Jurassic World Evolution

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Total Reviews: 83

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Jurassic World Evolution is initially stunning, but it quickly grows tedious. The business of running the park quickly grows stale, and the process of unlocking dinosaurs is a chore.

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Critic Reviews: 83

Critics Consensus

# Reviews: 83

Jurassic World Evolution is initially stunning, but it quickly grows tedious. The business of running the park quickly grows stale, and the process of unlocking dinosaurs is a chore.

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Critic Reviews for Jurassic World Evolution

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Philippa Warr (PC Gamer)

71/100

“Initially stunning but lacking the depth and variety to support mammoth playtimes.”

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Sam Loveridge (GamesRadar+)

4/5 stars

“Despite some opaque game mechanics and missing tutorials, turns out running a dinosaur park is brilliant fun and the best time sink you can play.”

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Daniel Tack (Game Informer)

7/10

“Jurassic World Evolution is a mixed experience, at times reveling in its fantasy and becoming bogged down in its own systems in others. If you’re a fan of the franchise it’s a fun dip into the prehistoric pool, but the water isn’t deep enough to satisfy a voracious carnivore.”

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3DNews	Алексей Апанасевич	6 / 10	07-01-2018	Jurassic World Evolution tries to please movie fans with familiar music, returning characters and awesome visuals. But if you dig deeper, it quickly becomes clear that Frontier’s game is like a dino with a half of genome – it looks good, growls and runs, but is not capable to live for long.	Read review
Areajugones	Alfonso Cánovas	7.5 / 10	07-14-2018	Frontier Developments offers an entertaining title under a graphic aspect perfectly linked with the reality of the dinosaurs. The amount of species to discover add much attraction and the possibility of visit the park in third person is all a success,although those who aren’t lovers of the gender can find it boring and repetitive	Read review
Ars Technica	Steven Strom	Not Recommended	06-19-2018	A solid framework for a game without any legs. Try it, or wait for an expansion to flesh things out.	Read review
Atomix	Alberto Desfassiaux	63 / 100	06-25-2018	A pretty short and mediocre tycoon game. Jurassic World: Evolution has a lot of good ideas, but the execution is bad.	Read review
AusGamers	Kosta Andreadis	7 / 10	06-19-2018	An experience that lives up to the wonderful visuals.	Read review
CGMagazine	Cole Watson	7.5 / 10	06-21-2018	In its current state Jurassic World Evolution is entertaining, but barebones as a business sim. Where Frontier really got things right was the dinosaurs themselves, they are simply the best versions of these prehistoric creatures in video games to date	Read review
COGconnected	Derek Miller	78 / 100	06-22-2018	It’s a mostly enjoyable experience, with a few dull moments here and there, that should keep the majority of players happy. Having a deep management simulation is a matter of perspective after all. To some, this may seem lacking, to others it might seem like there is a lot going on. Either way you see it, it’s a good effort at trying to bring the management sim to a bigger audience.	Read review
Cultured Vultures	Nick McCaughey	7 / 10	06-15-2018	When Jurassic World Evolution works, it really works, offering a bounty of nostalgia, beauty, and enjoyable gameplay. It just lacks the depth and variety to be the time sink many assuredly want it to be.	Read review
Daily Dot	Joseph Knoop	2 / 5 stars	06-18-2018	Jurassic World Evolution certainly embraces the liveliness of its prehistoric creatures, but it never really captures the childlike spirit of Jurassic Park.	Read review
Daily Mirror	Charlene Bougourd	5 / 5 stars	06-20-2018	As a simulation game veteran, I can say this lives up to all what I expected and more. The game is easy to get into, has its share of challenges and as well as the fun stuff, along with the odd sad dino death. Circle of life and all that.	Read review
Destructoid	Dan Roemer	5.5 / 10	06-18-2018	Sadly, Evolution just comes off feeling like it was rushed out the door.	Read review
Digitally Downloaded	Jim S.	4 / 5 stars	07-13-2018	I must say I really enjoyed building and running my own Jurassic World park. It’s not perfect, and certainly given the heritage of the developer in theme park games we possibly could have expected a bit more from it, but you just never know what DLC and the ongoing development promised of the game might bring.	Read review
DualShockers	Ryan Meitzler	7.5 / 10	07-02-2018	While Jurassic World Evolution sometimes can be a bit unwieldy from the number of systems it is balancing at once, Frontier Developments mostly finds a nice middle ground in Evolution between depth and accessibility. As long as I get a few moments to zoom down in and marvel at the wonder of dinosaurs now and then, I’d give careful consideration to endorsing this park.	Read review
