Dinosaurs. After the wild success of Jurassic Park all those years ago you would have thought that dinosaurs would explode into the videogame world with alarming pace. However, outside of a few titles the presence of dinosaurs has been sorely absent, to the point where my dear friend, the number one Jurassic Park fan in the world, began to lose faith. The past couple of years, however, have seen a number of dinosaurs slowly lumber their way into a number of early access title on Steam.
The most popular of those has been ARK: Survival Evolved. While many of the other games tried to place dinosaurs as predators, something to be feared in a world where you are alone, ARK has understood the appeal of existing in a world alongside dinosaurs. They are predators, but can be tamed and ridden, and the existence of other players means the world has a much more dynamic feel.