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On an overrun island, human mercenaries and playable dinosaurs battle in class-based team matches and a human escape mode.
Released 29 Oct 2012
Play as Dinosaurs
Hunt Human Mercenaries
Fight Through Dino Hordes
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!
Developed by Lukewarm Media · Published by Circle 5 Publishing






On a remote island overwhelmed by dinosaurs, players join either armed human mercenaries trying to reclaim facilities and secure objectives or the prehistoric predators opposing them.
The online team shooter pairs five human classes, each with different weapons and utilities, against five dinosaur types with distinct abilities. Humans fight from a first-person perspective, while dinosaurs play from a third-person perspective.
Matches take place across nine large maps. In the “Get to the Chopper” escape mode, humans push through dinosaur attacks to reach their only way off the island; achievements, unlockables, and cosmetic content are also included.
Positive reviews often look back fondly on time spent with the game, including playing with friends or family, and some specifically enjoy taking the dinosaur side and attacking humans. These memories sit alongside many reports that servers are now empty or have very few players.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 67 |
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| Players | Up to 40 |
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| Multiplayer | Primal Carnage is an online multiplayer, class-based asymmetrical PvP game focused on humans versus dinosaurs. Official store text explicitly supports Online PvP. The provided text describes team-based deathmatches and an objective mode called Get to the Chopper; reviews also describe Capture the Egg, roleplay/freeroam servers, observer mode, team switching, autobalance, and private/server-hosted play. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Reviews mention modded servers and mods, including a 'Spino+Compy Mod' server. Modding appears to affect available servers and content variants, but the provided text does not define official multiplayer mod support in detail. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
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| Metacritic | 67/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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