Eurogamer	Vikki Blake	Not Recommended	06-16-2018	Frontier follows up Planet Coaster with a licensed park simulator, with varied results.	Read review
FingerGuns	Sean Davies	8 / 10	06-27-2018	It’s when you’re not in control of things – like in the snippet that I opened this review with – that the Jurassic World feeling really kicks in during this game. When your T-Rex is fighting Velocirators and your guests are running scared from rampaging Triceratops’ and you’re trying desperately against the odds to put everything back the way it was. It’s sublime.	Read review
Game Debate	Jon Sutton	7.5 / 10	06-23-2018	In all, Jurassic World Evolution doesn’t offer a simulation quite deep enough to appeal to the more hardcore management fans.	Read review
Game Informer	Daniel Tack	7 / 10	06-16-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is a mixed experience, at times reveling in its fantasy and becoming bogged down in its own systems in others. If you’re a fan of the franchise it’s a fun dip into the prehistoric pool, but the water isn’t deep enough to satisfy a voracious carnivore.	Read review
Game Revolution	Paul Tamburro	4 / 5 stars	06-11-2018	Jurassic World Evolution doesn’t allow for the same levels of detail as Planet Coaster, where players could build elaborate constructions limited only by their imagination.	Read review
Gameblog	Camille Allard	7 / 10	06-19-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is packed with qualities, especially for the fans of the Jurassic Park IP, but it lacks depth for now. As if the developpers saved content to sell it later as DLCs.	Read review
GameCrate	Christopher Atwood	7.8 / 10	07-02-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is imagination candy for anyone that loves the movies, and despite its flaws it’s worth playing if you’re looking for a relaxing experience building a theme park full of dinosaurs. It’s the perfect combination of engaging objectives and micromanagement to kick back and lose yourself in.	Read review
Gamefa	Mehdi Reazaei	6.6 / 10	06-18-2018	Jurassic World: Evolution is Not Evolved Yet for sure and It has a long way to evolution. it is a park simulation game that has a good graphic with beautiful various Dinosaur design but the Worst problem of it, is tiredness after some days of managing in your Park and lack of more challenge for you to handle. only if you are a fan of Jurassic movies or Dinosaurs, Jurassic World Evolution can be good for you.	Read review
GameMAG	Vadimeys	8 / 10	07-26-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is a dream project for the fans of the film, but it’s not for everyone. Slow gameplay and some unfinished elements can scare off certain players. However, if you are in love with Spielberg’s films and have a ton of toy dinosaurs, then this game can not be missed.	Read review
GamePro	Daniel Ziegener	76 / 100	06-14-2018	An entertaining cycle of building, cloning and making money, but never achieving the special magic of its original.	Read review
Gamerheadquarters	Jason Stettner	7.4 / 10	06-22-2018	Jurassic World: Evolution can be really boring, yet really rewarding and I didn’t feel it hit the perfect balance.	Read review
Gamers Heroes	Blaine Smith	5 / 10	06-13-2018	However, Jurassic Park Evolution could have been an amazing game if the developers had just used some of the staple elements of park simulation games from the past. You know, like that Theme Park game that launched in 1994?.	Read review
Gamersky	aoimiya	6.6 / 10	07-02-2018	Raising dinosaurs in a game is fun, but Jurassic World Evolution somehow makes the thrilling idea boring.	Read review
GamesBeat	Mike Minotti	80 / 100	06-11-2018	Jurassic World: Evolution is more of a pure sim game than Planet Coaster, but it does a good job of taking advantage of its license. It keeps things complicated enough to feel interesting without letting it feel out of your control.	Read review
GameSkinny	Fox Doucette	5 / 10	06-12-2018	Just because you can make a tycoon game about Jurassic Park doesn’t mean you should.	Read review
GameSpew	Chris McMullen	7 / 10	06-18-2018	Jurassic World Evolution may not be the deepest management sim ever, but it embraces its subject matter with gusto.	Read review
GameSpot	James Swinbanks	7 / 10	06-21-2018	An enjoyable management sim 65 million years in the making.	Read review
GamesRadar+	Sam Loveridge	4 / 5 stars	06-11-2018	Despite some opaque game mechanics and missing tutorials, turns out running a dinosaur park is brilliant fun and the best time sink you can play.	Read review
GameWatcher	Chris Capel	8 / 10	06-11-2018	Jurassic World Evolution may not be the best theme park management game, but it’s the most exciting dinosaur management game. And that’s enough for us.	Read review
GameXplain	Unknown	Not Recommended	08-27-2018	Video Review	Read review
