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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

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Reviews
Mostly Positive
73% of 886
Recent reviews
Mixed
69% of 13 in 30 days
Players
4
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 years ago
Apr 2, 2024
Minimum PC
RX 570
8 GB RAM · 15 GB disk
Full requirements

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

73% of 886 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 screenshot 1

Dinosaur Fossil Hunter system requirements

Minimum: RX 570, 8 GB RAM, 15 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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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.

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel Core i7
Graphics
GeForce GTX 1070 8GB VRAM or better
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
20 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12
Notes
System requirements may change during the development of the game.

Does Dinosaur Fossil Hunter have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Dinosaur Fossil Hunter run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • 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

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
83
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Ukrainian.

Does Dinosaur Fossil Hunter use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

2 DLC available.

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