Rank 01- Free
- Deck Playable
- 2014
Games like theHunter: Primal
- 8 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked theHunter: Primal also play
The closest matches to theHunter: Primal: theHunter Classic, The Isle, Prehistoric Hunt, Dinosaur Hunt, and Primal Carnage. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- Deck Verified
- 2020
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Expansive Worlds, Avalanche Studios
- 57% of 1,733 reviews
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Simulation
- Metacritic 49
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Being hunted by dinosaurs
- Realistic predator behavior
- Stressful
- Tense
- Environmental awareness
- Predator prey dynamics
About theHunter: Primal
The closest matches to theHunter: Primal: theHunter Classic, The Isle, Prehistoric Hunt, Dinosaur Hunt, and Primal Carnage. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If theHunter: Primal is your kind of game, the closest matches are theHunter Classic, The Isle and Prehistoric Hunt — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as stressful and tense, and single out its environmental awareness and predator prey dynamics. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
TheHunter: Primal is a first-person hunting and survival game set in a vast open-world Cretaceous environment. Players must use environmental awareness and predator-prey dynamics to survive while hunting various dinosaur species. The game supports both single-player and online co-op modes. Reviewers describe the experience as stressful and tense, with players highlighting the realistic predator behavior that makes being hunted by dinosaurs a compelling hook. With hard difficulty and a long playtime, the game offers a demanding survival experience. The game received mixed reviews with 57% positive feedback from over 1700 Steam reviews.
About theHunter: Primal: Hunt - Explore - SurviveThe most realistic prehistoric survival game ever created. Featuring a huge Cretaceous environment populated by horrifying dinosaur all-stars, such as T-Rex, Triceratops, Utahraptor, Velociraptor and Quetzalcoatlus.
Is theHunter: Primal worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 57% of 1,733 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 56 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 46 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Being hunted by dinosaurs
- Realistic predator behavior
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The developers took the money and ran. Delisted the game from steam, couldn't be arsed to fix anything, left it in a sorry state. Everyone who bought the game, including myself should have got a refund”
“no way to spawn with a weapon. no cheats nor any way to start with money. you get to have a machete which is basically useless. i wasnt expecting cod, but i was expecting a gun.”
People who play it also play: theHunter Classic, The Isle, Prehistoric Hunt
Frequently asked about theHunter: Primal
Can I run it?
Does theHunter: Primal have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — theHunter: Primal supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
What games are most similar to theHunter: Primal?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside theHunter: Primal are theHunter Classic, The Isle, Prehistoric Hunt.
Who developed theHunter: Primal?
theHunter: Primal was developed by Expansive Worlds, Avalanche Studios and published by Expansive Worlds, Avalanche Studios.