Games that let you play as a Dinosaur

Playing as a dinosaur has to be a native option, no mods. Riding on one as a mount does not count, it must be the actively controlled participant. Bonus points if they aren't a boring, abandoned in early access, multiplayer survival game or Jurassic Park related.

Let me know any I missed

45 Games

Dino Crisis 2
Dino Crisis 2
Has a vs mode where you can be dinosaurs if you unlocked them with points
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park
Playable Raptor
Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition
Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition
Playable Raptor
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
5 campaigns and only 2 of them force you to be a boring human, Sara Harding from the titled movie and a generic human hunter. Imagine prefering those over Compy, Raptor, and T-Rex

Also the loading screens and FMVs GO SO HARD
Warpath: Jurassic Park
Warpath: Jurassic Park
DINOSAUR FIGHTING GAME

Honestly I think is a hidden gem
Chaos Island: The Lost World - Jurassic Park
Chaos Island: The Lost World - Jurassic Park
Capture and breed dinosaurs and use them as units
Jurassic Park III: Danger Zone
Jurassic Park III: Danger Zone
Minigame has a playable raptor
Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Battles
Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Battles
Playable dinosaur fights
LEGO Jurassic World
LEGO Jurassic World
Lego dinos are playable and you can make your own hybrid
Primal Rage
Primal Rage
5 Dinosaurs and 2 stupid mammals
Primal Rage II
Primal Rage II
Humans who can turn into 5 dinosaurs or 2 stupid primates, a Sabretooth, and some val haazak looking fucker. Vice versa is also an option but why would you want to go from dinosaur to human?
Godzilla: Kaijuu Daikessen
Godzilla: Kaijuu Daikessen
Heisei Godzilla is canonically a mutated Godzillasaurus
Godzilla: Save the Earth
Godzilla: Save the Earth
Heisei Godzilla is playable

See Godzilla Kaiju Daikessen
Godzilla: Unleashed
Godzilla: Unleashed
Heisei Godzilla is playable

See Godzilla Kaiju Daikessen
Godzilla: The Game
Godzilla: The Game
Heisei Godzilla is playable

See Godzilla Kaiju daikessen
Chrome Dino
Chrome Dino
Dino run and jumper
GigaBash
GigaBash
Heisei Godzilla is dlc

See Godzilla Kaiju Daikessen
The Isle
The Isle
Multiplayer survival? ✓
Early Access? ✓
Abandoned? ✓
Saurian
Saurian
Multiplayer Survival? Single Player Survival
Early Access? ✓
Abandoned? Apparently not but updates are rare and slow to release
Beasts of Bermuda
Beasts of Bermuda
Multiplayer survival? ✓
Early access? ✓
Abandoned? No! Got an update March 9, 2024
Path of Titans
Path of Titans
Multiplayer Survival? Says its an MMO
Early Access? ✓ According to a post from 9 months ago
Abandoned? No! update in late February 2024
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Yoshi is a dinosaur
Yoshi's Story
Yoshi's Story
See Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Woolly World
Yoshi's Woolly World
See Yoshi's Island but now he's wool
Yoshi's Crafted World
Yoshi's Crafted World
See Yoshi's Island but now he's crafted
Super Mario 64 DS
Super Mario 64 DS
Yoshi is the first playable character
See Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey
Possess a realistic T-Rex and Yoshi

See Yoshi's Island
Mario Party
Mario Party
Catch all for the series
Yoshi is selectable, and in later entries so is Birdo

See Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario Kart
Catch all for the series
Yoshi is selectable as is Birdo in later entries
See Yoshi's Island
Tekken 2
Tekken 2
Alex is a raptor with boxing gloves

PUT HIM IN TEKKEN 8 HARADA!
Tekken 3
Tekken 3
Gon is a vague looking theropod dinosaur and they gave him boxing gloves
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
See Tekken 2
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct
Riptor is a snake like dinosaur interpretation
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct
Riptor is now a cybernetic dinosaur that looks more like a standard raptro
Turok: Evolution
Turok: Evolution
I HATE THIS GAME but you can be a raptors in the vs mode
Dino D-Day
Dino D-Day
Multiplayer, dinosaur infantry available
Dinosaur King
Dinosaur King
Turn based dinosaur fights
Disney's Dinosaur
Disney's Dinosaur
Top down platformer but the ony playable dinosaur is Aladar, the rest are those dumb Lemurs
Gigantosaurus: The Game
Gigantosaurus: The Game
Mid 2010s nickelodeon lookin ass dinosaurs
Gigantosaurus Dino Kart
Gigantosaurus Dino Kart
Mid 2010s nickelodeon looking ass dinos but now kart racing
Dino Dash
Dino Dash
Dino racer

Played this game almost as much as the Jurassic Park Lightgun shooter at Chuck E Cheese
Primal Carnage
Primal Carnage
I remember beta testing this game. Multiplayer vs. Dinos vs humans
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Grimlock has a T-Rex mode
Amber Isle
Amber Isle
Make your own dino character
Dino Rex
Dino Rex
Another Dinosaur Fighting game

6 Comments

wheatie

1 month ago

Tekken 2 (Alex)

stovetop

1 month ago

@wheatie I'M A FRAUD! I MAIN HIM!

NOWITSREYNTIME17

1 month ago

Super Mario Odyssey (Yoshi and the realistic dino)

stovetop

1 month ago

@NOWITSREYNTIME17 I was getting too lost in the sauce when I've now forgotten 2 very easy entries. I even mentioned Odyssey to myself while this list was in CONCEPTION!

VioletGogles

1 month ago

Tekken 3 if you count Gon as a dinosaur

stovetop

1 month ago

@VioletGogles Gon is stated to be a dinosaur in the manga source, so he counts
stovetop

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