10 Exciting Dinosaur Games to Play After Jurassic World Rebirth

With the newest Jurassic Worldmoviereviving interest in the series, it’s the perfect time to bring attention to some exciting dinosaur-themed games releasing on the horizon. From games directly inspired by Jurassic Park itself to spiritual successors that take bold new directions, there’s a little something for everyone in the growing genre. Even if it will be some time before you can fully scratch the itch left behind by Jurassic World Rebirth, it won’t be long before you can dive into a plethora of horrifying and breathtaking new worlds.

The dinosaur genre has evolved greatly over the years, but it seems like more and more titles are returning to the original golden age of suspenseful action games like Dino Crisis. While the Jurassic Park franchise itself is no stranger to dinosaur-themed video game adaptations, there are plenty of completely original projects on the way with highly ambitious development goals. Whether delivering gorgeous visuals and heart-pounding action, or more suspenseful survival gameplay, it seems like the next year is looking bright for fans of gaming and dinosaurs alike.

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Code Violet Still Has Plenty Of Possibilities

Incorporating The Classics For A Memorable Experience

Despite being one of the most controversial titles in the genre, Code Violet still has the potential to provide a worthwhile dinosaur horror experience. Taking place in a full sci-fi setting hundreds of years in the future, Code Violet will have you plucked from the past and thrust into an advanced facility crawling with ferocious dinosaurs.

Mixing survival horror, action, and puzzle solving, Code Violet seems to take heavy inspiration from a plethora of film franchises for its setting, recreating shots from both Jurassic Park and the Alien series. Despite having all the makings for an exciting dinosaur-themed adventure, Code Violet is already off to a rough start due to concerns over the studio’s poorly received previous titles, and their controversial decision to scrap its PC port

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KYORYU Provides A More Cinematic Experience For Dinosaur Fans

Bringing The Style Of Stray With A Prehistoric Twist

Taking place in a world where genetically modified dinosaurs have outlasted humans, KYORYU aims to let you experience the ruins of a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk city as a young T-Rex. While many of the dinosaurs in KYORYU will seem familiar at first, their unique genetic modifications help them stand out even more.

From a samurai-inspired Tyrannosaurus alongside other dinosaurs with biological armor, Floating Rock Studio’s breakout title describes itself as more of an emotional narrative than a traditional game. Highlighting the relationship between the playable dinosaur and its parent, you’ll be exploring the post-apocalyptic world and interacting with friendly and deadly creatures alike on the way.

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Deathground Ups The Ante For An Indie Release

Survival Horror Is A Perfect Fit For The Setting

Injecting the Jurassic Park fear factor into a familiar setting, Jaw Drop Games’ debut release of Deathground has the chance to be even more terrifying than the iconic films. While there’s no estimated release date just yet, Deathgrounds is aiming for an Early Access release sometime in the next few months to help tie you over until its full release.

A survival horror scenario to put your dinosaur knowledge and survival skills to the test.

With gameplay that feels somewhat reminiscent of the Outlast series, Deathground will put you and up to three other players in a survival horror scenario to put your dinosaur knowledge and survival skills to the test. From dense forests, dilapidated facilities, and hot volcanoes, Deathgrounds already looks incredibly promising thanks to itsgorgeous environments that are filled to the brim with deadly and detailed dinosaurs.

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Jurassic World Evolution 3 Looks Like A Worthy Sequel For The Series

Delivering The Classic Gameplay With A Few Exciting Twists

Being the third entry in the Jurassic World Evolution series, the park management tycoon has come a long way since its initial inception. Building upon the foundations of its predecessors, Jurassic World Evolution 3 will bring back all the classic park management mechanics and dinosaur offerings with a brand-new story to match.

Offering a globetrotting campaign that highlights the societal problems of dinosaur conservation, the future of your parks’ success will be entirely in your own hands, aside from the inevitable outbreaks, of course. With a release date arriving sooner than you think, Jurassic World Evolution 3 is the closest upcoming game that can scratch the itch left behind by the most recent entry in the film franchise.

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FEROCIOUS Offers A Unique Blend Of Sci-Fi Dinosaur Action

A Refreshing Perspective For A Jurassic-Park-Inspired Adventure

Advertised as an intense first-person survival FPS, FEROCIOUS feels more akin to classic dinosaur-themed shooters of the past with a modern facelift. While it’s still some time before FEROCIOUS will be ready for release, it has a playable demo to jump right into its hostile environments before the full gam releases.

FEROCIOUS also features the unique ability to control certain scanned dinosaurs, which can be used for either combat or puzzle segments.

