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Exoprimal
Developer CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Exoprimal is a 2023 multiplayer third-person shooter game developed and published by Capcom. In the game, the player controls an "exofighter", an exosuit-equipped soldier, who must complete objectives while fighting hordes of dinosaurs with the goal of defeating the sinister artificial intelligence Leviathan. In gameplay, players are grouped into two teams of five, and must compete with each other to defeat waves of… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
353 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
118 positive · 65 negative
95% range 57–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 118 | 65 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 44 | 12 | 78 |
| Lemmy * | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 10 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
2,066 of 2,903 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
64% recommend · 116 yes, 64 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 180 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (3,049 of 4,424 positive).
Several players express disappointment that Capcom abandoned the game despite its potential. [1][2][3]
Liked
Representative posts
- [12]
dead game with no offline play, have to sit in matchmaking for ten plus minutes just to play with bots.
- [3]
exoprimal had so much potential, sadly it died shortly after its launch cause a lot of players gave up on it to quickly which resulted in capcom giving up on it as well and for them to also not continue updating the game which is a damn shame. i love exoprimal. its such a fun game and i put so many hours into it. i really wanted to see this game thrive. my problem with the game now in 2026 is that its pretty much …
- [4]
You know the crazy thing? People don't like this game. People look at this, a spectacular dinosaur killing game, and say that they don't like it. Muppets, if you ask me. Yeah, please, go and play it right now. It takes a while to matchmake, as there is a lower player count, but it still has real players (me being one of them). It's not a hard game to get into, at all, and the tutorial is more than enough to get the …
- [1]
A solid game otherwise that live serviced too close to the sun. I grabbed this for $10 expecting to dislike it knowing that it's essentially on borrowed time and man... I've had a blast. This really could've been a wonderful arcade multiplayer game but the need to make everything a forever game was the albatross around it's neck. Still leaving a recommend because I find it so fun, but be aware development has ceased.
- [6]
I was surprised that this game is actually pretty fun. It's like a hero shooter but with mech suits where you race against the enemy team to finish objectives first while clearing out enemy waves of dinosaurs. It's baffling how they never bothered to market this game. It had potential. I guess it's too late for it to ever grow much of a playerbase, but on the bright side it's perfectly playable as is. Queues can …
Summarised from 34 of the 322 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Exoprimal talk about fun and smooth gameplay with satisfying dinosaur combat; those who didn't talk about low player count leads to long matchmaking queues. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Exoprimal received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. OpenCritic determined that 31% of critics recommend the game. In two weeks, Exoprimal had reached over one million players. By the end of September 2023, the game had sold under 940,000 units.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 353 · most liked firstIt's worth mentioning that not all of Capcom's experiments have been hits! Kunitsu-gami was excellent but didn't sell much, and Exoprimal was a fun game hidden behind terrible marketing, confusing in-game messaging - Did you know it has HUGE setpiece boss fights and story? It kinda hides those away.
positive · AI labelView post →Leaving Game Pass in 2 weeks: -Insurgency: Sandstorm -Common'hood -Escape Academy -Those Who Remain -Figment -Exoprimal
neutral · AI labelView post →Make this game f2p and it’s good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Friends and I had such a mid time playing Exoprimal that, desperate to feel something, we downloaded EDF. I've never experienced such a powerful feeling of "oh this is what a good game is like"
negative · AI labelView post →I will always love you, Exoprimal. I hope Capcom makes you free to play one so everyone can enjoy you the way I did.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BEFORE READING: Please note that I am a fan of the aesthetic, gameplay, and exosuit genre in general. Just keep that in mind, please. This game, and every other exosuit game (I'm looking at you Anthem), breaks my heart in several ways. They always get so close to achieving greatness, yet their business decisions and terrible practices ruin the experience until their game crumbles into dust. I like this game's look. I like this game's gameplay. I like this game's animations and "feel". What I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An amazing game, it was really downplayed when it released so people just didn't even bother with the game or simply quit because they saw a battlepass (and store buyable skins + classes wtf?) which not gonna lie i hate that it has to be in every single game nowadays, but i guess helldivers 2 did it and people don't seem to complain. Exept for the fact that you can get the battlepasses for free by just playing that game so yeah... :P Anyways game is very fun, good gameplay loop of fighting…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is one of those games where- if you love it, you wonder why it wasnt more popular. and if you dont love it you probably dont even remember it. a victim of industry trends i suppose
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had Potential,then was Abandoned because it dint make 1 Gazilion dollars within 24/Hrs Unlucky
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So much potential, wasted on a below average live service game. Still an absolute blast with friends though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →dead game with no offline play, have to sit in matchmaking for ten plus minutes just to play with bots.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Speaking of Capcom's experiments, Exoprimal is currently £8/$10 for the next 24 hours. There's usually enough players around cross-platform to keep it active, but if not, the bots are shockingly good. Round-based PvEvP hero shooter stuff but with a story & features that unfurls as you play matches
neutral · AI labelView post →$60 game with a free to play feel thats online matchmaking only and doesnt look like it get updates anymore. Its kinda fun but im just gonna spend my money on a better game instead
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thankful and not want or expect something more. After all he’s in such hits like Exoprimal and the Funkopop game, our cup runneth over. Don’t question just consume. Oh well whatever, I’m honestly getting to old and have more important things to worry about than to care about the lack of MM games
neutral · AI labelView post →No sauce type game. Wait 10min in queue to play with bots type game. $150 in cosmetics for 0 players online type game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh hey, Exoprimal is on sale for $10 if you wanted to experience the most radical leftist game Capcom has ever made and likely will ever make. store.steampowered.com/app/1286320/...
