Dinosaur Fossil Hunter: Prologue

Dinosaur Fossil Hunter: Prologue

▲ Pyramid Games · 2020 · Simulation, Adventure, Building, Dinosaurs, FPS

PC
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About Dinosaur Fossil Hunter: Prologue

✦ AI summary

Dig up dinosaur fossils across stunning landscapes as a determined paleontologist, using specialized tools to excavate, clean, and assemble complete skeletal displays. This prologue blends exploration, hands-on fossil preparation, and an inspiring story about pursuing your passion against the odds.

ABOUT THIS GAME
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter: Prologue is a beginning of the full game. Play as a paleontologist, exploring different lands and searching for dinosaur fossils. The Prologue tells a story about young Paleontology enthusiast and his passionate pursuit of success and self-determination. The story inspires you to face challenges head-on and achieve your fulfilling goals despite various hardships.

Prologue features:

- autosave system
- off road vehicle and deformable terrain
- minimap available while driving
- various exploration & excavation tools
- detailed dinosaur skeleton models
- ability to rotate the skeleton during assembly
- bone cleaning stages & fossil preparation tools
- location inspired by US landscapes
- immersive storyline
- dinosaur showcase & museum design
- and more!

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Nov 25, 2025
Dinosaurs!
2 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 14, 2025
Look for ancient bones and put them together like lego
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 24, 2026
Great Game.
Recommended Jun 1, 2026
Played for 2hrs the first day and now the game won't load in not sure what the issue is but pretty sure it's not on my end. However the game itself is fun, tedious but to be expected given that paleontology is a very tedious and dirty career, but its every dino kids dream, i just wish it would load in so i can get the juicy bones
Not recommended May 22, 2026
Man, what a [b]LONG[/b] demo. I'll give it that, for sure. And just so you know, you won't even get to the meat of it until 30+ minutes in. I see the reviews are [i]'Very Positive'[/i] but as much as I sort of enjoyed it, I'm going to have to balance that out and give a thumbs down. This does [b]not[/b] mean it's a bad game... It's just.... drawn-out? Padded, maybe? Too long? I'm not sure of the right word for it. [h3]The demo broken down:[/h3] [olist] [*]Connect-the-dots to draw a dinosaur as a kid, then assemble a toy dino model piece by piece [*]First-person open world driving (think Mudrunner) with a bad map, manually clearing logs and rocks out of your path one by one just to find the dig site [*]At the dig site, 9 different tools. Dig, shovel, wipe, break, analyze, locate, identify, plasterize, box up. Every. Single. Rock. Three full rounds of this. [*]Oh, and when you finally pull a chunk out? You hold it, WASD rotate the 3D model to aim your crosshair at a bullseye on the rock. That's the entire "minigame." Do it 4 times per rock just to hear "This is not a fossil!" ...or if you're lucky, "This is a fossil!" THEN you plaster it. Now do the whole thing again while your mou…
Recommended Dec 7, 2025
yea

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