Games like ARK for dino tamers

Path of Titans, The Isle and Palworld are the best picks after ARK. Two let you play as the dinosaur, and one swaps dinos for creatures you catch and put to work. Phone options and Roam dino games follow.

What ARK is

ARK: Survival Evolved is a dinosaur survival game by Studio Wildcard. It entered early access in 2015 and fully released in 2017. You wake up on an island with nothing, punch trees, build a base, then knock out dinosaurs and tame them to ride, fight and farm.

ARK: Survival Ascended remade it in 2023, and ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition came to iPhone and Android in December 2024. The hook is the taming: the first time you ride a T. rex you built up from a knocked-out wild one.

Play as the dinosaur

Path of Titans. Alderon Games' dinosaur MMO. Hatch, grow up and survive with other players. It is on PC and on phones.
The Isle. Afterthought's hardcore dinosaur survival game, in early access for years. Dinos hunt dinos and death costs a lot.
Dinosaur Simulator. A long-running Roblox game where you play as a dinosaur and grow.

Tame, build and survive

Palworld. Pocketpair's 2024 hit. Catch creatures called Pals, ride them and put them to work at your base.
Jurassic World Evolution. Frontier's park builders. Breed dinosaurs, build fences, and hope they hold.
Monster Hunter Wilds. Capcom's 2025 hunting game. No taming, but huge beasts and gear made from them.

Dino games on Roam

Dino Tamer (Roam). Third-person dino hunting and taming. A bow, a jungle and six prey to bring in.
Dino Rampage (Roam). Start as a baby dino and eat your way up.
Wear What You Slay (Roam). Voxel survival monster hunting. Hunt the beasts, wear their hides.

Play it on Roam

Make your own dinosaur game with Roam

Pick the island, the dinos and how you tame them. Roam builds it, and you add more by talking.

Try: "dino survival on a jungle island, tame a raptor with berries, build a treehouse, my friends ride the dinos too"

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Questions people ask

Is ARK on mobile?

Yes. ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition launched on iPhone and Android in December 2024 and is free to start.

What game lets you play as a dinosaur?

Path of Titans and The Isle. On Roblox, Dinosaur Simulator.

Is Palworld like ARK?

Yes, in the loop of catching, riding and building, but with cartoon creatures instead of dinosaurs.