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The Archotek Project

The Archotek Project

The Archotek Project focuses on a multiplayer experience, giving you the chance to play with your friends or with new people on dedicated servers. Play as the dinosaur as you explore vibrant and exotic locations within the game, taking control of unique species from the fossil record.

Released Apr 28, 2017 Developer The Archotek Project Team Publisher The Archotek Project Team Platforms Windows Early AccessDinosaursSimulationCasualStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-09-05)

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.

55.7%positive1,068 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“My PC sounds like a helicopter now. Worth it.”

— a player, Steam review · 156 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“archotek project top 4 game in the world!!!!!!!!!!!""""”

— a player, Steam review · 74 hrs played
Not recommended · 17 found this helpful

“Sadly abandoned game. Could have really been something cool with it's charming art style and friendly community. The ecosystem mode which I was most excited for never came, and the game is these days just a nice-looking dinosaur walking sim. Devs claim the budget for this game…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

2,095all-time peak
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Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$0.99current · sampled 2026-09-05 20:23 UTC
$0.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US0.99 USD
EU0.99 EUR
UK0.89 GBP
Australia1.50 AUD
Canada1.29 CAD
Japan120 JPY
Brazil3.49 BRL
China6.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$0.7 Japan China Canada US Australia EU UK≈$1.2

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). Relative comparison only.

$0 $1 $2 08-12 08-17 08-21 08-26 08-31 09-05

Latest official news

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

Sep 02, 2020
About the Future of Archotek

We have already mentioned it a couple of times on Discord, but here is the official statement about the future of Archotek (Read Me): https://trello.com/b/Ghz1JNVL/the-archotek-project-roadmap

Mar 11, 2020
Small patch for demo players

A couple of demo players reported having problems joining servers. We just rolled out a small patch, which hopefully fixed the error. Please let us know, if you are still experiencing issues.

Mar 08, 2020
Dev build now live on public branch!

We pushed all the changes that were being made on dev branch to public branch. Some additions are still incomplete, but being worked on and improved over the coming months. The new patch includes: - T

Mar 08, 2020
[Development Branch] Head Turning Update + Fixes and Performance Improvements

Hello everyone! Head turning has been added to the beta branch "development" and is awaiting testing. We also fixed some minor issues which got introduced with the last patch and did some small perfor

Feb 03, 2020
Aquatics on Dev Branch

Aquatic animals are available for testing on development (beta) branch! New animals: - Mosasaurus - Ophthalmosaurus - Leedsichthys - Dunkleosteus - Helicoprion - Mawsonia - Coelacanth - Doryaspis - Dr

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Player tagsEarly Access · Dinosaurs · Simulation · Casual · Strategy · Indie · Multiplayer · Survival · Open World · Shooter (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit or later (64-Bit ONLY) Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or faster. Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R9 280X series card or higher. DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 20 GB available space Additional Notes: Dedicated Graphics Card Strongly Recommended. This game won't run well on laptops, notebooks etc.