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Biggest Discount Ever and other news!

Dec 10, 2025

Hello, Fossil Hunters! 🦖

We have some massive news for you today!
Whether you are just discovering our game, or you are a veteran paleontologist looking for a Christmas gift for a fellow dino enthusiast, today is the perfect day to grab a copy! ⛏️

https://store.steampowered.com/app/864700/Dinosaur_Fossil_Hunter/

💥 Biggest Discount in History: -70%!

For the first time since the release of Dinosaur Fossil Hunter, we are offering a -70% discount as part of the Steam Daily Deal! If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to start your adventure—this is it.

We want to thank our community for the years of support, feedback, and all the amazing museum exhibits you’ve created since our launch:

🦕 New Bundle with Parkasaurus

Do you love dinosaurs? (We know you do! 😉) We’ve teamed up with the developers of Parkasaurus to create a new bundle. Now you can hunt for fossils in our game and manage your own colorful dino theme park in theirs! Check out the Parkasaurus + Fossil Hunter Bundle here:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/64949/Parkasaurus_Fossil_Hunter/

👕 Official Merch – You asked, we delivered!

We are also happy to share a cool little milestone for our studio. For a long time, we wanted to bring the art from our games into the real world, and thanks to our cooperation with Tilt[tiltloot.com], it’s finally possible!

It’s really exciting for us to see our graphics on physical items. Right now, we have high-quality Mouse Pads and Floor Mats available, and we hope to add T-shirts and Hoodies soon. If you want to support us and grab some loot, check out the links below:

Dinosaur Fossil Hunter Collection: Browse here[tiltloot.com]
Occupy Mars Collection: Browse here[tiltloot.com]

[tiltloot.com]

🚀 What’s next for Pyramid Games?

Many of you have been asking about the future of Dinosaur Fossil Hunter and our team's current focus.

As you know, after releasing many updates for DFH (culminating in the v2.5 PC Update in March 2024), our small team shifted full focus to our other ambitious title: Occupy Mars: The Game.

Developing Dinosaur Fossil Hunter taught us incredible lessons about simulation games, which we used to make Occupy Mars better. Now, after a long journey in Early Access, we are thrilled to announce that

🚀 Occupy Mars is scheduled to leave Early Access and hit version 1.0 on January 30th, 2026!

We hope you will keep your fingers crossed for a successful launch! 🤞

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/64959/Dinosaurs_on_Mars/

👀 Looking towards the future (and maybe a sequel?)

Reaching the 1.0 milestone for Occupy Mars is a huge moment for us. It closes a very busy chapter and, more importantly, opens new doors.

Once we deliver the full experience for our Mars explorers, we will be able to look at new horizons. We dream of returning to the world of paleontology with a fresh perspective. We are seriously considering a potential Sequel to Dinosaur Fossil Hunter in the future—this time built from the ground up on Unreal Engine 5 to deliver better performance, stunning visuals, and deeper mechanics. ✨

While we can't promise dates or specifics just yet, we want to know: What would be your #1 feature request for a potential Dinosaur Fossil Hunter 2 on a next-gen engine? Let us know in the comments! 👇

Stay connected!

Thank you for playing, for your patience, and for sharing our passion for science and adventure.

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Happy Fossil Hunting!
Pyramid Games Team

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Dinosaur Bundle with Aquarist

Sep 22, 2025

Dear Paleontologists!

🐟Walking into the aquarium is like exploring a different world.🐟

Our friends from FreeMind have prepared Publisher's sale and you can grab Aquarist in a bundle together with Dinosaur Fossil Hunter - cheaper than ever! Aquarist is a relaxing sandbox casual simulation game where you create and manage a home for fish🐟, sea turtles🐢, sharks🦈, octopuses🐙, and more🐬

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1430760/Aquarist/

To 🎉 celebrate with them, we have a bundle to give you a chance to buy it cheaper.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/25775/Dinosaur_and_Aquarist/All of their titles are available ➡️HERE⬅️

Enjoy and let your friends know about it too!

Yours

Dinosaur Fossil Hunter team

Dinosaur Fossil Hunter

Steam Animal Week is live and we're happy to participate in it!

Oct 4, 2024

We are super excited to announce that Dinosaur Fossil Hunter takes part in Animal Week, organized by Games Incubator in cooperation with WWF Polska 😻

During this event, you can get Dinosaur Fossil Hunter and its DLCs at a discounted price of -50%! ✨🦖

This special event is organized to celebrate World Animal Day and aims to raise awareness about animal welfare and conservation.