GameZone	Cade Onder	7 / 10	06-18-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is by no means a bad game, it can be enjoyed, it just can’t be enjoyed for very long. Despite its efforts to try and have a progression system that doesn’t unlock certain features until you go to a new island, there’s not enough to keep the player filled with an urge to want to progress. It’s clear there was a lot of passion and effort put into this game, just not all of it pans out into something totally worthwhile.	Read review
Gaming Nexus	Kevin O’Connell	5.5 / 10	06-26-2018	Jurassic World: Evolution is an island-making sim where frustration and wait-times are scarier than any of the dinosaurs. The idea of creating 40 dinosaurs and their enclosures sounds like a real treat, but in this case, I’m sure Dr. Grant would have stayed at his dig site.	Read review
GamingBolt	Shubhankar Parijat	9 / 10	06-18-2018	Addictive, rewarding, immersive- Jurassic World Evolution is the dinosaur management game we’ve been dreaming of for years, but never quite believed we’d ever get the chance to play. Frontier have created something truly special.	Read review
GamingTrend	Ron Burke	85 / 100	06-11-2018	Jurassic World Evolution strikes a chord with me, and that’s evident in the amount of time I’ve sunk into it. The presentation is gorgeous, the mechanics are engrossing, and balancing your veggiesauraces and meatysauraces has never been fun. There’s a handful of bugs to shake loose, but based on Frontier’s track record I’m fairly certain that these can be shaken out post launch.	Read review
God is a Geek	Gary Bailey	8 / 10	06-11-2018	It’s quite slow to start and has a pretty harsh difficulty curve, but when everything clicks, it proves to be the best use of the Jurassic licence yet. Running a park isn’t easy, but incubating your first velociraptor makes it all worthwhile.	Read review
GRYOnline.pl	Michał Wasiak	8 / 10	06-19-2018	In the world of computer games, licensed products are rarely very successful. Hence we should be all the more grateful for Jurassic World Evolution and the level of quality in delivers. The creators of Planet Coaster have created an interesting, atmospheric and challenging game taht looks and sounds gorgeous. Behold, ladies and gentlemen! Here comes one of the best strategy games of 2018.	Read review
Guardian	Will Freeman	3 / 5 stars	06-22-2018	The best bits of this dino-business-management game roar into action when disaster strikes, but too much of it is repetitive	Read review
Hobby Consolas	Unknown	82 / 100	06-19-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is one of the most beautiful park builder games out there, and we love the way dinosaurs are recreated from the movie. It is also easy enough to let newcomers enjoy this genre. Sometimes we felt progress is too slow even for a strategy game.	Read review
IGN	Dan Stapleton	4.8 / 10	06-11-2018	Besides the fact that there’s absolutely no evolution involved in it, Jurassic World: Evolution is a bad game because it’s just a bore of a park sim. Sure, the dinosaurs look nice enough, but the process of unlocking new species is beyond tedious and actually running the business is shallow and quickly gets stale. It beats getting mauled by raptors, but after careful consideration, I’ve decided not to endorse this park.	Read review
IGN Italy	Marco Esposto	7 / 10	06-19-2018	A simple park simulation game, with good graphic. A bit too easy, is good for Jurassic Park’s series fans.	Read review
IGN Spain	Carlos G. Gurpegui	8.5 / 10	06-11-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is one of the best games ever made based on Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. Managing inGen would get you in front of your computer for hours.	Read review
Impulsegamer	Edwin Millheim	3.1 / 5 stars	07-01-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is a game that makes you feel like part of this awesome book and film franchise.	Read review
Jump Dash Roll	Andrew Phillips	6 / 10	07-02-2018	A fun and educational city builder which unfortunately drags thing out a little too long.	Read review
Just Push Start	Oliver East	3.4 / 5 stars	06-21-2018	When you hatch and release a dinosaur, see it roam out into the paddock, drive the Rangers jeep and even see a live goat destroyed by a T-Rex all add together to make a memorable experience; one that just seems to pitter out too soon, especially when you look at the standard of the developers of park based title Planet Coaster.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	Adam Starkey	7 / 10	06-22-2018	Probably the best ever use of the Jurassic Park licence in a video game, marred by repetition and exploitable systems.	Read review
MonsterVine	Diego Escala	3 / 5 stars	07-04-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is a serviceable game in the genre and the dinosaurs look absolutely stunning, but some highly questionable design decisions really hold back what could have been the next greatest park simulator.	Read review
