The prehistoric worlds presented in these games are the stuff of dreams.
There are a lot of games where you can play in a prehistoric world or in the modern world where giant dinosaurs are trying to destroy everything, but there aren’t many where you can play as the dinosaurs. Some do get through, though, and give players the chance to do maximum damage in a way that only a T-Rex can.
Dino world has a lot of different kinds of games, so everyone can live out their childhood dream of being a Brontosaurus. Some games are even good for kids, so you might be able to get the kid in your life excited about dinosaurs.
Dinosaur Game (2014)
No, Dinosaur Game isn’t a full-length game for a console or anything, but it’s a classic for people who grew up with the internet, especially if yours crashed a lot. It’s a scrolling game where you guide a T-Rex through a desert. It’s also called Chrome Dino Runner.
Since then, you can play Dinosaur Game whenever you want, not just when you’re offline. Its simplicity and retro feel make it a nostalgic game for Google users. Also, it’s a great way to kill time when you’re bored or taking a short break at work.
The Isle (2015)
The Isle is an open-world survival game where you can choose from more than a dozen different dinosaurs. If you’ve ever seen Jurassic Park and wanted to see things from the dinosaurs’ point of view, this game might be as close as you can get to being a dinosaur on an island with different prey and predators.
The graphics are so real that you feel like you’re in a world where it’s really live or die. When choosing your creature, you should think about what it is running from, if anything, and how big it is compared to everything else on the Isle. This will help you decide if it can hide or if it will be feared.
Saurian (2017)
The thing that makes Saurian special is that it puts you in the shoes of a dinosaur from the beginning to the end. You start out as a baby dinosaur and grow up (hopefully) while avoiding predators and natural events that look like they happened in the past.
The game says it is the “most accurate dinosaur simulator” because real paleontologists who studied dinosaurs and the world they lived in 66 million years ago helped make it. The plants and ecosystem around you are all true to the time period, so you can really live like a dinosaur.
Primal Rage (1994)
Primal Rage is not a simulator of dinosaurs, but it does let you fight as one. The world of this game, which is set after the end of the world, is home to seven different big animals, including a dinosaur. It’s a traditional fighter, and it’s bloody and violent like Mortal Kombat, so what it lacks in realism it makes up for in action.
Since this is an old game, you’ll need an old system like a Sega or the original PlayStation to play it. If you do have one, though, Primal Rage is a great monster-fighting game from the 1990s that lets you fight your own epic battles like Godzilla vs. Kong if you have one handy.
Beasts of Bermuda (2018)
In Beasts of Bermuda, you can choose to play as a dinosaur that can fly, swim, eat plants, or eat meat. Depending on which category you choose, your skills and needs for survival will be different. This gives you a number of options, each with pros and cons.
Beasts of Bermuda is not only a survival game, but also a multi-player game with a live chat. You can also change the weather and the ecosystems. This makes the game very adaptable to your wants and needs.
Path Of Titans (2020)
Path of Titans is an MMO with realistic graphics where you control a dinosaur that has to fight its way through a prehistoric world. It’s another survival game. If you don’t want to play with other people (the game can have up to 200 active players at once), you can fight against AI in a single-player mode.
In Path of Titans, you have to do things as you move through the complex ecosystem you are in. This makes for a world full of action where anything could happen. Think of Among Us, but with huge dinosaurs instead of people. You can also hunt for food while staying safe from being hunted.
Gigantosaurus (2020)
If you want to play as a dinosaur less intensely, Gigantosaurus isn’t about being realistic or running away from certain death. Instead, you are one of a few cartoon dinosaurs trying to stop a volcano from erupting and saving the world.
This game has both exploring and racing against other players, so everyone who plays has a chance to be good at something. It also changes the game’s pace so that it stays interesting. Gigantosaurus is a great game for everyone in the family who loves dinosaurs, whether they are young or old.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island (1995)
Yoshi’s Island is a throwback and one of many great Mario games that have Yoshi as the main character. You play as the cute dinosaur as he leads an equally cute baby Mario through the world to save baby Luigi from his kidnapper.
This game was very different from other Cuphead games, but both kids and adults loved it, making it a classic in the gaming world and a big reason why we all like Yoshi so much. Yoshi’s Island has held up so well over time that it has been put on the Switch for a new generation of gamers to enjoy.
