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Jurassic World Evolution 2

Frontier Developments · 2021-11-09

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SimulationStrategy

Franchise: Jurassic Park · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 09, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 09, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 09, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 09, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 09, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.

521
playing now
90%
positive of 47k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7
twitch viewers (latest)
72/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (49 ratings)
69h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

521 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Jurassic World Evolution 2 is a construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Frontier Developments. A sequel to Jurassic World Evolution (2018) and set between Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Jurassic World Dominion, the game was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and Series S on November 9, 2021. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who deemed it an improvement over its predecessor. A sequel, Jurassic World Evolution 3, was released on October 21, 2025.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 521 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,803 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~350/week).
  • · Review velocity down 66% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 940k–2.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 46,997 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.95-75%
Microsoft Store$14.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-06-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 135 of 184 observed days · $12.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.3k3.3k20212026Week of 2021-11-01: 3,280 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,040 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,347 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 706 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,228 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 915 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,545 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 797 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 915 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3,326 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 300 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 912 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9663642026-08-06 21:00 — 554 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 407 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 762 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 629 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 484 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 819 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 636 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 472 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 899 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 666 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 426 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 755 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 538 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 378 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 685 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 513 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 374 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 783 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 683 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 364 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 674 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 747 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 593 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 876 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 878 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 531 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 644 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 729 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 521 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$5.992021-08-252026-08-282021-08-25 — best price $59.992021-12-19 — best price $53.892022-02-25 — best price $32.952022-04-22 — best price $59.992022-07-01 — best price $47.992022-08-23 — best price $28.992022-10-18 — best price $26.992022-12-08 — best price $17.992023-01-19 — best price $13.842023-03-10 — best price $13.842023-04-25 — best price $13.202023-06-26 — best price $59.992023-08-26 — best price $59.992023-10-20 — best price $17.992023-12-06 — best price $18.002024-01-30 — best price $56.992024-03-18 — best price $14.412024-04-23 — best price $15.122024-07-11 — best price $59.992024-08-16 — best price $55.022024-09-30 — best price $44.992024-11-16 — best price $49.792024-12-18 — best price $15.002025-01-11 — best price $59.992025-02-06 — best price $15.122025-03-10 — best price $53.992025-04-09 — best price $59.992025-05-14 — best price $59.992025-06-28 — best price $13.992025-08-21 — best price $17.992025-10-08 — best price $59.992025-11-19 — best price $14.992025-12-17 — best price $11.992026-01-30 — best price $59.992026-03-04 — best price $44.992026-04-17 — best price $51.592026-05-28 — best price $59.992026-07-13 — best price $44.992026-08-12 — best price $59.992026-08-28 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.5k662026-05-30 — 97 pageviews2026-06-02 — 128 pageviews2026-06-05 — 95 pageviews2026-06-08 — 112 pageviews2026-06-11 — 99 pageviews2026-06-14 — 115 pageviews2026-06-17 — 134 pageviews2026-06-20 — 119 pageviews2026-06-23 — 124 pageviews2026-06-26 — 81 pageviews2026-06-29 — 121 pageviews2026-07-02 — 86 pageviews2026-07-05 — 102 pageviews2026-07-08 — 83 pageviews2026-07-11 — 94 pageviews2026-07-14 — 580 pageviews2026-07-17 — 237 pageviews2026-07-20 — 186 pageviews2026-07-23 — 137 pageviews2026-07-26 — 154 pageviews2026-07-29 — 133 pageviews2026-08-01 — 138 pageviews2026-08-04 — 138 pageviews2026-08-07 — 125 pageviews2026-08-10 — 138 pageviews2026-08-13 — 94 pageviews2026-08-16 — 97 pageviews2026-08-19 — 86 pageviews2026-08-22 — 95 pageviews2026-08-25 — 92 pageviews2026-08-27 — 113 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2402026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 7 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
84.2%
earned "Count Backwards from 5, 4, 3..."
8.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsHDR availableFamily Sharing11 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)30,4650%55
PS5 (PlayStation)30,0811%55
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)27,9020%54
Steam (Steam)16,0241%54

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Sci-fiSequelEconomySandboxViolentBuildingStrategyDinosaursManagementOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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