positive · AI labelView post →An incredible game that capcom decided to intentionally sabotage, and is now dead. The fact that this game never got TRUE crossplay pains me so much. The different platforms can only play together with random matchmaking, you can't set up a party to actually play with your friends. They promised this update, but ended up only adding it in private matches. They did all of the hard work already!! The netcode is great. They just never added that tiny feature that lets you make a party with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This steam review for Exoprimal (a game that was doomed from launch for reasons articulated in the review) is an excellent summary of how much of the current landscape of big budget titles are just going to be a graveyard in the future.
neutral · AI labelView post →Weekend PC Game Deals: Bundled high-ends, Anno to try, and taxes to evade. Big Deals - Cyberpunk 2077 – $35.99 on Steam - Exoprimal – $32.99 on Fanatical - DayZ – $26.99 on Steam - Attack on Titans 2: Final Battle – $25.79 on Fanatical - Dying Light 2 Stay Human – $25.17 on Gamebillet - Red Dead Redemption 2 – $23.99 on Steam - Marvel's Midnight Suns – $23.99 on Steam - NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection – $22.69 on Indiegala - Bus Simulator 21 Next Stop – $20.99 on Steam - DYNASTY WARRIORS 8:…
neutral · AI labelView post →this is only a negative review due to it being a dead game remembered this game after years, got exited to play it again after so long, all the meks felt fun and unique, game play was fun for me. its a shame to return 3 years later and see it in the state it is. while it was alive it truly was an experiance. glad i was around for it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know the crazy thing? People don't like this game. People look at this, a spectacular dinosaur killing game, and say that they don't like it. Muppets, if you ask me. Yeah, please, go and play it right now. It takes a while to matchmake, as there is a lower player count, but it still has real players (me being one of them). It's not a hard game to get into, at all, and the tutorial is more than enough to get the gist of what you're supposed to be doing. Just have fun, and keep those dinosaur…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games leaving Game Pass on January 15th: - Those Who Remain. - Insurgency: Sandstorm - Exoprimal - Figment: Journey into the Mint - Escape Academy - Common'hood
neutral · AI labelView post →very fun game, but it had like no advertising and died pretty fast, meaning that there are almost no players anymore (like... consistently under 50). this lead to it not getting a whole lot of content, even after getting collabs, so it's not worth your money unless you're willing to buy it on sale and play with a few friends for a bit. there are like two modes and a handful of maps, and the loop is really fun, but there is little-to-no rng with actual dino spawns, so it gets really predictable…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Exoprimal's leaving Game Pass next week. It's going for just £10 on GMG, I noticed. Underrated game that did a lot of funky things with multiplayer structure, with the story, modes and game mechanics unfurling more as you progressed, eventually culminating in some properly Capcom bosses.
positive · AI labelView post →Between Baldur’s Gate 3, Final Fantasy XIV, and ExoPrimal, I am having wildly different experiences every time I game and I love that for me 🤣🥰
positive · AI labelView post →Played it completely solo and found it quite enjoyable. Very much a modern arcade game with an entertaining story mode. The setting is fun, the gameplay is smooth and the end-credits song slaps.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everyone who skipped out on Exoprimal missed out on hearing Casey Edwards' best track of 2023 (as well as Capcom's most overtly political game).
positive · AI labelView post →Austin recommends: Exoprimal…but not for $60 (Review).
