**Hey** r/survivalgames**,**

We're a two-person dev team, and we just dropped a free demo for our passion project during Steam Next Fest: *Dino Age: Survive the Eras*.

If you like the creature-taming of *Ark* combined with the deep skilling progression of *RuneScape*, this might be right up your alley.

The game is an open-world survival RPG set across the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. Your core survival loop looks like this:

* Explore harsh, prehistoric environments.
* Gather & Skill: Level up your resource gathering and crafting to build better gear.
* Survive: Creatures scale heavily in danger (from manageable Tier D up to "do not engage without a solid plan" Bosses).
* Stabilize & Progress: Find and stabilize time fractures to unlock the next era.

We also wanted combat to be more tactical than just "hit the dinosaur with a stick." We've built a system with four main weapon types (Spear, Dagger, Battleaxe, Sword) that operate on a strength/weakness triangle against different creature types. What you pack in your inventory before leaving your base actually matters.

Our Next Fest demo covers the opening chapter and lets you try to survive the Triassic period. It's totally free to play right now. *(The full game is targeting a Summer 2026 release).*

You can check out the demo here (available June 15th): [https://store.steampowered.com/app/4451860/Dino\_Age\_Survive\_the\_Eras/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4451860/Dino_Age_Survive_the_Eras/)

We're hanging out in the comments all day. For the hardcore survival fans here: what is a mechanic in survival games that completely makes or breaks the experience for you? Let us know, we'd love the feedback!

Survive the Eras — open world survival RPG across 3 dinosaur eras. Think Ark meets RuneScape. Free demo june 15th Steam Next Fest.