Yes, worth buying.
At $12.99. It has been as low as $3.24.
- Multiplayer: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 10k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Primal Carnage: Extinction, developed by Circle Five Studios and Pub Games and published by Circle Five Publishing, is an asymmetrical multiplayer shooter built around one irresistible fantasy: humans armed with guns going head-to-head against ferocious dinosaurs controlled by other players.
But it is surprisingly balanced gameplay wise, even though there is quite a bit of characters.
Visuals and map designs also vary in quality—some environments establish an atmospheric jungle or research facility aesthetic, but others feel empty, bland, or hastily assembled.
Humans function like a traditional FPS team, each class equipped with firearms, traps, and gadgets that require teamwork and positioning.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
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. 2 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.
Currently $12.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.24.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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