Games Like ORION: Prelude

Exoprimal is an online, team-based action game that pits humanity's cutting-edge exosuit technology against history's most ferocious beasts – dinosaurs.​​

Why similar: Dinosaurs 58.7% ★, FPS 9.3%, Shooter 6.8%, Online Co-Op 5.4%, Multiplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like ORION, it throws squads into fast, arcadey firefights against overwhelming dinosaur swarms, just with a more modern hero-shooter structure.

Guardians of Orion is a Sci-Fi Action RPG Looter Shooter with Dinosaurs and Robots. Complete Mission Objectives all over the Galaxy with your friends to earn new Gear & Rewards!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 64% ★, Co-op 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Shooter 4.6%, FPS 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: From the same studio, it keeps the cheesy sci-fi monster-slaying vibe and team play while leaning a bit more into classes and loot.

Hunt humans, slay dinosaurs. It's chaotic prehistoric PvP, pick a side. Think fast, or you're extinct!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 60.2% ★, FPS 10.7%, Multiplayer 8%, Online Co-Op 5.7%, Team-Based 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its asymmetrical dino-vs-human matches deliver the same weapon-heavy dinosaur combat rush, even if the focus is more PvP than co-op.

A World War II outbreak awakens prehistoric horrors. Face relentless dinosaur hordes in a wave-based survival shooter where every bullet counts.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 59.7% ★, FPS 19.4%, Shooter 9.4%, Action 4.2%, First-Person 4%

Why You'll Like It: This is another low-budget but earnest dinosaur FPS that scratches the 'hold your ground against prehistoric threats' itch.

Frantic, multiplayer action involving Nazis and dinosaurs! What are you waiting for? This is World War II as it should have been!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 77.2% ★, FPS 7.5%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Shooter 2.8%, Action 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: If the dinosaur theme matters most, this multiplayer FPS offers another goofy, B-movie flavored take on humans fighting prehistoric beasts.

Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!

Why similar: FPS 21.4%, Online Co-Op 21.2%, Co-op 15.9%, Multiplayer 13.5%, Shooter 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same large-scale, slightly chaotic fun of mowing down huge creature hordes with friends in wide outdoor spaces.

A savage online shooter, where players do battle as man or beast in class-based deathmatches and a frantic escape mode. Unleash your inner dinosaur!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 72.8% ★, FPS 6.5%, Multiplayer 5.6%, Shooter 3.4%, Team-Based 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This older asymmetrical shooter is still one of Steam's most direct dinosaur-FPS alternatives to ORION's core fantasy.

NOW AVAILABLE! When the Earth falls to an extra-terrestrial invasion, humanity becomes an endangered species. Earthfall is a four-player cooperative shooter that challenges players to survive hordes of ruthless alien drones and their inscrutable masters.

Why similar: FPS 24.7%, Online Co-Op 23.6%, Co-op 18.8%, Shooter 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Swap dinos for aliens and you get a very similar 4-player co-op shooter rhythm of moving through big maps while fending off waves.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.

Why similar: Co-op 24.4%, Online Co-Op 23.6%, Shooter 15.5%, Multiplayer 10%, Third-Person Shooter 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its squad-based sci-fi shooting, class kits, and nonstop creature swarms line up well with ORION's co-op PvE appeal.

In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.

Why similar: FPS 20.7%, Online Co-Op 20.1%, Co-op 15.6%, Multiplayer 13.7%, Shooter 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It nails the same arcade co-op horde-shooter loop of unloading heavy firepower into relentless monster waves.

Dinosaur Hunt is an intense action shooter that will take you on an epic journey of hunting the world’s most horrifying animals!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 71.5% ★, Multiplayer 7%, FPS 6.4%, Shooter 4.8%, Action 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Another direct dinosaur FPS option, with an arcade indie feel that echoes ORION's scrappy B-movie charm.

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?

Why similar: Dinosaurs 58.6% ★, FPS 11.4%, Online Co-Op 9.5%, Multiplayer 5.8%, Shooter 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is slower and more simulation-leaning, but it still offers multiplayer dinosaur stalking and shooting in large open environments.

Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

Why similar: FPS 24.9%, Co-op 21.9%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Shooter 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: While not dinosaur-themed, its four-player sprint from set piece to set piece defined the kind of accessible co-op FPS ORION fans usually enjoy.

Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.5%, FPS 21.5%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Co-op 14.7%, Shooter 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It modernizes the Left 4 Dead-style co-op formula with more progression and build variety while keeping the same team-survival pace.

Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!

Why similar: Co-op 32.1%, FPS 32.1%, Shooter 15.1%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Action 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: The mission-based co-op, class synergy, and endless bug-shooting give a similar 'friends versus overwhelming fauna' payoff.

World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.1%, Multiplayer 19.7%, Co-op 16.5%, FPS 11.9%, Shooter 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on huge enemy swarms and squad coordination makes it a strong mechanical match for ORION's wave-clearing side.

Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.7%, Co-op 17.3%, Action 13.3%, Shooter 10.5%, Multiplayer 9%

Why You'll Like It: If you love ORION's campy scale, this delivers even bigger maps, louder guns, and absurd numbers of giant creatures to exterminate.

Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 80.1% ★, Multiplayer 7.1%, Open World 4.8%, Co-op 3.3%, Action 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: If the prehistoric setting is what pulled you in, this multiplayer dino survival game keeps the atmosphere but shifts away from FPS combat.

The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.1%, Multiplayer 16.6%, Co-op 16.1%, Shooter 12%, Third-Person Shooter 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Even in third person, it scratches the same cooperative 'drop in, complete objectives, survive overwhelming creatures' fantasy.

Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 69.9% ★, Multiplayer 10%, Co-op 6.7%, Open World 6.3%, Action 2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the dinosaurs and big outdoor multiplayer spaces, though it leans more into survival crafting than pure shooting.

Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.

Why similar: FPS 30.8%, Co-op 24.3%, Shooter 15.9%, Team-Based 15%, Action 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: The emphasis on four-player class-based FPS combat against swarming enemies makes it a good fit if you mainly want co-op intensity.

Play as a dinosaur and become part of a player-created ecosystem! Beasts of Bermuda is a multiplayer game where players endure catastrophic storms and fearsome foes while growing to monstrous sizes. Do you have what it takes to survive in the Bermuda Triangle?

Why similar: Dinosaurs 85% ★, Multiplayer 6.5%, Open World 4.2%, Adventure 1.6%, PvP 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is much more of a survival sandbox, but it's one of the stronger multiplayer dinosaur worlds on Steam.

Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.

Why similar: FPS 31.5%, Co-op 19.8%, Multiplayer 15%, Shooter 12.4%, Action 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its giant arenas, oversized weapons, and endless enemy packs recreate ORION's chaotic, old-school horde-shooter energy.

Dinosis Survival is a TPP Shooter with dinosaurs based on a mysterious story. Survive, hunt and solve the mystery behind the world that is falling apart.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 72.7% ★, Multiplayer 8.8%, Action 4.1%, Open World 3.7%, Shooter 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This lower-budget survival action game still centers on navigating and surviving a dinosaur-infested world.

An intense round-based zombie survival FPS, play solo or co-op. Shoot your way through relentless waves of vicious horrors with high-octane objectives, upgrading steampunk weapons, collecting Celtic God powers, and surviving the onslaught of the Quiet Ones.

Why similar: Co-op 21.6%, FPS 18.7%, Online Co-Op 17.5%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Shooter 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a more compact wave-based take on co-op survival shooting, ideal if ORION's horde mode was your favorite part.

GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 23.9%, FPS 21.9%, Co-op 17.1%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Shooter 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This is a much tenser, harder co-op shooter, but the need for teamwork against sudden monster rushes overlaps with ORION's PvE side.

Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Why similar: FPS 23.1%, Co-op 18.1%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Shooter 11.6%, Open World 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world co-op structure and roaming enemy fights capture some of ORION's wide-map, drop-in-with-friends appeal.

Co-operative top-down shooter game available for free. An epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics.

Why similar: Co-op 32.6%, Shooter 21.1%, Third-Person Shooter 14.8%, Sci-fi 12.8%, First-Person 9%

Why You'll Like It: Despite the top-down view, its class-based co-op, objective runs, and insect-horde firefights hit a similar inexpensive co-op shooter niche.

ARK: The Survival of the Fittest is a prototype spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved, pitting up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for survival, where players are ultimately pushed into an epic final showdown leading their Dinosaur Armies into battle.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 74.4% ★, Multiplayer 8.5%, FPS 4.9%, Open World 4.9%, Action 2.5%

MULTIPLAYER CAVEMEN - The Village is being taken over by DinoSaurs. Can You and Your Pack Survive ?

Why similar: Dinosaurs 71.9% ★, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Co-op 8.7%, Multiplayer 6.5%, PvP 1.9%

Can you survive this unforgiving prehistoric world? Experience the life of 65+ prehistoric species. Emerge as a hatchling and survive to reach adulthood. Evolve, gain talents and traits, and eat a healthy diet to gain powerful buffs. Collect a hoard of items to customize your dinosaurs.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 76.6% ★, Multiplayer 6.9%, Open World 6.2%, Action 3.9%, Adventure 2%

A comet is hurtling toward the planet! Sneak, scavenge and blast your way through an immersive prehistoric world filled with Humans, Dinosaurs, Droids and Mother Nature’s fury!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 89.5% ★, Action 5.3%, Adventure 3%, Indie 2.1%

A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!

