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SimulationStrategyBuildingDinosaursManagementSandboxSingleplayer

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Game description

Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.

Basic info

DeveloperFrontier Developments
PublisherFrontier Developments
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateJun 11, 2018
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
ProcessorIntel i5-2300/AMD FX-4300
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Legacy GPU: GeForce GTX 660) / AMD Radeon 7850 (2GB)
Storage8 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 386 reviews from the past 1 year

84.1/ 100
Top 40%

Steam rating: Very Positive (87%)

Metacritic: 69 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 23, 2026)

Breeding dinosaurs and running a park of your own is the draw of Jurassic World Evolution, which scores 84.1, top 40% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

187 reviews enjoy it, and some describe it as a satisfying childhood fantasy come true. 67 praise the visuals, and some single out the detailed dinosaurs and atmospheric islands. Visuals & Sound ranks 308th of 1249. 21 value the freedom to design islands and build a park exactly as they imagine, and some note it works at either a slow or a fast pace. Others praise strong mod support, and Story & World ranks 639th of 1096.

👎 Where it falls short

32 find management tasks repetitive over time, and some say the systems lack depth once an optimal approach is found. 22 discuss the price, with several advising to wait for a sale and some objecting that dinosaurs are locked behind paid DLC. 18 report crashes, and a few say the game no longer launches on newer operating systems or after long play. Pricing & Fairness ranks 773rd of 1399, and Tech & Support ranks 679th of 1399. Gameplay appears in 51% of analyzed reviews and ranks 590th of 1396.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“game is so so so good, finished after 5 years” · 187 reviews
“visually captures the dinosaur world beautifully” · 67 reviews
“wait for price reduction recommended” · 22 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 51% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +1.86 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “fun to design islands and breed dinosaurs, park management enjoyable” · 21 reviews
Negative “sequel removes freedom and forces linear gameplay” · 17 reviews

Progression 13% · Difficulty 13% · Onboarding 12% · Strategy 9% · Controls & feel 7%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 23% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.31 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “indominus was the coolest, immersive world” · 20 reviews

Story 9% · Characters 2%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 29% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.40 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “150 hours of content with achievements to complete” · 11 reviews
Negative “limited compared to sequels, less complete” · 7 reviews

Variety 15% · Replayability 3%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 26% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.77 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “visually captures the dinosaur world beautifully” · 67 reviews
Negative “graphics aged poorly, interface aged, gameplay aged” · 3 reviews

Audio 9%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +2.25 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 15% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.14 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “wait for price reduction recommended” · 22 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 3% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 15% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.14 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “crashes constantly on Windows 11 despite running fine on Windows 10” · 18 reviews
Positive “no lags and bugs, relaxing gameplay” · 1 review

Performance 7% · Developer support 4%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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