We are proud to support efforts to protect wildlife and their habitats by participating in this event. This initiative promises to provide an educational and entertaining experience for all players. 🤝

Let’s make a difference together through the power of gaming! 🎮

Don't forget to check our social media!

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[discord.gg]

Take care,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter team

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Our Paleontology Adventure is now also on Xbox platform!

Aug 14, 2024

Fossil Hunters!

Big news – Dinosaur Fossil Hunter is now available on Xbox One X/S and Xbox Series X/S[www.xbox.com]! If you’ve ever dreamed of stepping into the muddy boots of a real-life paleontologist and you are a console player - this is your golden ticket to a thrilling prehistoric journey!

[www.xbox.com]Many of you have asked about this so we are happy to announce that the Xbox version is finally ready! This is our first 100% self-made Xbox game. Porting it from Steam was a very long process and took us over a year! The road to this Xbox port wasn't easy as we had to learn a lot in the process but the final effect is worth it! 🫡

We wish you all a wonderful rest of August! 🦖

Don't forget to check our social media!

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Take care,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter team

Dinosaur Fossil Hunter

Bundle with Aquarist and 2.5.11 on default!

Apr 2, 2024

Dear Paleontologists!

Given the fact that no major issues were reported to us during your testing of the 2.5.11 version on the public_testing branch, and the tests of our QA team were successful, we’re happy to announce that we’re ready to move the patch to the default branch! ✅ 🦖

v2.5.11 (public_testing) -> v.2.5.11 (default)

⬇️ If you missed the previous devlog with complete changelog, you’re welcomed to read it below ⬇️
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/864700/view/4137192029933971004?l=english

We’re still watching our social media and community channels, and waiting for your feedback 💭 - feel free to share your opinion, ideas for future works and bug reports as it helps us develop Dinosaur Fossil Hunter for you.

All links can be found below. We’re creating it together! 🙌

🐟Walking into the aquarium is like exploring a different world.🐟

We prepared more news for you! Our friends from FreeMind release today Aquarist - a relaxing sandbox casual simulation game where you create and manage a home for amazing fish🐟, sea turtles🐢, sharks🦈, octopuses🐙, and more🐬

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1430760/Aquarist/

Watch the launch trailer and create your amazing aquarium❗📺

To 🎉 celebrate with them, we have a bundle to give you a chance to buy it cheaper.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/25775/Dinosaur_and_Aquarist/

Enjoy and let your friends know about it too!

And that’s finally all for today! Have a ☀️ beautiful day or evening and see you later in the next devlogs!

Check our social media!

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[discord.gg]

Yours,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter team

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Patch 2.5.11 is here!

Mar 27, 2024

Hello, Fossil Hunters!

How do you like the update 2.5.0? 😊 We’ve been following the community channels attentively to make sure we won’t miss any news from you and today we’d like to 📢 share the results!

That being said, we’re thrilled to 🎉 announce the patch 2.5.11, containing the fixes for the most commonly reported bugs and imperfections.

v2.5.0 -> v2.5.11 (public_testing)

How to change branch?

During last weeks our devs needed to deal with some corner cases, including, among others:
* reported issues with endless loading when trying to move from excavation site to the museum,
* colors palette straight outta the hell 🔥 on HDR monitors,
* disappearing prestige points when exiting museum, resulting in a negative amount of them eventually.
* It also turned out that the Corythosaurus missed a bone at the back right limb, but we found it, so no worries. 😅🦴

🦖 You will find the complete changelog below:

fixed issue with endless loading screen when coming back to the museum
fixed black screen when sending medium stone to pallet
fixed buggy display of held items during walk
facilitated cleaning of Edmontosaurus teeth
fixed issue with "bloody" color palette on HDR monitors
fixed disappearing prestige points (resulting with negative points eventually)
fixed slow camera movements and tearing screen
fixed the location on Grizzlies East Mountain where player could be stuck
fixed levitating piece of dirt
fixed incorrectly placed decorations after increasing the prestige
fixed save file with a lot of negative prestige points not loading from the main menu
fixed disappearing glass on off road SUV
removed additional unidentified key tip in museum controls
fixed sun intensity in museums
fixed issue with setting standing decoration if the pictures menu is selected
improved the laptop UI to be more intuitive
changed the amount of canisters for the achievement "Have you checked fuel prices?"
moved tablet screen closer to the player
fixed disappearing description panels in museum
[PT] added missing translations
fixed levitating excavation items
fixed being able to interact with workstations at the loading screen
fixed missing bone at back right limb of Corythosaurus
fixed levitating canister
improved newspaper on a newspaper visibility
fixed missing outline on delivered canister
[DE] added missing translations
improved looks of fragments of rocks in Dinosaur Canyon
fixed issue with blinking interactable piece of terrain
fixed difficulty with scanning Styracosaurus' head
fixed inconsistent message at the knowledge base
[PL] improved text quality on the pump
fixed the sequences of disappearing prestige bug
added info about getting new newspapers
[UA] added missing translations
[ENG] fixed loading screen tip about finding unique plants
fixed incorrect display of the GPS route after marking
fixed hole in the ground in Quarry
fixed unresponsive elevators buttons
added translations to the achievements on Steam
added painted skins for Pteranodon and Cortyhosaurus
added an option to make the default vehicle the one that was recently selected
optimized dinosaur assembling