New Game Network	Peter Glagowski	50 / 100	07-01-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is a very pretty looking game, but one that doesn’t have a lot going on under the hood. It can be infuriating, engaging and baffling in equal measure, but is only really made for the most diehard of Jurassic Park fans.	Read review
Niche Gamer	Frank Streva	6.5 / 10	02-16-2019	If you like the idea of building your own dinosaur theme park and are a big fan of the franchise, then Jurassic World Evolution is still a decent buy during a sale. Just be prepared to battle with some wonky mechanics and disappointingly simple management options.	Read review
NoesPaisparaFrikis	Antonio Ganga	8.8 / 10	08-12-2018	Design, control and manage your own “Jurassic Park” in this new management game that comes from the hand of Frontier based on the new films of the franchise, but be careful not to mess up the dinosaurs!	Read review
PC Gamer	Philippa Warr	71 / 100	06-11-2018	Initially stunning but lacking the depth and variety to support mammoth playtimes.	Read review
PCGamesN	Julian Benson	8 / 10	06-08-2018	Everything about the dinosaurs is a joy, as it should be in a Jurassic World game, but it makes the weakness of the park management layer plain. The disparity between managing the dinosaurs and managing your guests is all the more apparent because Frontier made the excellent Planet Coaster.	Read review
PCMag	Sabrina Quinci	3 / 5 stars	07-20-2018	This dinosaur-tycoon theme park simulator is bare bones, but delivers a few Jurassic Park-size thrills.	Read review
Player2.net.au	Hope Corrigan	Not Recommended	07-01-2018	I can’t recommend a game that plays like this despite enjoying it for the most part – when it actually works.	Read review
PlayStation LifeStyle	Ken Barnes	7 / 10	06-16-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is – in many ways – the game that you make it. Fans of the franchise will jump for joy as they stumble across the classic original movie skins for the ranger jeeps while Dr. Ian Malcolm explains his theory on the meaning of life in a voiceover. They’ll be so happy that a lot of the flaws can and will be overlooked by those people. For those who maybe only have a passing interest, there’s still a solid and overly addictive game to be found, but they’ll have to look past a fair few missed steps.	Read review
PlayStation Universe	Neil Bolt	7 / 10	06-18-2018	Jurassic World Evolution isn’t exactly a great park management sim. It’s light on far too many of its facets, bringing a lopsided feel to its structure. Even so, the relative accessibility of the game and the attention given to the dinosaurs make up for most of the issues. The ride is enjoyable enough, but the lack of sim depth makes this a bit of a toothless attraction	Read review
Polygon	Ryan Gilliam	Recommended	06-11-2018	In Jurassic World Evolution, you can finally create a Jurassic Park to be proud of.	Read review
PowerUp!	Leo Stevenson	8.6 / 10	07-10-2018	Frontier Developments has done an amazing job with Jurassic World Evolution. Fans of the film series or those who enjoy sim management games will find plenty to keep them occupied. Jurassic World Evolution is highly recommended.	Read review
PS4Blog.net	Ceidz	8.5 / 10	07-24-2018	As you can tell from my review, I loved crafting my own Jurassic World parks and hatching the many dinosaurs in the game. My kids were also amazed by the dinosaurs I was creating from the genome my expeditions found. The presentation of this game is top-notch, and includes many different easy to understand mini-games that will help you make your park better. I definitively recommend you to try this game on PlayStation 4!	Read review
Push Square	John Cal McCormick	8 / 10	06-12-2018	Jurassic World Evolution sits happily in the difficulty sweet spot: it’s easy enough to pick up and play that park builder novices will likely have a good time, but it’s involved enough that genre veterans should enjoy it as an amusing diversion between more hardcore titles. While there’s a couple of tedious processes involved, building a park is generally entertaining, and dinosaur fans – who isn’t a dinosaur fan? – will likely be enamoured with the array of creatures available, and the mischief they can get up to.	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Fraser Brown	Not Recommended	06-11-2018	I don’t want to bad-mouth cool dinosaurs, but cool dinosaurs can only carry a game so far.	Read review
Screen Rant	Derek Stauffer	4 / 5 stars	06-11-2018	Good luck avoiding it doesn’t end in disaster.	Read review
SECTOR.sk	Branislav Kohút	8 / 10	06-19-2018	It is not perfect, but it is still amusing world of hypnotic dinosaurs. And not only for Jurassic movies fans.	Read review
SelectButton	Kevin Mitchell	8 / 10	06-19-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is an easy to pick up title featuring great looking dinosaurs and solid park building elements. There is undoubtedly a lack of “fluff,” to beautify your park outside of the required buildings and pathways, but it’s something that can be easily solved via patches. Frontier has already committed to supporting the title with new dinosaurs. Things can become quite chaotic when enclosures start to fail during a massive storm, and you lose power at the same time. Not to mention you are facing diseases and balancing the safety of the guests while providing sheer entertainment.	Read review
