Dirty Bomb vs Primal Carnage: Extinction
Dirty Bomb is an FPS open-world game from Splash Damage (2015) while Primal Carnage: Extinction is an FPS game from Circle Five Studios (2015).
What each one is
Steam files Dirty Bomb under FPS and Open-World. In contrast, it files Primal Carnage: Extinction under FPS.
Work together or die alone! Fight to restore peace to London or tear it down for profit in the most challenging team based shooter around.
Hunt humans, slay dinosaurs. It's chaotic prehistoric PvP, pick a side. Think fast, or you're extinct!
At a glance
| Dirty Bomb | Primal Carnage: Extinction | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.1/10 | 7.0/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (81%, 56,819) | Very Positive (83%, 9,901) |
| Critic aggregate | 63/100 | No aggregate |
| Price | Free | $12.99 |
| Install size | 7 GB | 12 GB |
| Steam Deck | unsupported | verified |
| Released | 2015 | 2015 |
| Developer | Splash Damage | Circle Five Studios |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Dirty Bomb vs Primal Carnage: Extinction, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Dirty BombFPS open-world gamePrimal Carnage: ExtinctionFPS gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Dirty BombHero Shooter, Free to Play, FPSPrimal Carnage: ExtinctionDinosaurs, PvP, FPSThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Dirty Bomb ✓Score 7.1 · 81% on Steam · 63 criticPrimal Carnage: ExtinctionScore 7.0 · 83% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Dirty Bomb56,819 reviews · 7 GBPrimal Carnage: Extinction9,901 reviews · 8 add-ons · 12 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Dirty Bomb ✓FreePrimal Carnage: Extinction$12.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Dirty BombUnsupportedPrimal Carnage: Extinction ✓VerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Dirty Bomb takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueDirty Bomb and Primal Carnage: Extinction on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
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- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The cheaper right now: Dirty Bomb (Free)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Primal Carnage: Extinction (verified)
- Lighter on storage: Dirty Bomb (7 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Dirty Bomb (56,819 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
Hero ShooterFPSMultiplayerShooterActionTeam-BasedFirst-PersonPvP
Where they differ
Free to PlayFast-PacedCo-opMassively MultiplayerParkourPost-apocalyptic
DinosaursCharacter CustomizationArcadeCombatThird PersonOnline Co-Op
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Dirty Bomb is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Primal Carnage: Extinction is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 6 accessibility features for Dirty Bomb and 6 for Primal Carnage: Extinction. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Dirty Bomb and Primal Carnage: Extinction in scope?
Dirty Bomb has drawn 56,819 Steam reviews and installs in 7 GB. Primal Carnage: Extinction has drawn 9,901 Steam reviews, ships 8 add-ons and installs in 12 GB.
Is Dirty Bomb or Primal Carnage: Extinction better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Dirty Bomb rates higher (7.1 to 7.0). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Dirty Bomb or Primal Carnage: Extinction?
Dirty Bomb is cheaper right now at Free, against $12.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.