This build will go to default Steam branch after a few days if there are no new reports about issues by those who play on testing branch.

We’ve also got news for the members of our Discord server. We have created a new forum dedicated to 🐛 bugs, so if any unexpected issues occur, please create a new thread there. 📝

This way we can follow the reports easier and it’s also more convenient to manage them, as each bug has its own thread and all related, necessary info can be found in one place, not flooded by other topics.

That's all we have prepared for you. We would also like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy Easter from the entire Pyramid Games team. 🐰🌷

Don't forget to check our social media!

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Take care,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter team

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Major update now available on default branch!

Mar 4, 2024

Hey, paleontologists!

We’ve got extra news for you today, so without any hesitation,

🔥Major Update v2.5 just landed on the default branch!🔥

We just couldn’t wait more to show it to all of you and collect valuable feedback 📝 from the entire community. We believe we made a correct decision and that it will benefit with many comments, reports and opinions so we can make Dinosaur Fossil Hunter better and better. 💪🦖

Let us know which of the new features and content is your favorite! ⭐

For those who missed the post with a complete changelog, we’re pasting the link 🔗 to it below:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/864700/view/4159707494988876285?l=english

Now, sit down, relax, launch Dinosaur Fossil Hunter and have fun!

Wait! That’s not all yet!

If you’re unable to try the newest update yourself in the nearest future or you’re a real dinosaur enthusiast, you have to visit Paleontologizing on Twitch. 🐦

[www.twitch.tv]Danny Anduza will be streaming the gameplay of the Dinosaur Fossil Hunter! This is a unique opportunity to not only see the latest version of the game, but also to hear feedback on it from a real-life paleontologist and scientist. 🔍 🔬 We are sure that it will be a valuable time filled with fun and substantive knowledge.

Thanks Danny for your engagement! 🙏

📅 04.03.2024 (Monday)
⏰ 2pm Pacific (11pm CET)
🔗 https://www.twitch.tv/paleontologizing

Don't forget to check our social media!

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Warm regards,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter team

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Complete changelog is here!

Feb 28, 2024

Dear Paleontologists!

How is the major update exploration going? Take a break for a while, because today we’re coming to you with a promised complete changelog with all bugfixes, improvements and implemented features!

We’re sorry for the delay, but as you can see the changelog is massive and we needed to take care of it properly to make sure you’ll get a fully retouched list.

Without any further explanations - the changelog can be found below!

Changelog v2.2 -> v2.5 major update (public_testing)

New content

added new dinosaur - corythosaurus
added new reptile with flying museum poses - pteranodon
added new mechanic for searching plants and eggs
added new collectible display decorations - 7 plants and 5 fossils
added Ukrainian language
added 7 new achievements
added easter egg in the player's museum
added cosmic easter egg to Dinosaur Canyon location
added help panel for new collectible exposition decorations (fossils and plants)
added new dinosaurs to be available in the sandbox mode
added ability to zoom while flying the drone
added ability to change the exhibition display railings
added ability to change material on pillars in exhibition halls
added new materials for flooring, walls and exposition display flooring - 10 for each category
added slider for sharpening camera view in the graphic settings of the game
added slider for changing the scale of screen UI interface text in game options
added ability to select one of the 15 nature ambient sounds, for each museum hall separately
added option to enter the display editing panel by interacting with the exposition railing
added ability to turn car's lights on/off
added floor material change to black with grid while resizing exposition
added the "Decorator" achievement to be obtainable by all museums
added automatic bones lifting for assembling while playing with gamepads
added autoplay to help panels
added an auto reset counter to the car. After 3 resets it moves the car to the road
added a dialogue box asking about overwriting the game save
added ability to change the color of the tablet
added 3D volumetric clouds with layers for ultra and very high settings
added highlight to icons of the active elements of museum customization category, like sounds, materials etc.
added ability to exit the help panel and prestige roadmap using ESC
added missing information about some controls shortcuts
added automatic turning on/off of lights on bone cleaning stations
added automatic door to the room where we clean the bones
added notification about not being able to use drone while standing in river
added translations of names and descriptions of achievements on Steam
[Designer DLC] added ready-to-use skins for the dinosaur figures in the DLC (except for the corythosaurus and pteranodon)
[Designer DLC] added prefabs for newly added species

