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2018 · Business simulation · Simulation

Parkasaurus

Nintendo console exclusive

Parkasaurus is a zany Dinosaur Park management game, that challenges the player not only to provide guests with a unique dinosaur zoo experience, but to care for their dino friends by crafting the perfect exhibits, gifting them the cutest hats, and travelling back in time to rescue them from their demise!

Released: 25 September 2018
Platforms: Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch 2 Windows
Genres: Business simulation Simulation Strategy
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Business
Country: Canada
Age ratings: ESRB E10+PEGI 7
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain), Turkish
Time to beat: 20hmain story69hcompletionist

About

Parkasaurus is a construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Washbear Studio. The player is tasked with creating a zoo for dinosaurs by designing and building exhibits. It entered Steam Early Access on September 25, 2018, and officially released on August 13, 2020. The game was also released on the Nintendo Switch on April 28, 2022. A port for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, titled Parkasaurus: Dinoluxe Edition, was released on August 5, 2026 by Infogrames.

›Story

Parkasaurus is a dinosaur tycoon management simulation where you take care of your dinosaurs by constructing well-designed exhibits, researching specialized technologies, and maximizing profits to expand into the ultimate dinosaur theme park. Do you favor development that favors your dinosaurs or the guests?

Design success - each dinosaur requires a unique biosphere, which means the shape of exhibit, materials used, ecology, plants, elevation and humidity all play a key role in the success of your Dinos.Unique privacy and biome systems that promote creative design.

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Gameplay

The standard game mode revolves around hiring employees, hatching dinosaur eggs, and catching dinosaurs if they escape. The player can use various components such as fences and plants to create exhibits for dinosaurs. All zoo buildings can be chosen from a build menu and placed within the zoo to generate income with its perks. Guests who stay longer at the location will also pay more.

Among the employees, scientists can search around to find fossils, create new dinosaur eggs, and janitors clean up by taking the trash out. Single player mode is supported. Each dinosaur has certain diet and habitat needs, as well as privacy requirements. There are some basic biomes can be created immediately, but for others, some terrain needs be tweaked (water supplies, making it more rugged, adding trees).

Reception

Parkasaurus received "mixed or average" reviews for Windows according to review aggregator Metacritic; the Nintendo Switch version received "generally favorable" reviews.

Parkasaurus has won some awards during the development including Ubisoft Indie Series National Bank Special Prize Winner 2019, Pax Online 2020 Indie Showcase Selection and The MIX Pax West Showcase Selection 2019.