PCGame

Prehistoric Kingdom

Single-player park management sim for building zoos of extinct animals

Blue Meridian · Published by Crytivo · Released Apr 27, 2022 · Early Access

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Reviews
Very Positive
90% of 6,801
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
97% of 129 in 30 days
Playing now
116
peak 24h 171
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
3 weeks ago
Sep 1, 2026

What is Prehistoric Kingdom?

A single-player park-building and management simulation about running a zoo for revived prehistoric animals. You shape terrain, construct habitats and guest facilities, incubate extinct species, and manage staff, supplies, feeders, and visitor demands across a large sandbox area; a first-person mode lets you explore the park.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy open-ended zoo design and detailed construction tools
  • +you prefer science-minded prehistoric animals over movie-style monsters
  • +you like managing staff, resources, logistics, and animal needs

Not for you if...

  • −you want a finished game rather than Early Access
  • −you prefer guided tutorials and clearly explained systems
  • −you dislike sandbox building or detailed park logistics

What players say

90% of 6,801 reviews are positive · 97% of 129 in the last 30 days

Players praise the detailed, science-minded animal designs, life-stage growth, behaviors, and flexible park-building tools. Common complaints focus on poor optimization and crashes, unreliable animal and staff pathfinding, and confusing interfaces and tutorials.

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Prehistoric Kingdom

Prehistoric Kingdom system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows 7/8/8.1/10 64bit
Processor
Intel i5-2300/AMD FX-4300
Graphics
nVidia GTX 1060 (4GB)/AMD R9 380 (4GB)
Memory
12 GB RAM
Storage
10 GB available space
DirectX
Version 10

Recommended

OS
Windows 7/8/8.1/10 64bit
Processor
Intel i7-4770/AMD FX-8350
Graphics
nVidia RTX 2060 (6GB)/AMD RX 5600 XT (6GB)
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
10 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
28
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default configuration is not performant
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

Tags

Recent updates

2 DLC available.

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