While it’s a bit of a different direction than the standard survival experience you would expect from the Jurassic Park series, playing as a capable fighter allows for a much more action-packed narrative than a typical dinosaur-focused title. Blasting through hordes of mercenaries, dinosaurs, and even the occasional mech, the grounded sci-fi shooter offers an ambitious mix of gameplay.

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Ark 2 Has Great Potential For A Dinosaur Survival Sandbox

A Narrative-Focused Version Of Its Infamous Predecessor

Despite the controversial reception over the latest ARK: Survival Ascended remake, the long-awaited sequel still has plenty of potential to provide a groundbreaking sandbox experience. Aiming to provide a greater emphasis on story and character building than the predominant sandbox series, ARK 2 can take perfect advantage of its predecessor’s greatest strengths while pushing the series forward.

Even if you’ve never played ARK: Survival Evolved before, the concept alone of being able to tame and ride dinosaurs of all varieties into battle is more than enough to get excited over. Although ARK 2 will have some high expectations when it eventually releases, it’s still worth keeping an eye out for if you can’t get enough of the dinosaur genre.

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Glaciered Shines Light On Aquatic Dinosaurs For Once

Taking A Bold New Direction For The Genre’s Gameplay

Although Glaciered is far from anything you would expect out of a traditional dinosaur-centric game, it offers a rarely seen perspective on a prehistoric-inspired setting outside of Subnautica or ARK‘s latest controversial DLC. Taking place millions of years in the future, Glaciered‘s story follows a dinosaur-bird hybrid attempting to survive countless deadly sea life, while protecting the smaller inhabitants of the ecosystem.

a rarely seen perspective on a prehistoric-inspired setting.

Featuring three-dimensional souls-like gameplay, Glaciered offers an unusual mix of narrative and combat that is hard to compare to many other titles in the genre. Even if it’s far from a traditional Jurassic Park setting, Glaciered‘s well-defined combat has the chance to show off new mutants and iconic sea dinosaurs that rarely ever get the spotlight.

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The Lost Wild Focuses On Survival Rather Than Fighting

Treating Prehistoric Dinosaurs As Creatures, Not Monsters

While there haven’t been many updates after The Lost Wild was initially revealed, its first trailer already shows plenty of promise when it comes to building up a suspenseful atmosphere. Offering another first-person survival horror experience, you’ll have a limited number of non-lethal tools and stealth options to survive some of the Earth’s deadliest creatures.

One of the more unique aspects of The Lost World is that it describes the dinosaurs themselves as behaving like wild animals rather than monsters, which is more in line with the original spirit of the Jurassic Park novels. Where other games in the genre want to keep up the action or fear factor, The Lost Wild‘s cinematic survival experience seems like it will provide a breath of fresh air when it eventually releases.

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Instinction Feels Like Every Dinosaur-Lover’s Dream

Offering An Exciting Level Of Fidelity With Ambitious Gameplay To Match

Focusing on action-adventure with a blend of survival crafting, Instinction is another surprisingly ambitious title from a debut studio that’s directly inspired by the Dino Crisis series. Adventuring into a supernatural valley filled with dinosaurs, natives, and a mysterious organization, Insction aims to balance both puzzle-solving and survival elements with gritty combat using powerful firearms.

Instinction is another surprisingly ambitious title from a debut studio that’s directly inspired by the Dino Crisis series.

The most unique aspect of Instinction is that it aims to offer some of the highest-fidelity dinosaur models on the market, making each creature just as gorgeous as they are deadly. While there hasn’t been an official update to Instinction‘s development in some time, it’s still shooting for a late 2025 release.

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Jurassic Park Survival Is Everything I Wanted From An Official Release

Delivering An Original Story From The Same Setting As The Films

If you’ve ever wanted to put yourselves in the shoes of a Jurassic Park survivor in stunning modern fidelity, the official release of Jurassic Park Survival is easily the most exciting upcoming game yet. Starring the InGen scientist Dr. Maya Joshi, who failed to evacuate the island, you’ll need to use stealth and creative solutions to survive in the wake of the original Isla Nublar park disaster.

Offering a wholly original story that takes place right after the events of the first Jurassic Park film.

Aside from offering plenty of nostalgic dinosaurs and locations from the films, the never-before-seen environments in Jurassic Park Survival are brimming with deadly and reactive wildlife to survive. Offering a wholly original story that takes place right after the events of the first Jurassic Park film, you’ll need to use every resource at your disposal to survive the prehistoric island.

Sources: Jurassic Park: Survival/YouTube, Jurassic World Evolution 3/YouTube, Annapurna Interactive/YouTube, PlayStation/YouTube