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Primal Carnage cover art

Primal Carnage

Lukewarm Media · Circle 5 Publishing · 2012-10-29

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 29, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A savage online shooter, where players do battle as man or beast in class-based deathmatches and a frantic escape mode. Unleash your inner dinosaur!

Primal Carnage is a 2012 Action and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 5793 reviews).

0
playing now
76%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Primal Carnage is an asymmetrical multiplayer game developed by Lukewarm Media and released by Reverb Publishing. The game pits a group of armed humans against predatory dinosaurs in various combat scenarios. Human gameplay takes the form of a first-person shooter, whilst the dinosaurs are controlled from a third-person perspective. Lukewarm Media, an indie development team, announced the game in February 2010, and eventually released it on October 29, 2012. Primal Carnage received "mixed or average reviews" according to Metacritic.

Trailer

Primal Carnage trailer thumbnail

Primal Carnage: Genesis GDC Announce Trailer

≈537,102 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 232k–463k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,788 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2016-06-23) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-14 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2641Nov 2012Feb 2025Nov 2012 — avg 172 · peak 429Mar 2013 — avg 152 · peak 462Jul 2013 — avg 139 · peak 385Nov 2013 — avg 111 · peak 437Mar 2014 — avg 105 · peak 239Jul 2014 — avg 121 · peak 226Nov 2014 — avg 102 · peak 267Mar 2015 — avg 92 · peak 330Jul 2015 — avg 104 · peak 185Nov 2015 — avg 77 · peak 223Mar 2016 — avg 95 · peak 414Jul 2016 — avg 74 · peak 201Nov 2016 — avg 43 · peak 117Mar 2017 — avg 33 · peak 91Jul 2017 — avg 33 · peak 88Nov 2017 — avg 24 · peak 83Mar 2018 — avg 23 · peak 70Jul 2018 — avg 24 · peak 57Nov 2018 — avg 10 · peak 38Mar 2019 — avg 9 · peak 37Jul 2019 — avg 11 · peak 32Nov 2019 — avg 8 · peak 29Mar 2020 — avg 8 · peak 33Jul 2020 — avg 7 · peak 20Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 17Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 12Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 8Feb 2025 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.792015-01-012024-04-042015-01-01 — best price $3.742015-02-23 — best price $1.992015-06-11 — best price $1.592015-10-12 — best price $1.992015-11-25 — best price $1.192016-01-04 — best price $7.992016-01-25 — best price $7.992016-02-12 — best price $7.992016-03-15 — best price $1.592016-06-23 — best price $0.792016-07-30 — best price $0.932016-10-18 — best price $6.572016-11-29 — best price $7.992017-07-05 — best price $7.992017-11-28 — best price $7.992018-02-19 — best price $7.992018-07-17 — best price $6.392018-11-21 — best price $1.592019-02-04 — best price $2.392019-08-29 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $2.492020-01-23 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $2.492021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-10-28 — best price $2.492021-12-22 — best price $2.492022-06-23 — best price $2.492022-11-22 — best price $2.492023-05-29 — best price $2.492024-04-04 — best price $2.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

10152026-05-29 — 101 pageviews2026-06-02 — 37 pageviews2026-06-06 — 34 pageviews2026-06-10 — 21 pageviews2026-06-14 — 28 pageviews2026-06-18 — 18 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-26 — 15 pageviews2026-06-30 — 20 pageviews2026-07-04 — 13 pageviews2026-07-08 — 13 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 20 pageviews2026-07-20 — 18 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 15 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 16 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-29 — 18 pageviews2026-09-02 — 11 pageviews2026-09-06 — 14 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 13 pageviews2026-09-22 — 16 pageviews2026-09-26 — 7 pageviews2026-09-30 — 8 pageviews2026-10-04 — 8 pageviews2026-10-08 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92%
earned "Carnage Begins"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportValve Anti-Cheat enabledFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,8820%67
PS4 (PlayStation)5,7207%32

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

FPSPvPCo-opIndieActionShooterStrategySurvivalAdventureDinosaurs

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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