Optimizations & polish

"preparing bones" action time before cleaning reduced to 0
general weather improvements on Quarry scenes, scene with bus, Dinosaur Canyon and Grizzlies East Mountain
improved all museum scenes for optimization and better visual quality
improved some rocks materials
improved pump pipe physics
improved cable physics, placement and light strength of the excavation lamp
improved brush usage with controller
improved camera control in the car
improved movement animation of picking up finds
improvements to the functionality of "locate" button in tablet
improved lector illustrations loading time
improved forklift collision system to avoid blocking
improved tablet notifications tab
improved readability of knowledge base entries on a tablet
improved jumping
improved drone usage and added signal range warning
optimized texture storage for Designer DLC
increased weight of stones
implemented various cars improvements and optimisations
adjusted mouse scroll sensitivity in the window with the content of the e-mail
reworked level of details of museum plants and dinosaur poses
reworked empty crate storage system
reworked birds visibility for optimization
reworked environment stones to improve optimization
reworked all dinosaurs poses for optimization
reworked museum decorations for optimization
rebalanced exp system
retouched museums interiors design - materials, lights etc.
changed drone FOV and added zoom option
disabled volumetric light where there is no fog on map
optimized elements responsible for RAM usage
optimized cloud buffer to relieve RAM usage
optimized game data storage
optimized tent colliders
optimized icon performances on the compass
optimized digging process
optimized vegetation at all scenes
optimized stones rendering on mines
optimized main menu scene
optimized game physics settings to improve performance
optimized canister mesh
disabled painting room when not in use for optimization
disabled outline camera when not used for optimization
speeded up a process of refueling the car
sized up tooltips

Bugfixes

fixed all known bugs with achievements
fixed problem with cursor after last game update
fixed various tablet bugs
fixed game crashing after doubleclick at loading button
fixed various performance and graphical issues in Dinosaur Canyon
fixed issues with loading/unloading crates onto a forklift
fixed rock sound issue
fixed player sliding on a slope
fixed issue with fog not appearing
fixed bugged stone outline
fixed cleaning brush offset
fixed terrain issues in Grizzlies East Mountain
fixed overlapping paintings in the museum
fixed bugged camera movement on the exposition display
fixed scale of some wall and exposition display materials
fixed Gorgosaurus poses position above ground
fixed various issues with bone cleaning stations
fixed issue with closing door at second garage scene
fixed bug with no xp points for transporting fossils
fixed pump raft froze after fuel runs out
fixed various issues with expedition summary UI
fixed white margins at 3840 x 1080 resolution at the main menu scene
fixed issue with being unable to hide pump handle when being close to objects
fixed bones hanging in the air after extracting them from the rock
fixed green car's hit sound playing too often
fixed receiving double points by putting objects in both exhibition rooms
fixed blank cover for the autosave when sending crates
fixed wrong position of geiger counter on tool customization station
fixed medium crates not appearing before being sent to the museum
fixed issues blocking the placement of images on walls
fixed issue with not saving dinosaur's head on the drawing
fixed the rotation of the truck's fuel filler flap
fixed incorrect LMB key behavior
fixed issue with fossil inventory not refreshing when adding bone sets
added missing translations in dinosaur skin customization menu
added missing description to the prestige roadmap
added missing notification after delivering crates to the museum by drone
fixed radial menu not closing after exiting game menu
fixed issue with softlocking tablet
removed incorrect message about unloading empty crates when we have only crates with fossils on the truck
[PL, PT] added translation to the "museum workshop" board
[DE] missing letter in the expedition summary panel
and much more!

Changed path for saving screenshots from the drone to:

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\LocalLow\PyramidGames\Dinosaur Fossil Hunter\Screenshots

Steam DINOS vs. ROBOTS

Steam DINOS vs. ROBOTS festival has just begun and it so happens that Dinosaur Fossil Hunter fits it perfectly (obviously!).

To celebrate the festival and the major update release, we’re thrilled to announce that Dinosaur Fossil Hunter and its DLCs - Raptor and Designer - are now on sale! Don’t hesitate and purchase them with -50% discount if you don’t have them all yet (the v2.5 also includes a new content for DLCs ;)).

