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Primal Carnage: Extinction cover art

Primal Carnage: Extinction

Circle Five Studios · Circle Five Publishing · 2015-04-03

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 20, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Mar 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hunt humans, slay dinosaurs. It's chaotic prehistoric PvP, pick a side. Think fast, or you're extinct!

Primal Carnage: Extinction is a 2015 Action, Indie game priced at $12.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 9916 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

9
playing now
83%
positive of 9.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
49/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
4.29★
PlayStation Store rating (7,868 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Primal Carnage: Extinction is an asymmetrical multiplayer game released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4. It features human versus dinosaur combat. Players choose which team to play on, and each team has a set of characters divided into classes. The game is a sequel to the 2012 Windows game Primal Carnage, which was developed by Lukewarm Media. Like its predecessor, it features similar first-person shooter human gameplay and third-person dinosaur gameplay.

Trailer

Primal Carnage: Extinction trailer thumbnail

Primal Carnage: Extinction – Launch Trailer | PS4

≈332,217 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 594 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~74/week).
  • · Review velocity up 112% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 248k–595k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,916 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at GreenManGaming (2016-07-24) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21821820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6062026-09-15 12:00 — 28 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 41 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 35 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 43 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 40 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 58 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 32 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 38 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 34 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 57 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 24 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 27 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 35 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 57 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5021Nov 2014Aug 2026Nov 2014 — avg 1 · peak 12Mar 2015 — avg 90 · peak 188Jul 2015 — avg 269 · peak 410Nov 2015 — avg 287 · peak 656Mar 2016 — avg 419 · peak 733Jul 2016 — avg 218 · peak 478Nov 2016 — avg 224 · peak 454Mar 2017 — avg 194 · peak 360Jul 2017 — avg 216 · peak 376Nov 2017 — avg 180 · peak 352Mar 2018 — avg 140 · peak 289Jul 2018 — avg 162 · peak 304Nov 2018 — avg 94 · peak 203Mar 2019 — avg 84 · peak 171Jul 2019 — avg 85 · peak 218Nov 2019 — avg 172 · peak 347Mar 2020 — avg 141 · peak 314Jul 2020 — avg 198 · peak 379Nov 2020 — avg 267 · peak 643Mar 2021 — avg 209 · peak 400Jul 2021 — avg 140 · peak 261Nov 2021 — avg 115 · peak 245Mar 2022 — avg 93 · peak 200Jul 2022 — avg 136 · peak 247Nov 2022 — avg 99 · peak 194Mar 2023 — avg 128 · peak 292Jul 2023 — avg 95 · peak 179Nov 2023 — avg 87 · peak 240Mar 2024 — avg 85 · peak 238Jul 2024 — avg 75 · peak 207Nov 2024 — avg 86 · peak 212Mar 2025 — avg 55 · peak 141Jul 2025 — avg 66 · peak 159Nov 2025 — avg 50 · peak 116Mar 2026 — avg 42 · peak 112Jul 2026 — avg 58 · peak 125Aug 2026 — avg 43 · peak 97
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012026-07-272015-01-01 — best price $19.992015-05-20 — best price $13.992015-07-11 — best price $9.992015-10-29 — best price $10.992015-12-22 — best price $5.992016-02-05 — best price $7.992016-06-23 — best price $5.992016-09-08 — best price $4.992016-11-01 — best price $19.992017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-09-07 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $3.892018-02-15 — best price $3.892018-05-24 — best price $12.992018-09-13 — best price $12.992018-11-27 — best price $12.992019-05-10 — best price $6.492019-08-29 — best price $3.892019-12-01 — best price $6.492020-01-06 — best price $12.992020-03-25 — best price $11.692020-07-09 — best price $12.992020-12-22 — best price $6.492021-05-07 — best price $0.002021-10-28 — best price $6.492022-01-27 — best price $6.492022-08-19 — best price $7.792022-12-22 — best price $6.492023-05-29 — best price $6.492023-11-21 — best price $5.192024-03-14 — best price $7.792024-11-27 — best price $6.492025-03-31 — best price $4.542025-11-24 — best price $9.742026-03-19 — best price $9.742026-07-24 — best price $4.412026-07-27 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

12322026-05-29 — 123 pageviews2026-06-02 — 51 pageviews2026-06-06 — 36 pageviews2026-06-10 — 21 pageviews2026-06-14 — 36 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-26 — 20 pageviews2026-06-30 — 22 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 12 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-24 — 21 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 16 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-29 — 21 pageviews2026-09-02 — 11 pageviews2026-09-06 — 12 pageviews2026-09-10 — 3 pageviews2026-09-14 — 9 pageviews2026-09-18 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 7 pageviews2026-09-30 — 6 pageviews2026-10-04 — 15 pageviews2026-10-08 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.8%
earned "Carnage Begins"
7.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards8 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2015-04-07, latest 2023-11-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,6961%61

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

FPSPvPActionArcadeCombatShooterDinosaursTeam-BasedClass-BasedMultiplayer

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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