Game: Theropods
Genre: Adventure
System: Steam (Windows, macOS, Linux) (also available on GOG and itch.io)
Developer | Publisher: Lost Token | Dionous Games, Gamersky Games
Controller Support: Partial
Price: US $17.49 | UK £15.99 | EU € 17,49
Release Date: August 20, 2026
Review code provided with many thanks to Lost Token.
Theropods is a pixel-art point-and-click adventure game about ancient humans. You need to battle dinosaurs, hunt, battle against other humans, and survive in this scary, prehistoric world.
The Story of Theropods
Theropods is about a young woman in ancient times, trying to just live another day. As you hunt for food one day, a meteorite smashes the artwork dedicated to your mother, who died when you were a child. While most of the villagers celebrate this weird new thing, you are upset by its chosen crash site.
Theropods is a puzzle game focused on using items in your environment to interrupt, distract, and misdirect your enemies. Each of the puzzles focuses on quick thinking and ingenuity. You will need to use things like your spear, plants, fauna, and other items found in your environment.
The Pros of Theropods
Theropods is a beautiful little game. It is colorful, and it has a lot of character to it in spite of the ancient-looking graphics. The music is beautiful, the story seems to be well put together, and the game seemed to work well with no crashes or bugs that I came across.
While the story was quite graphically violent, the pixel art kind of softened the death scenes. I probably wouldn’t let children play this one, though; there is a lot of violent on-screen death, people being threatened, and piles of corpses in some of the backgrounds.
I really enjoy games that embrace a bit and roll with it; Theropods was big on no text and no tutorial, and I think it nailed the concept. It tells you what buttons to hit and what each of those buttons does with no help, and there isn’t much of a need for a tutorial in such a simple game. It is beautifully well done, thoughtfully put together, creative, and really gorgeous.
The Cons of Theropods
The puzzles in Theropods feel very unintuitive. I’m usually pretty good at point-and-click adventures; I grew up playing Sierra and Cyan titles like Myst, King’s Quest, and Quest for Glory. I have a lot of experience with these sorts of things, and I’m usually able to think outside of the box.
However, with the puzzles in Theropods, I never learned the solution and thought, “Oh, I should have gotten that myself.” I had to watch a walkthrough for some of the first puzzles, and I never got into it. There is something about the puzzles that makes little sense to me, and I did not find them compelling or fun. I think, based on a lot of the other reviews I have read, that I am in the minority in my opinion here, however. I think a lot of point-and-click adventure lovers would like this game quite a lot more than I can.
Conclusion
Theropods is beautiful, polished, and an interesting point-and-click adventure. While I disliked a lot of the puzzles, I think that many who enjoy these types of games will disagree with me. It’s pretty violent, but it is overall well-made and interesting. I do recommend this, even if it isn’t quite my thing.
Final Verdict: I Like it.
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