Prehistoric Hunt

Prehistoric Hunt

Early access since Dec 2020

Dive into intense dinosaur hunting adventures with your friends. Complete hunting contracts for Preton Corporation. Gather rewards, improve your equipment and become a master hunter. Are you the hunter or the hunted?

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Evaluation

Prehistoric Hunt has been in Early Access since December 2020 and remains there — the developer has never announced a 1.0 release or declared the game complete. Development is clearly ongoing and accelerating. The previous evaluation (June 2026) noted that the vehicle system and new Rengarua map were in open testing. That content has now shipped: on September 11, 2026 — just one day before today's assessment — the massive Rengarua Update (0.130) went live. It delivered the game's third official hunting map (a large desert/swamp island), five new dinosaur species (Diplodocus, Dilophosaurus, Styracosaurus, Velociraptor, and Oryctodromeus), the fully implemented vehicle system, major dinosaur AI and animation overhauls, and numerous other gameplay improvements. Crucially, the developer closed the Rengarua announcement by explicitly committing to further work: "We'll continue developing Rengarua and expanding Prehistoric Hunt with more content and improvements in upcoming updates." Earlier in March 2026, the skills system was introduced with a note that it "will expand in future updates with additional skills." In November 2025, the developer stated the game is "far from done" with "many new updates already in development." The sustained update pattern across Early Access is strong: major content drops arrived in December 2025 (aquatic Mosasaurus hunting), September 2025 (Erythristic skins update), and now September 2026 (Rengarua), alongside a steady stream of feature patches and bug fixes throughout. This is an actively and ambitiously developed Early Access title with more content explicitly promised.
Evidence
Rengarua Update 0.130 launched with the game's third official map, five new dinosaur species, vehicles, major AI/animation overhauls, and numerous improvements. Post closes with: 'We'll continue developing Rengarua and expanding Prehistoric Hunt with more content and improvements in upcoming updates.'
news post · Sep 11, 2026 source content planned
high
Aquatic Update 0.122 shipped, making Mosasaurus huntable with a new harpoon rifle and SUP board, and adding trophy pose system. Also notes more poses to be added to other species later.
news post · Dec 22, 2025 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Publisher
Antiproto Studios
Achievements
107
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

About this game

In Prehistoric Hunt your task is to hunt the rarest dinosaurs from a challenging primal environment. Will you be able to complete your hunting contracts or will you turn into the hunted?

DINOSAURS

You can hunt a wide variety of 27 dinosaur species including Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Quetzalcoatlus, and Utahraptor. Each of them have their own behavior and characteristics. Our species live on land, water, and air! Beware, as the dinosaurs can hunt both you and each other.

ENVIRONMENT

Explore dense tropical jungles, open plains and high mountains. The weather changes dynamically. Experience a full day and night cycle. Discover new special locations. Move on foot, swim or fast travel. Game features 3 large islands to explore. Find story notes to learn about the history of the islands.

TROPHY LODGE

Build a customizable trophy lodge with multiple rooms to store your full-sized dinosaur trophies. Choose what to include from a selection of mounts, furniture and rooms.

TROPHY SHOTS

Take trophy shots with your catch and store memories from your hunting trips.

MULTIPLAYER OR SOLO

Play solo or multiplayer with up to 12 players.

WEAPONS AND HUNTING EQUIPMENT

Choose from 15 different weapons including .700 double rifle, revolver, .50 cal heavy rifle and hunting bow. Utilize a vast variety of hunting utility from callers to range finder. Purchase new equipment from the shop or find new items in loot boxes.

NOTE FROM DEVELOPER

Join our great community on Discord!

You can influence what features will be implemented into the game. We welcome any feedback and development ideas. Thank you for your support!

Last evaluated Sep 12, 2026
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