Steam Just Added Dino Crisis and Its Sequel

Dino Crisis and its sequel Dino Crisis 2 are now available to play on PC via Steam. Gamers who want to revisit the dinosaur survival horror Capcom classic can check out Dino Crisis right now, with some improvements for modern gaming PCs included.

Dino Crisis was one of many survival horror franchises that emerged in the late 1990s, alongside games like fellow Capcom title Resident Evil, Konami’s Silent Hill, or SquareSoft’s Parasite Eve. Dino Crisis was revisited through 2003 with three direct sequels and two spin-off games, but the franchise went quiet after that. Now, fans can revisit the two games that started it all on PC.

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Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 Land on Steam

The first two games in the dinosaur survival horror series Dino Crisis have made their way to Steam. Rather than being straight emulated ports of the original titles, these two games have seen a number of improvements for modern gaming systems, courtesy of GOG, which co-developed the releases.

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According to the Steam game listings, Dino Crisis includes Windows 10 and 11 support, and six total localizations of the game, including Japanese, English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. The Original, Arrange, and Operation Wipe Out modes are also included. In terms of visual and performance improvements, this version of Dino Crisis makes use of an improved DirectX renderer, adds new options like windowed mode and anti-aliasing, 4K rendering resolution, better alpha transparency, and game registry settings. The game also fixes existing issues with save corruption, animation, and music, and all major Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo controllers are supported.

Dino Crisis 2 also has full compatibility with Windows 10 and 11, the original English and Japanese localizations, and extra modes and options like Easy difficulty, Dino Colosseum, and Dino Duel. The same improved DirectX, rendering options, and controller support included with the first game are also available. Additionally, Dino Crisis 2 offers improved music playback, improved item rendering and fogging, and better cartridge box alignment.

PC gamers who are interested in these titles will likely want to know that the games are also both on sale on Steam. Originally listed for $9.99 each, the two games have seen a 50% discount, bringing them down to $4.99 individually. This sale will run until February 26.

Dino Crisis Fans Want More

While these releases will likely be celebrated by gamers who loved the original games and want to revisit Dino Crisis on PC, it’s unfortunately not the new game that players have been begging for over the years. While Capcom’s Resident Evil has carried on to become a world-renowned franchise over the decades, Dino Crisis has been unfortunately neglected, seeing neither a remake nor a sequel for years. Capcom is aware of fans’ requests, with even the original director of Resident Evil 2, Hideki Kamiya, suggesting that he’d like to remake the original Dino Crisis.

While nothing has been announced on the remake or sequel front, there is still some hope that Capcom is getting ready to bring back Dino Crisis in some form. In mid-2025, Capcom renewed the trademark for Dino Crisis, and deemed Dino Crisis popular enough to release a small merchandise line based on the games that arrived later the same year. Bartosz Kwietniewski, head of business development at GOG, the co-developer of the Steam version, also speculated that Capcom would eventually remake the original game, and that the PC version might help spur the developer on. Whether it happens remains to be seen, but if the Steam version sees a lot of attention, the chances will likely improve. For now, though, most of Capcom’s attention is likely on other sci-fi and survival horror games, like Resident Evil Requiem and the upcoming new IP Pragmata.