And if you feel like you'd like to try something other than digging dinosaurs fossils - check the Rover Mechanic Simulator and its DLC Perseverance which is on sale now, too!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/864680/Rover_Mechanic_Simulator/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1512110/Rover_Mechanic_Simulator__Perseverance_Rover_DLC/

Occupy Mars is now -25% off as well!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/758690/Occupy_Mars_The_Game/

[h4]Remember that there are also 30 bundles available with Dinosaur Fossil Hunter![/h4]

And that’s it! We have no secrets to hide, now you know all of the news!

We’re constantly following our social media and community channels to make sure we won’t miss any feedback and reports from you! For those who haven’t had a chance to play the version 2.5 yet, we would be very pleased to hear back from you. Your opinion matters as this way we can refine the game and improve it to address your expectations.

[www.facebook.com]

[www.instagram.com]

[discord.gg]

If you reached this point of the devlog - thank you for your time and see you soon!

Yours,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter team

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Anniversary update reveal!

Feb 23, 2024

Dear paleontologists!

We know you were waiting for it, and so were we! 🦖

Dinosaur Fossil Hunter v2.5

While the major update was announced in September for the first time, now we finally got it! With even more content and features than when we first informed you about it in the previous devlog.

Before you start, however, you need to know that we decided to put the first version of the major update on the public_testing branch. This way we want to give you a choice to play this update earlier while we can also collect feedback from you and refine the update before it will be available on the default branch.

Just in case we do recommend creating a backup copy of the save files you care about. Your save files are located in the path below, copy it to another folder and keep it in a safe place somewhere on your disk.

C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\LocalLow\PyramidGames\DinosaurFossilHunter\GameSaves

How to switch to the public_testing branch:

Right-click on Dinosaur Fossil Hunter icon on Steam
Properties
Click “Betas” from the menu on the left
From the drop-down list on the right, select public_testing

Without further delay, we can now show you what we’ve prepared for you - and we’re so thrilled for it!

Take a look around!

You’ve noticed green or red areas on the map? Good for you, you did not get fooled nor is it a graphic error! Let’s see what does it mean.

Green - there is a unique plant hiding somewhere here. Use your drone to take a picture of it. Congrats, you can now use it in your museum to decorate it as nobody else ever did!
Red - this is a sign for you to start breaking rocks around here and you’ll possibly find dinosaur eggs! You can give them a special place on the exposition in the museum (or in your heart).

Everything the light touches...

We've undertaken a comprehensive overhaul of the game's lighting and weather systems. We have carefully reworked almost every location in the game to make it run faster and look prettier.

The overall performance improvement should be very noticeable compared to previous version. Additionally, we've introduced the awe-inspiring 3D Volumetric Clouds on the Ultra graphics settings to elevate your gaming experience.

There are also some new options in the settings, like the ability to control sharpness of the image or increase the scale of User Interface (the size of on-screen font), and by the way - you can now zoom the image while flying the drone and even change the color of your tablet!

2 new species, 3 new dig sites, 4 new skeletons!

If you are a thorough paleontologist you will also discover new dig sites on the previously unlocked locations. Keep digging and you may find new exciting skeletons to enrich your museum collection!

Next level interior design!

As for museum - you will now be able to select the look of exposition barriers from many different variants. We've also added lots of new texture variants for floors, walls and even the museum pillars! You can now also set the mood by selecting the background sounds for your exposition halls!

We've also added at least 7 new achievements! and fixed all the problematic ones.

Full Changelog v2.2 -> v2.5 is in the works!

Overall there are hundreds of little tweaks and improvements in almost every aspect of the game which should make your adventure more smooth and more enjoyable.

There are so many changes in total that we were unable to complete the full changelog just yet!

But don't worry, we'll try to provide it after the weekend. We will divide it into 3 lists:

Changes related to performance optimization
Bugfixes and modifications of mechanics
Completely new features

We will post the full changelog as soon as it's ready.

Feeling excited yet? Well, we can’t wait for you to play it too!

You can read more about this update in the previous devlog:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/864700/view/3750991874109388126?l=english

Warm regards,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter team

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Nominate Dinosaur Fossil Hunter!

Nov 22, 2023

Dear archeologists!

Steam Awards 2023 is just around the corner!

We are happy to announce that we are participating in the Steam Awards this year, and we would greatly appreciate your support!

Votes can be cast starting November 21, so if you don't already have a favorite in the Labor of Love At category, vote for Dinosaur Fossil Hunter!

Thank you in advance!

Yours,
Dinosaur Fossil Hunter team

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