Dinosaur Games Online: Dino Runners, Hunts and Fossil Digs
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Dinosaur games online range from quick runners, where a T-Rex jumps cacti, to hunts with a scoped rifle, city rampages, fossil digs and dinosaur parks you build and run. Many people know the runner from the dinosaur game built into Chrome. Below is each kind with its controls and a few tips, using games from the dinosaur games collection.
Dino runners like the Chrome dinosaur game
Chrome's own dinosaur game appears when the browser cannot reach the internet. According to Wikipedia's article on the Dinosaur Game, Space or the up arrow makes the T-Rex jump, the down arrow ducks or drops it faster in mid-air, and the game speeds up until you hit a cactus or a pterosaur. In Chrome you can also open it by typing chrome://dino in the address bar.
These runners by independent studios play the same way:
- Dino T Rex 3D Run is a 3D remake of that offline game. Up jumps and down ducks, day and night alternate, the speed keeps rising, and you can switch between black and white or color and between 3D and 2D.
- DinoHop jumps on a left click and ducks on a right click, and gets faster every 10 points.
- TRex Running Color has cacti and pterodactyls to clear with a click.
- Pixel Dino Run jumps on a tap, and a second tap high in the air drops the dinosaur back down fast.
- Dark Dino Runner is a night-time runner: Space, up or X to jump, down to duck or slide.
- Dino Rush jumps with Space or a touch and gets faster the longer you play.
Tips for dino runners
- Jump late. Leaving the ground just before a cactus gives you the most room on the far side.
- Use the fast drop. Where a game has one, like down in the Chrome game or the second tap in Pixel Dino Run, it gets you back on the ground in time for the next obstacle.
- Duck under flyers instead of jumping them, in games with a duck key.
- Expect the speed to rise. DinoHop gets faster every 10 points, so the gaps you cleared early arrive sooner later.
More runners are in running games.
Dinosaur platformers and co-op games
- Dinos Rush is a platform adventure: move with the arrow keys and use the on-screen Jump and Attack buttons. Coins buy speed, jump and booster upgrades in the shop.
- Dino Huntress has 8 levels and 2 bosses. You can jump on the birds to get rid of them, but not on the dinosaurs; hold jump to go higher, press it twice to double jump, and Space shoots.
- Dinosaur Shifting Run switches your runner between a human and a dinosaur to suit each stretch of ground.
The Dino Meat Hunt games are for two players on one keyboard. The little dino on WASD reaches high places, and the big dino on the arrow keys fights monsters. In the remastered chapter, the little one builds bridges over water and the big one blows out fires; collect all the meat and get both dinos to the cages.
More games for two are in 2 player games.
Dinosaur hunting games
| Game | What you do | Controls |
|---|---|---|
| Sniper Dinosaur Hunting | Spot dinosaurs from afar and pick the right rifle; they get smarter and faster as you go | Mouse to aim and shoot, WASD to walk |
| Dinosaur Hunting Dino Attack 3D | Hunt in a 3D world with several weapons | WASD, left click to shoot, right click to aim, mouse wheel to change weapons, Ctrl to crouch |
| Dinosaurs Jurassic Survival World | Survive in the Late Cretaceous, in a campaign or in multiplayer | WASD, right click to scope, 1 to 4 for weapons, Ctrl to go prone |
| Dinogen Online | 2D top-down multiplayer shooter where you play as a human or a dinosaur | WASD, Shift to sprint, R to reload |
Scoped hunting works like any sniper game: zoom in once you have found the target, and fire when the crosshair is still. More on that is in sniper games tips.
Play as the dinosaur: city rampages
Here you are the dinosaur and the city is the obstacle course.
- Dino Simulator City Attack lets you pick a species and roam a free 3D world, finding mission targets before the time runs out. WASD moves, Space jumps, Ctrl runs and F interacts.
- Dinosaur Rampage ranks you against other dinosaurs in the same arena by how much you destroy.
- T-Rex N.Y Online sends a giant robot T-Rex through the streets of New York; the arrow keys move and Z and X attack.
Fossil digs
Fossil games are slow and careful: dig, clean and rebuild.
- Dinosaur Dig works like a paleontologist's job. Pick a site on the map, remove layers of soil, uncover the bones, clean off the dirt, then drag the pieces into place to assemble a skeleton. Each stage adds a different activity, from tools to puzzles and mini-games.
- Dinosaur Bone Game asks you to dig carefully, collect bones and complete skeletons.
Both games ask you to dig and clean carefully, so take the soil off a little at a time.
Dinosaur parks and merge games
- Dino Idle Park is a park tycoon: expand plots, display dinosaurs, shorten the queues, hire staff and balance safety, visitor happiness and research. The park keeps going while you are away.
- Dino Merger combines dinosaur species into new hybrids.
- Merge Master Dinosaur Fusion has you place your dinosaurs in formation before each battle against an AI army of the same types.
How waiting and upgrades work in games like these is in idle and clicker games.
Dinosaur games FAQ
How do you play the dinosaur game?
In Chrome's game, press Space or the up arrow to jump over cacti and the down arrow to duck under pterosaurs; the run ends at the first hit. Dino T Rex 3D Run, DinoHop and Dark Dino Runner use the same jump-and-duck idea.
Are there multiplayer dinosaur games?
Yes. Dinogen Online and Dinosaurs Jurassic Survival World have multiplayer, and the Dino Meat Hunt games are for two players on one keyboard.
Do these dinosaur games need a download?
No. They play free in the browser, with no install and no registration.
There are more dinosaurs to run, hunt and dig up in the dinosaur games collection.