Why similar: FPS 30.2%, Multiplayer 20.9%, Team-Based 11.9%, Co-op 7.5%, Sci-fi 6.6%

Take on the role of a hardened career criminal executing intense, dynamic heists in constant pursuit of the next “big score”

Why similar: FPS 29.7%, Co-op 17.6%, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Multiplayer 12.5%, Shooter 7.7%

Dinosasur Forest is a fast paced chaotic first person wave-based shooter that pits players equipped with some basic weapons against species currently inhabiting the Unknown Planet.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 91.3% ★, Action 6.2%, Indie 2.6%

Adapt. Survive. Thrive. In a world of ancient, prehistoric wonders you will have to learn to rely on your instincts as dinosaurs and poachers compete to SURVIVE PANGEA!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 91.8% ★, Action 5.8%, Indie 2.5%

Turn up the volume, turn off the lights, and get ready for the definitive Jurassic survival horror experience. Pump your shotgun and put those dinos back where they belong... in the ground!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 71.8% ★, FPS 12.4%, Shooter 7.5%, Action 2.8%, First-Person 2.7%

In an ancient world (Jurassic and Cretaceous) when dangerous dinosaurs lived for hunt and survive. You have to preserve your life and our ancestors primates in this world. You will have much weapons to hunt and defend. With zoom you can be more accurate. In dark jungle you can use light to see better.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 74.5% ★, Action 16.5%, Adventure 9%

A 1-4 player co-op horror game that throws you into a desperate fight for survival against deadly dinosaurs. Run, hide and work together to complete missions and uncover the secrets buried within the abandoned AEON research facility. Can you and your friends make it out alive?

Why similar: Dinosaurs 86.6% ★, Team-Based 5.6%, First-Person 3.3%, Action 3.2%, Adventure 1.2%

Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 65.2% ★, Multiplayer 9.4%, Open World 6.7%, FPS 6.5%, Co-op 5.5%

Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt is a first-person hunting simulator where you hunt the largest and most dangerous beasts to ever exist – DINOSAURS.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 77.8% ★, FPS 9.2%, Action 5%, Shooter 4.2%, First-Person 2.6%

Play as a shark or a diver in a dark aquatic world and overcome your enemies by employing cunning, teamwork, and stealth. Depth blends tension and visceral action as you team up against AI or be matched with other players in heart pounding combat.

Why similar: FPS 23.1%, Co-op 17.5%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Shooter 12.6%, Team-Based 10.6%

Immerse yourself in a survival FPS adventure. Stranded on a dangerous island, face mercenaries, dinosaurs, and a vibrant yet hostile ecosystem. Explore breathtaking environments and survive the onslaught of intense, fast-paced encounters.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 70.3% ★, FPS 13.8%, Shooter 7%, Action 3.7%, First-Person 2.9%

Be the dinosaur! Experience the world of dinosaurs like never before! Dinosaurs A Prehistoric Adventure is an ARPG where you could play as 15 dinosaurs in a semi-open world environment.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 84.9% ★, Open World 6.3%, Action 4.2%, Adventure 2.3%, Indie 1.7%

UPDATE 28 AVAILABLE - Interstellar Marines is an immersive tactical sci-fi First Person Simulator in the making, offering a unique blend of tactical gameplay, dynamic environments and non-scripted AI. Play Singleplayer or Co-op/PvP on servers around the world.

Why similar: FPS 26.5%, Co-op 18.4%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Shooter 8.8%, Online Co-Op 8.7%

ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 74% ★, Multiplayer 10.1%, Open World 7.4%, Action 2.9%, Sci-fi 2.2%

PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.

Why similar: FPS 30.7%, Shooter 12.5%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Online Co-Op 8.2%, Open World 8%

The Archotek Project focuses on a multiplayer experience, giving you the chance to play with your friends or with new people on dedicated servers. Play as the dinosaur as you explore vibrant and exotic locations within the game, taking control of unique species from the fossil record.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 89.6% ★, Multiplayer 6.6%, Open World 1.7%, Indie 1.5%, Strategy 0.7%

Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!

Why similar: FPS 42.4%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Shooter 13.6%, Action 11.1%, Sci-fi 6.8%

Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles

Why similar: Multiplayer 39.1%, Action 14.2%, FPS 12.3%, First-Person 10.1%, Co-op 9.7%

Fossilfuel, is a horror action shooter, where the player must fight their way through Jurassic monsters and Super Soldiers, in this multi-ending, adrenaline-fueled cyberpunk experience!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 67.7% ★, FPS 12.4%, Shooter 7.2%, Open World 4.6%, Action 3%

Will you survive? Be the dinosaur and thrive in a prehistoric world designed to give a true dinosaur survival experience. Dinosaurs Prehistoric Survivors lets players live the life of a dinosaur in a prehistoric environment where players must learn to hunt and adapt in order to survive.

Why similar: Dinosaurs 86% ★, Open World 6.9%, Action 3.1%, Adventure 1.8%, Indie 1%

Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.

Why similar: FPS 33.2%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Shooter 10.7%, Action 10.2%, Co-op 8.9%

Action-packed 2D multiplayer top-down shooter. Play as a human or dinosaur with hundreds of weapons, game modes, and maps!

Why similar: Dinosaurs 71.5% ★, Multiplayer 11.7%, Shooter 8.9%, Action 5.1%, PvP 1.8%