Sirus Gaming	Lexuzze Tablante	9 / 10	06-18-2018	Frontier showed that they can do a lot more than just roller coaster theme park games. It’s amazing to know how studios push themselves to give out the best experience to players.	Read review
Slant Magazine	Aaron Riccio	2.5 / 5 stars	06-21-2018	Despite the variety of tasks to manage throughout, there are remarkably few ways in which to handle them.	Read review
SpazioGames	Daniele Spelta	6.5 / 10	06-17-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is a huge tribute to all of the Jurassic Park history, but from the gameplay side, it lacks of depth.	Read review
Stevivor	Steve Wright	7 / 10	06-27-2018	Jurassic World: Evolution is a decent movie tie-in with amazing potential; if Frontier can equip players with the knowledge they need to tackle its increasingly difficult island chain, this one will have some legs.	Read review
The Digital Fix	Jason Coles	8 / 10	06-13-2018	An enjoyable journey into better, more dinosaur filled times, that will keep you entertained throughout. The careful balancing acts that are required are demanding without being overwhelming and the dinosaurs look great.	Read review
The Game Fanatics	Matt Dolby	7 / 10	07-02-2018	Overall, Jurassic World Evolution really excels in some places but gets wrapped up in trying to replicate movie-type arcs.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Dominic Leighton	8 / 10	06-11-2018	Business management games don’t come much cooler than Jurassic World Evolution, and as subject matter goes it has done the the franchise proud. The dinosaurs look fantastic, the park building is easy and coherent, and the ensuing chaos when it goes a little bit off the rails can be frantic and enthralling. It’s pacing where the game struggles a little, with a few too many sedentary moments stretching your patience, but you’re not likely to get any closer to building your own park packed with once extinct animals than this.	Read review
TrueAchievements	Megan Walton	4.5 / 5 stars	07-02-2018	For fans of the series and simulation games, Jurassic World Evolution is a must-buy.	Read review
Twinfinite	Tony Cole-Cocking	3 / 5 stars	06-14-2018	Despite this, I was surprised by just how easily I ended up sinking a significant amount of time into it. You can become engrossed in the simple things, even if it’s just taking photos or tearing around in a jeep like Johnny Knoxville on a three-day bender, and it is with these simple things that Jurassic World Evolution is at its best.	Read review
USgamer	Mike Williams	3 / 5 stars	06-27-2018	Jurassic World Evolution really captures the feeling of the Jurassic Park/World film franchise: it’s equally divided between the majesty of seeing well-animated dinosaurs roaming around and fending off corporate bickering. Unfortunately, the game lacks variety in terms of planning out your ideal Jurassic Park, especially in comparison to Frontier’s own Planet Coaster. Evolution tries to lean on dinosaur DNA tampering to make up for that lack, but it’s not quite enough. Jurassic World Evolution feels like a solid foundation, but there needs to be more DNA in this amber.	Read review
Wccftech	Nathan Birch	6 / 10	07-06-2018	Jurassic World Evolution is lavishly produced and sporadically engaging, but it fails to infuse the park simulation genre with much big-screen excitement. If cloning cool-looking dinosaurs and dealing with a few light management elements is enough for you, Jurassic World Evolution should satisfy, but if you’re looking for a deeper level of strategy or true dino chaos, you’ll likely be disappointed. I’d recommend most Jurassic Park fans wait until this one, uh, finds a way to the bargain bin.	Read review
We Got This Covered	Jon Hueber	4.5 / 5 stars	06-19-2018	Jurassic World Evolution takes the true theme of the film franchise and recreates it in a splendid park sim that gives players the power to create their own theme parks full of dangerous dinosaurs. What could go wrong?	Read review

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Take charge of operations on the legendary islands of the Muertes archipelago and bring the wonder, majesty and danger of dinosaurs to life. Build for Science, Entertainment or Security interests in an uncertain world where life always finds a way. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them. Play with life itself to give your dinosaurs unique behaviors, traits and appearances, then contain and profit from them to fund your global search for lost dinosaur DNA. Control the big picture with deep management tools or go hands-on to confront challenges on the ground or in the air. Expand your islands and choose your own journey in an all-new narrative featuring iconic characters from across the franchise and decades of Jurassic lore at your fingertips.

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