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Dinocide

AtomicTorch Studio · 2016-01-21

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 21, 2016 (Mac), Jan 21, 2016 (Linux), Jan 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dinocide is a classic NES inspired old-school single-player platformer in a prehistoric fantasy world. Dinocide tries to capture the drive and fun of that era and recreate it in a modern way!

Dinocide is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (52% of 234 reviews).

0
playing now
52%
positive of 234 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

In a prehistoric world, man's best friend takes on a different, more reptilian form. To face the unknown dangers of a forgotten age, you'll need to pair up with one of these majestic mounts to save the love of your life from an evil dino-god.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.8k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 234 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.792016-01-212026-07-162016-01-21 — best price $9.992016-06-06 — best price $9.992016-07-05 — best price $9.992016-09-06 — best price $9.992016-11-01 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-06-09 — best price $9.992017-10-06 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-02-09 — best price $9.992018-04-20 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-07-22 — best price $9.992019-11-13 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992024-09-24 — best price $2.392024-12-07 — best price $2.392025-01-13 — best price $1.592025-06-26 — best price $1.592025-09-29 — best price $0.792026-03-19 — best price $0.792026-05-19 — best price $1.592026-07-16 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, French, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Simplified Chinese…

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIndieActionCasualClassicFantasyColorfulAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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