Jurassic World Evolution 2
Worth it · Strategy · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$59.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$14.9975% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $10.00/hr
- ReviewsA
- 90% of 47,385
- Critics
- 76 players 14 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 5% Strategy
Holding it back: Cost per hour, DRM
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $14.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 6h
- To 100%
- 108.3h 18.1x the story
- Achievements
- 54
Price and sales
- Sales
- 49 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $2.99 June 2025
- Sale every
- 37d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 266 now
- Recent reviews
- 92% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 95% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
84% start to 1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
49 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 5 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Planet Zoo ($44.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Jurassic World Evolution ($44.99, scores 62).
More about Jurassic World Evolution 2
Critics scored it 76. Players sit 14 points higher at 90 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
11 of the 799 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written July 2025 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 60 percent of the 1,781 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 6 hours; clearing it takes 108, which is 18 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 6 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
It's a pretty cool game with lots of differences between challenges that make each map a unique challenge. But I've gotta leave a negative review because they put Denuvo in it. Unfortunately, I must've missed this before playing, and fortunately my SSD didn't get trashed in my time playing. But I've got to send the message that I wouldn't have bought it if I had noticed that, and I am not buying JWE3 either because...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Really annoying build system and relies on a level of "ooh dinosaurs" to remain fun
100% Complete | 155h at review A great sequel to the original, with larger maps, more buildings and, most importantly, more dinos. The management is still pretty light compared to other management sims, but there are some welcome changes and improvements over the first game. The addition of Chaos Theory was a nice touch, giving you some scenarios based around the films, which were a fun playthrough. The 100% was...
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About the game
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 14 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Jurassic World Evolution 2 scores 68/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1244460/jurassic-world-evolution-2Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 8, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.