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Dinosaur Fossil Hunter cover art

Dinosaur Fossil Hunter

▲ Pyramid Games · 2022-05-04

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 04, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 14, 2024 (Xbox One), Aug 14, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 05, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Become a real paleontologist, explore various environments and search for dinosaur fossils. Dig for and study the remnants of these majestic creatures to learn about their evolution. Build your own museum and experience an immersive background story.

19
playing now
76%
positive of 985 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 35% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 985 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$22.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2025-12-05) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $22.99 · on sale 15 of 29 observed days · $17.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1922026-08-11 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.99$5.992022-05-042026-08-272022-05-04 — best price $17.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-08-15 — best price $15.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-11-18 — best price $15.592022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-01-20 — best price $15.992023-02-20 — best price $19.992023-05-07 — best price $12.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-07-31 — best price $12.992023-10-04 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $10.992023-12-18 — best price $12.992024-01-14 — best price $11.992024-03-04 — best price $19.992024-03-28 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-07-22 — best price $9.992024-08-15 — best price $9.992024-09-12 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $11.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-17 — best price $8.992025-02-10 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $8.992025-05-01 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $7.992025-08-07 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-05 — best price $5.992026-01-22 — best price $6.992026-03-07 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-03 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-07-20 — best price $7.992026-08-27 — best price $22.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.5%
earned "Daddy, I drew a dino!"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing2 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4331%83

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

MiningNatureSandboxBuildingRelaxingDinosaursRealisticManagementOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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