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Dino D-Day

Dino D-Day is a 2011 multiplayer FPS built on the premise that the Nazi regime employed dinosaurs in WWII combat. Players choose Allied or Axis factions (the latter including dinosaur characters). As a novelty premise game from 2011, its player base is effectively inactive — the game's value is primarily as a quirky historical artifact.

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Dino D-Day

Steam reviews

12,746 of 15,132 Steam user reviews are positive (84.2%) and Steam's own label is “Very Positive”, according to Steam's review summary for Dino D-Day at the last data refresh.

What Steam reviewers mention

20 of the 20 sampled reviews recommend it, though many are one-line jokes or bare endorsements. Substantive reviews praise the silly dinosaurs-versus-soldiers premise and class-based combat; the most common caveat is a small, aging player base, alongside awkward controls and an early learning curve.

Sample: 20 reviews from Steam's English filter (10 most helpful, 10 most recent, ), 20 recommending · how Claude counts topics

  • Dinosaur Premise and Humor (praised in 6 of 20): Reviewers enjoy the absurd idea of armed dinosaurs in a World War Two shooter, pointing to goats, silly class abilities, crude jokes and the chance to play as a dinosaur.
  • Class-Based Combat (praised in 4, criticised in 2 of 20): Reviewers compare the class-based shooting to Day of Defeat and praise gunplay, dinosaur classes and modes, while noting awkward default aim controls and a rough early learning curve.
  • Player Base and Servers (praised in 4, criticised in 5 of 20): Several recent reviewers lament a small, aging player base, while others say bot servers, offline bot support and a handful of active players still make matches possible and fun.

Good for

  • Players with friends specifically willing to organize private matches
  • Buyers who want the novelty of a dinosaur-Nazi FPS premise in their library

Avoid if

  • You expect active public multiplayer — the player base is essentially empty in 2024+
  • You want a polished FPS experience — this is a small 2011 indie title
  • Online multiplayer quality without active servers makes the game unplayable at its core premise
  • The $9.99 price is meaningful relative to what the experience currently offers

Is Dino D-Day an indie game?

Yes. Steam lists Dino D-Day under the "Indie" genre, and its publisher is not on this site's major-publisher list.

  • Steam genre tags on record: Action, Indie — includes "Indie".
  • Developer: 800 North and Digital Ranch.
  • Publisher: 800 North and Digital Ranch — same as the developer, i.e. self-published; not on this site's major-publisher list.

The rubric, its limits and the publisher list: methodology.