neutral · AI labelView post →All I'm saying is no one is an asshole when it comes to other dead live service video game Exoprimal.
neutral · AI labelView post →A solid game otherwise that live serviced too close to the sun. I grabbed this for $10 expecting to dislike it knowing that it's essentially on borrowed time and man... I've had a blast. This really could've been a wonderful arcade multiplayer game but the need to make everything a forever game was the albatross around it's neck. Still leaving a recommend because I find it so fun, but be aware development has ceased.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite this game dying pretty quickly on release and being a full priced game with a battle pass, I had a very fun time with this and was hooked on it's easy to pick up gameplay, class based teamwork and just the simple enjoyment of surviving hordes of dinosaurs round cool locations. What really dragged me in though was the way the story was told and it was a very interesting one. If you're worried about it being dead, there are bots that fill positions (and they're pretty decent as well) so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really struggled to decide whether I wanted to give this game a try or not. The mixed reviews in combination with the low player count on the steam charts made it a hard choice. I decided to give it a shot and hope this small and ''early'' review will help you decide it for yourself. In general I recommend buying the game (especially right now on sale) and just giving it try for the first 2 hours. If you like it in those first 2 hours, chances are it's gonna stay this way. Find the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →exoprimal had so much potential, sadly it died shortly after its launch cause a lot of players gave up on it to quickly which resulted in capcom giving up on it as well and for them to also not continue updating the game which is a damn shame. i love exoprimal. its such a fun game and i put so many hours into it. i really wanted to see this game thrive. my problem with the game now in 2026 is that its pretty much unplayable due to having players be forced to connect to an online game lobby…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only 17 people are playing on steam lol
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Capcom celebrates the first anniversary of Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess by ripping out its Denuvo DRM. Cross-posted from ["Capcom celebrates the first anniversary of Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess by ripping out its Denuvo DRM"](https://rss.ponder.cat/post/227509) by @[email protected] in [email protected] --- Birthdays can be tricky. They can be a celebration of our continued existence, or a grim reminder of our steady forward march towards an inevitable mortality—or, in the…
neutral · AI labelView post →Ever since RE2 Remake I saw tons of people say that a new Dino Crisis would do wonders on the RE Engine since it's just an RE game and the release of Exoprimal absolutely made people think more abt Dino Crisis since that game has so many overlapping similarities
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know how you could make a MECH battler game with DINOSAUR hordes as enemies and somehow make it completely un-interesting, un-engaging, and overall very boring to play. The mere idea that ANYONE wants to follow a bunch of markers, stand there and shoot things, then move to the next place where you shoot things is simply baffling. The combat takes place in the space of a small apartment, there's no point in the massive over-worlds in each section, and the plot makes me think that there…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Eh, kinda yes at a deep discount and if you, like me, enjoy dumb games. But at the same time, the game is so stretched out that I lost interest mid point. The game itself is fun, but it's limited by the "always online". The game will become unplayable any day now. The story and mission variey are padded, and you may be waiting for a match when there's barely anyone playing. Why not just let me play with bots and be done with it? Matches are filled with them anyway. There's barely match…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A potentially dumb fun game weighed down by questionable design choices to try and shoehorn in assymmetrical gameplay into a game that didn't need it, presumably to try and create a live service e-sport out of it. This could have been a fun free-roaming or randomly generated PvE game in the vein of helldivers about being a superhero that wears power armor to fight dinosaurs, and story and missions build off of that: Save civilians and get them to safety Defend monuments and citizen safe zones…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this a ton on PS. Been thinking about it a lot lately and don’t use my PS5 anymore, so got it to start fresh on Steam. This is one of the best things Capcom has ever done. So so SO cool. Such a great gameplay concept, and theme. I think the layout and how it can present its story can be a little confusing for some, but once you understand it, it’s super slick. Really wish this hit harder with more players, but I think it’s just a bit too awesome for general audiences. If you’re the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nothing beats getting a legendary skin for a cash-only character out of chests
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun and carefree, something that feels rare in today's multiplayer shooter landscape. People still occasionally play it and while you may run into a lot of bots, the PvE is still very fun on it's own. Hopefully one day they iterate on this and double down on the PvE systems especially the 10 man boss fights with Rathalos and Yellow Devil as they are incredible.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's Exoprimal. Kinda feels more like a proof of concept than a full $60 game, but, uh, it's a full $60 game. Unless you have Game Pass.
