Dinosaur Fossil Hunter

First-person fossil hunting simulator with digging and museum design

▲ Pyramid Games · Published by ▲ Pyramid Games, PlayWay S.A. · Released May 4, 2022

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 76% of 1,001
Recent reviews: Mixed; 69% of 13 in 30 days
Playing now: 9; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 years ago; Mar 27, 2024

What is Dinosaur Fossil Hunter?

In this first-person simulator, you follow a paleontologist's story while collecting dinosaur fossils across U.S.-inspired landscapes for your own museum. Drive to excavation sites, locate and dig up bones, then clean and assemble skeletons and arrange their displays.

For you if...

+you enjoy slow, methodical simulation games
+you like assembling dinosaur skeletons and designing dioramas

Not for you if...

−you prefer quick activities to extended fossil preparation
−you want to avoid driving and clearing roads

What players say

76% of 1,001 reviews are positive · 69% of 13 in the last 30 days

Players praise the relaxing excavation work and museum customization. They complain about repetitive tasks, unclear tutorials, awkward driving controls, and bugs that can halt progress.

Screenshots and trailer

Dinosaur Fossil Hunter system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5
Graphics: RX 570 4GB VRAM / GeForce GTX 960 4GB VRAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 15 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: System requirements may change during the development of the game.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 83
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

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
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Ukrainian.