Jurassic World Evolution
Released Jun 2018
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.
87% positive · 55K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Jurassic World Evolution launched on June 11, 2018 and received a steady stream of paid expansions and free updates through late 2019. The paid content cycle included two major campaign expansions — Secrets of Dr. Wu (November 20, 2018) and Claire's Sanctuary (June 18, 2019) — along with several dinosaur packs and a skin collection, culminating in the Return to Jurassic Park expansion on December 10, 2019. All eight DLC items listed on the store are marked as released, with none pending. No further content for the original game has been announced since December 2019.
The most recent developer communication on this game's Steam page (October 21, 2025) is a launch announcement for Jurassic World Evolution 3, a full sequel on a separate Steam page. Frontier explicitly describes JWE3 as "the next entry in the critically acclaimed Jurassic World Evolution game franchise" and "the most definitive Jurassic World Evolution game experience to date." This confirms the studio's focus has moved fully to the sequel, with no new content planned for the original game. The original Jurassic World Evolution is a complete, finished product.
Evidence
Frontier Developments announced and launched Jurassic World Evolution 3 as a separate sequel, describing it as 'the most definitive Jurassic World Evolution game experience to date.' No new content for the original game was mentioned.
Return to Jurassic Park, the final and largest expansion, released on December 10, 2019. All 8 DLC items in the store listing are marked as released with none pending.
Content
8 of 8 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Frontier Developments
Achievements
73
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
Take charge of operations on the legendary islands of the Muertes archipelago and bring the wonder, majesty and danger of dinosaurs to life. Build for Science, Entertainment or Security interests in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them. Play with life itself to give your dinosaurs unique behaviors, traits and appearances, then contain and profit from them to fund your global search for lost dinosaur DNA.
Control the big picture with deep management tools or go hands-on to confront challenges on the ground or in the air. Expand your islands and choose your own journey in an all-new narrative featuring iconic characters from across the franchise and decades of Jurassic lore at your fingertips.
Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them. Play with life itself to give your dinosaurs unique behaviors, traits and appearances, then contain and profit from them to fund your global search for lost dinosaur DNA.
Control the big picture with deep management tools or go hands-on to confront challenges on the ground or in the air. Expand your islands and choose your own journey in an all-new narrative featuring iconic characters from across the franchise and decades of Jurassic lore at your fingertips.
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Last evaluated Sep 9, 2026
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