neutral · AI labelView post →I was surprised that this game is actually pretty fun. It's like a hero shooter but with mech suits where you race against the enemy team to finish objectives first while clearing out enemy waves of dinosaurs. It's baffling how they never bothered to market this game. It had potential. I guess it's too late for it to ever grow much of a playerbase, but on the bright side it's perfectly playable as is. Queues can take a few minutes, but usually most of my teammates are human. Actually facing a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted Exoprimal to succeed, it's a fun game somewhere between Overwatch and Left 4 Dead, but asking for 60 dollars and then charging for a battle pass with quite frankly bad and ugly skins, then also holding out your hand asking for me to pay to unlock characters who are palette swaps with slightly different weapons is INSANE, especially with how little content the game actually has. This game could be revived with a major update or maybe a sequel could improve things, but I doubt…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's okay. The tutorial is about the only content you'll get. I spent ~1hr in the intro/tutorial and waited 30 minutes to find a public (multiplayer) match and found nothing. If it had players it'd definitely be worth the $10 I paid for it on sale, but in no way would I ever spend $60 on it, even if it had a huge playerbase.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You shoot dinosaurs in exosuits and do some dumb stuff like time travel, fight a rathalos and fight a roided up t rex in a raid battle with 9 other players. Just play it already. But only on sale when it's like 10 bucks.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Omg I was half joking about Duskbloods being like Exoprimal, finding out it’s a 8 player PVPVE game feels like I’ve been hit with the volleyball of prophecy. Noooooo
neutral · AI labelView post →Idk why mfs don't like this it's genuinely peak asf
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm writing this review late as I've just found out the game is stopping all seasonal content after season 4. No, this doesn't mean the game is shutting down. I received my code from Capcom, however I knew this is a game I was buying regardless. I made some content about the game and really enjoyed every play session I had with it. The game runs well, both PVE and PVP fights feel smooth and fun. Destroying hundreds of dinosaurs felt satisfying and the abilities of each exosuit made it even…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have play almost 4 hours still doing the same mission again and again. there is nothing to do outside the same mission. don't buy the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →37 players last 24h
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At Tokyo Game Show, I played Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, then asked Capcom about: • Monster designs they cut • The influence of Exoprimal • Equal Dragon Weapon • Cheese Naan • A second Monster Hunter movie • How PC struggles shaped the Switch 2 port postmode.org/monster-hunt...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's not bad but good luck finding any real matches, unless its human vs AI but even then It took me 15 minutes to find a match. The game is overpriced for what is inside, I would buy this on a super deep discount with some friends maybe but outside of that i'd stay away. They honestly need to advertise this game more and make it free, they already got hella skins you can buy for cash already. You can unlock I want to say pretty much everything minus the skin packs/skins from their other IPs…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BEWARE! Absolute garbage forced login. you first need to register a capcom id, then reconnect your steam account with the capcom id. they ask for your personal information, which i gave , but that will be my last capcom game for a while now. the game could automatically just connect, but no, some high iq beast decided that it was a better idea to connect everything through a laggy japanese website.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely dead game. When I refunded, there were 22 active players in the last 24 hours, and barely 47 for the 30 day peak. Fun concept, but not worth it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Capcom Tells Investors (And The Public) They Are "Re-Activating Dormant IPs". > After Exoprimal, Capcom's new old game strategy is an easier sell to investors.
neutral · AI labelView post →WE HAD A GOOD THING GOING CAPCOM. WE HAD REALLY GOOD RESIDENT EVIL GAMES, REALLY GOOD MONSTER HUNTER GAMES, A REALLY GOOD DMC AND ACE ATTORNEY GAME, HELL EVEN EXOPRIMAL DID PRETTY GOOD. BUT NO, YOU HAD TO GO AND RUIN IT WITH MICROTRANSACTIONS IN A SINGLEPLAYER GAME AND SERVER SIDE DRM
positive · AI labelView post →29 [M4L] Dude looking for someone to play games with sometimes talking sometimes not.. Heyo. Been playing a bunch of PS5 lately due to life circumstances and kinda want to play with people. Although at times I'm just not gunna want to talk, so even if yo6y want to play and never speak I'm down. -I normally play Rocket League, although I'm really disappointed by the recent news. -Just bought MW3 since I need a popular shooting game as Battlefield isn't doing too well and I'm not the biggest…
neutral · AI labelView post →Even if and when they make another capcom crossover game i don think it’ll hit my brain as hard as Teppen. A lesser game would have shyed away referencing from shit like DmC and the Bionic Commando reboot or Exoprimal
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