Dinosaur Simulator

Dinosaur Simulator puts you in charge of building a dinosaur fauna on the newly discovered planet Hope. As director of a planetary colonization project for the private company ACTAS, you choose from more than 42 dinosaur species, establish them across the planet and aim to maximize the company's profits. The species include herbivores, predators, pterosaurs and aquatic dinosaurs.

The planet Hope

In 2362, ACTAS discovers Hope, a planet that is 85% similar to Earth as it was 66 million years ago. The company declares the entire planet a protected reserve, open only to paying visitors, and plans to use its reconstructed dinosaurs as a commercial attraction. Some private companies do not recognize ACTAS's decision. A space station has been built in Hope's orbit, several dozen dinosaur samples have been brought there, and the planet has been mapped to identify settlement locations with fewer native alien species.

The project follows advances that made dinosaur reconstruction and interstellar settlement possible. Scientists deciphered dinosaur DNA by 2190, and faster-than-light travel was discovered and successfully tested in 2220. The dinosaurs' extinction began 66 million years ago, when the 15-kilometre asteroid Chicxulub struck Earth. Its impact caused worldwide ecological disaster, fires, earthquakes and megatsunamis, creating an 80-kilometre-wide, 30-kilometre-deep crater and wiping out 75 percent of life on Earth. The worst effects lasted 30 years, followed by an impact winter that lasted more than a century.

Manage the dinosaur fauna

You can choose from many locations on Hope to revive the Jurassic era and build a functional, harmonious ecosystem. Breed dinosaurs, sell their eggs, complete tasks and organize expeditions and hunts for profit. You can also land on the planet yourself to deal with situations, or use technology to control the brain of any dinosaur there. The native alien fauna must be suppressed.