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Paleo Pines

Italic Pig · Maximum Entertainment · 2023-09-26

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AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2023 (Linux), Sep 26, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 26, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Sep 26, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Sep 26, 2023 (Xbox One)

Welcome to Paleo Pines, a charming island known for its friendly dinosaurs, quirky townsfolk, and mysterious past. Befriend dinos and enlist their help to fix up your ranch and farm crops to create your cozy dino sanctuary! Then set out with your companion, Lucky, to uncover the island’s secrets.

Paleo Pines is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and RPG title released in 2023, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 2691 reviews).

30
playing now
82%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
3
Nexus mods (78 downloads)
4.13★
PlayStation Store rating (377 ratings)
43h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Paleo Pines, also known as Paleo Pines: The Dino Valley, is an independent life simulation game developed by Italic Pig and published by Modus Games. It was released for Linux, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S on 26 September 2023. Players take the role of a rancher working in a dinosaur sanctuary while befriending townsfolk and the creatures they care for.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 219 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~27/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 54k–121k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,691 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.71 at GameBillet (2026-08-25) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 145 of 219 observed days · $25.28 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27527520232026Week of 2023-09-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

74172026-09-15 00:00 — 72 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 27 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 48 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 67 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 32 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 37 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 57 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 30 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 35 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 74 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 56 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 54 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 43 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 26 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 59 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 37 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 36 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 48 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 32 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 42 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 37 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
46049Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 460 · peak 1,506Nov 2023 — avg 165 · peak 315Dec 2023 — avg 153 · peak 372Jan 2024 — avg 150 · peak 345Feb 2024 — avg 78 · peak 259Mar 2024 — avg 145 · peak 342Apr 2024 — avg 73 · peak 160May 2024 — avg 94 · peak 260Jun 2024 — avg 92 · peak 187Jul 2024 — avg 101 · peak 202Aug 2024 — avg 56 · peak 117Sep 2024 — avg 139 · peak 357Oct 2024 — avg 100 · peak 237Nov 2024 — avg 74 · peak 205Dec 2024 — avg 64 · peak 159Jan 2025 — avg 80 · peak 184Feb 2025 — avg 60 · peak 165Mar 2025 — avg 58 · peak 139Apr 2025 — avg 62 · peak 158May 2025 — avg 74 · peak 211Jun 2025 — avg 50 · peak 115Jul 2025 — avg 63 · peak 139Aug 2025 — avg 80 · peak 268Sep 2025 — avg 64 · peak 194Oct 2025 — avg 69 · peak 159Nov 2025 — avg 88 · peak 196Dec 2025 — avg 80 · peak 177Jan 2026 — avg 69 · peak 158Feb 2026 — avg 49 · peak 99Mar 2026 — avg 59 · peak 150Apr 2026 — avg 91 · peak 279May 2026 — avg 66 · peak 156Jun 2026 — avg 108 · peak 308Jul 2026 — avg 131 · peak 284Aug 2026 — avg 75 · peak 168
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$4.802023-09-262026-10-142023-09-26 — best price $26.992024-02-15 — best price $29.992024-04-29 — best price $17.992024-07-08 — best price $14.982024-08-10 — best price $29.992024-09-12 — best price $13.492024-10-25 — best price $12.002024-11-28 — best price $13.192024-12-22 — best price $13.342025-01-10 — best price $10.392025-02-03 — best price $24.892025-03-13 — best price $8.812025-04-17 — best price $7.862025-05-21 — best price $8.792025-06-27 — best price $29.992025-07-25 — best price $9.962025-08-22 — best price $9.602025-09-24 — best price $20.692025-10-18 — best price $10.502025-11-09 — best price $20.692025-11-29 — best price $29.992025-12-27 — best price $6.752026-02-04 — best price $5.942026-03-17 — best price $6.002026-04-22 — best price $29.992026-05-15 — best price $5.792026-06-07 — best price $7.502026-06-30 — best price $5.852026-07-28 — best price $29.992026-08-24 — best price $5.162026-09-08 — best price $7.492026-09-23 — best price $5.082026-10-08 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2742026-05-31 — 21 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-08 — 18 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 9 pageviews2026-06-20 — 15 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 13 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 16 pageviews2026-07-14 — 23 pageviews2026-07-18 — 18 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 9 pageviews2026-07-30 — 10 pageviews2026-08-03 — 20 pageviews2026-08-07 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 14 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 19 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews2026-08-31 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 10 pageviews2026-09-08 — 6 pageviews2026-09-12 — 4 pageviews2026-09-16 — 17 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 12 pageviews2026-09-28 — 14 pageviews2026-10-02 — 12 pageviews2026-10-06 — 5 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
60.7%
earned "They Won't Bite"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-09-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9792%46
PS5 (PlayStation)3148%47
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2435%46
PS4 (PlayStation)738%47
Switch (Nintendo)490%0

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

3DCuteIndieCasualColorfulLife SimRelaxingDinosaursOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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