Primal Carnage

Primal Carnage

Steam Deck Playable

Lukewarm Media · Dinosaurs · Oct 29, 2012

Worth it for the right player.

At $4.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

76%
Mostly Positive
6k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Monetization: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 6k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise45% are divided22% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This game succeeds what many games failed at creating: fun, cool, playable dinosaur gameplay.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
* Graphics are ok
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Sadly it's PVP only, it could definitely use some campaign coop mode of some kind which it will sadly never have, but perhaps in a future shooter along the same lines.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Gameplay27 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Story and characters18 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Multiplayer43 reviews
47%
Servers and matchmaking42 reviews
40%
Performance12 reviews
75%
Combat9 reviews
89%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs15 reviews
73%
Monetization6 reviews
50%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $4.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
67
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.