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Fossil Hunters cover art

Fossil Hunters

Reptoid Games · 2018-02-13

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 28, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 12, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Feb 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 13, 2018 (Mac), Sep 12, 2018 (Xbox One)

A casual action-adventure game about digging for fossils and building your own dinosaurs.

Fossil Hunters is a 2018 Action, Adventure and Indie game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 77 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 77 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
3.63★
PlayStation Store rating (30 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 77 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2020-01-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 13 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320182026Week of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30Nov 2017Nov 2022Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 12Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2018 — avg 3 · peak 17Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 2Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Nov 2022

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.742018-02-152026-08-112018-02-15 — best price $13.492018-10-30 — best price $9.742018-12-20 — best price $7.492020-01-23 — best price $3.742020-06-25 — best price $5.242020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-03-26 — best price $8.992021-06-24 — best price $7.492021-08-12 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $8.992021-12-22 — best price $4.492022-01-21 — best price $14.992022-02-28 — best price $7.492022-06-23 — best price $7.492022-09-11 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-11 — best price $3.752023-11-16 — best price $3.752023-12-14 — best price $3.752024-02-26 — best price $7.492024-03-20 — best price $14.992024-06-06 — best price $3.752024-08-01 — best price $3.752024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-01-23 — best price $3.752025-02-20 — best price $3.752025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-03 — best price $3.752025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-11 — best price $3.752025-10-16 — best price $3.752025-12-16 — best price $3.752026-01-20 — best price $3.752026-03-17 — best price $3.752026-04-28 — best price $3.752026-06-25 — best price $3.742026-08-11 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
82.9%
earned "Researcher"
11.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-02-14 (Steam store data)

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionMiningPuzzleAdventureDinosaursControllerAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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