Mega Dino Valley is a world full of dinosaurs, and you are one of them. Play alone, or with up to four players on one screen: the camera keeps everyone in view and zooms out as you spread apart.
Wild animals roam the meadows, jungles, swamps, deserts, beaches and sea. Feed one the food it eats until its hearts fill up, and it becomes a friend that anyone can play as. A time machine carries the whole team through eight times in history, from giant dragonflies and millipedes, through the dinosaurs, to mammoths, saber-toothed cats and the first people. There are 133 animals to find in all, and every one has its name and three true facts read aloud.
How You Play
- On a phone or tablet, tap Player 1 and play with an on-screen stick and buttons.
- With controllers, press any button to join. There is nothing to pair or set up, and friends can jump in at any time.
- On a computer, two people can share the keyboard: one uses WASD and Space, the other the arrow keys and Enter.
- Walk through bushes and ferns to shake food loose, catch fish in the shallows and pick up meat. A thought bubble shows what each dinosaur eats.
- Every animal has a power: big ones smash rocks and knock trees over, flying reptiles fly over water, sea reptiles swim, duck-billed dinosaurs honk to call others over, and small ones run fast.
- Climb into the time machine and the rest of the team has ten seconds to hop in. The pilot picks where to go on a timeline of all eight eras, and the machine needs a few minutes to recharge after each trip.
- Team hunts ask everyone to find one dinosaur together. Every third one found leaves an egg that hatches a new friend.
What Kids Learn
- The names of 133 dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, from Meganeura to Homo sapiens, read aloud when you befriend or pick one.
- Three true facts about each, like what its name means, how big it was and where it was found.
- Which ones ate plants, meat or fish, because each only eats its own kind of food. Feed one the wrong thing and it says what it eats.
- When they lived, in order: the swampy Carboniferous, the Permian before the dinosaurs, the first dinosaurs of the Triassic, the giants of the Jurassic, the Cretaceous of Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex, the Paleogene after the dinosaurs, the Ice Age and the Stone Age. There are no flowers until the Cretaceous, because flowers hadn’t appeared yet.
- That pterosaurs, sea reptiles and animals like Dimetrodon lived alongside or before the dinosaurs but were not dinosaurs themselves, and that people came along tens of millions of years after the dinosaurs were gone.
- Ages
- 3–9
- Teaches
- 🔬 science · 🌿 nature & animals
- Kind of play
- 🏖️ explore & sandbox
- Works on
- 📱 phone · 📲 tablet · 🖥️ computer
- Good to know
- 🔊 uses sound · 💾 saves progress
- Made with
- Claude
- Hosted
- Right here on Open Recess
Questions About Mega Dino Valley
How Many Players Can Play?
One to four, all on the same screen. Play alone on a phone or tablet, or with controllers and a shared keyboard on a computer or TV.
Does It Work With Controllers?
Yes. Most Bluetooth and USB game controllers work. Press any button to join, with nothing to pair inside the game.
Can Young Kids Play?
Yes. Nothing one player presses can pause or cover the screen for everyone, so a toddler can mash buttons safely. All the names and facts are read aloud.
Is Mega Dino Valley Free?
Yes. There’s nothing to buy, no sign-up and no ads. Friends you make save in the browser.
