
Official sitehttp://www.primalcarnage.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800+ Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: ATI 3850HD 512 MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 4 GB HD space Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection