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Primeval

Primeval

Grow a dinosaur from hatchling to full-grown adult, then take it anywhere — solo or into 150-player servers, with everything you've earned carried over. 67+ playable species, from land to sea to sky.

Released Jan 19, 2025 Developer Exhibyte Platforms Windows DinosaursSurvivalSimulationActionOpen World
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

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

59.5%positive79 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“On the store page, it used to say "No lag- no griefers, just survival." and all 3 of those are big, fat, LIES. Lag, it lags so much it feels like I'm running it on a calculator- 24 FPS at estimated best. This game used to be shelter from other dinosaur MMO's, so now that they…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Unplayable crashfest. Too bad. I have had it and watched it for a long time.”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Jul 27, 2026
Game Update

Eating from plants can drop berries onto the ground. Eating from trees can drop pods onto the ground. Eating from dinosaurs can drop meat chunks on the ground. Eating from these treats gives a substan

Jul 20, 2026
Game Update

Greetings! Today we have a new set of updates to the game I'd like to announce. New: Skin Color Patterns have been added to the game. Now you can select a skin color pattern and when you shed skin you

Jul 16, 2026
Game Patch

Greetings! Today we have a new update for the game. Here you'll find the patch notes for the update. New: Player dinosaurs can now shed their skin and change their skin colors. Look for the "Shed Skin

Jul 05, 2026
Multiplayer Update

Multiplayer mode has been added to the game and a game server is available for players to join! Your dead dinosaurs can now be revived after a certain amount of time passes after their death. The amou

Jun 07, 2026
Update 2026.6.7.3.0

Reduced a set of lag spikes that occurred with the player. Reduced the amount of system memory the game uses from around 19gb down to around 9gb. Weather sounds are once again controlled by the weathe

Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation
Player tagsDinosaurs · Survival · Simulation · Action · Open World · Life Sim · Sandbox · Adventure · Indie · Combat · Action-Adventure · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Custom Volume Controls
LanguagesEnglish
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 3.0 GHz or faster. Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R9 280X series card or higher. DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 25 GB available space Additional Notes: * Broadband internet connection required for multiplayer-mode, not required for singleplayer-mode.