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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

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!

56
playing now
83%
positive of 9.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
49/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

56 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 56 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 11% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 247k–594k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,899 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 8 of 16 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

99162026-08-06 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 57 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 33 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 41 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 47 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 82 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 43 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 43 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 70 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 26 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 42 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 46 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 74 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 16 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 59 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 44 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 32 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 63 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 25 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 17 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 56 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 46 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 56 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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 pageviews2026-06-01 — 71 pageviews2026-06-04 — 42 pageviews2026-06-07 — 52 pageviews2026-06-10 — 21 pageviews2026-06-13 — 30 pageviews2026-06-16 — 20 pageviews2026-06-19 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-25 — 15 pageviews2026-06-28 — 20 pageviews2026-07-01 — 18 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 10 pageviews2026-07-10 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 12 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 15 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 16 pageviews2026-08-09 — 16 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 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

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.

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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