About
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter Reborn is a first-person dinosaur-hunting simulator released on Steam in 2015, a PC revamp of the mobile Carnivores HD built on the long-running Carnivores series. Players travel to an alien planet and stalk prehistoric creatures across open islands, managing scent, cover and weapon choice before summoning a dropship to evacuate.
It earned a Very Positive reception for its realistic creatures, atmospheric environments and nostalgic ties to the classic late-1990s Carnivores games. It was pulled from Steam on 2023-01-31 when it was effectively superseded by the newer Unity-based Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt, which existing owners received for free.
Screenshots
Official store screenshots from Steam — deckport links them, never rehosts. Hover to pause; click to preview.
Identity
Launch
- Binary
- Reborn.exe
- Needs files
- none beyond the binary
Proton
- Version
- GE-Proton
- Winetricks
- —
- ProtonDB
- ProtonDB Gold runs perfectly after tweaks
⚙ Setup notes
Delisted: Delisted Steam game (appid 293520, pulled 2023-01-31 when it was replaced by the Unity-based 'Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt', which existing owners got free).
Engine: The original Reborn build is a Windows DirectX title; it installs to the CarnivoresReborn folder. The launcher is most likely Reborn.exe — confirm the exact name against your own install (see caveats).
Proton: ProtonDB tier is gold and it runs cleanly under Proton — GE-Proton is the safe pick; stock proton_experimental also works.
DRM: No GFWL/SecuROM/DRM gymnastics needed.
Controller: The game ships with FULL controller support (Steam records confirm), so it plays on the Deck gamepad out of the box; force a Steam Input layout only if the in-game pad mapping feels off.
Install: deckport only configures the prefix; it never bundles or links the game files.
The one thing to know
Supply your own copy: The original Reborn is no longer for sale — delisted from Steam 2023-01-31 (replaced by the free Unity remaster 'Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunt'). deckport links nothing.
Compatibility: ProtonDB gold, no reported AMD/Deck showstoppers, no GFWL/DRM workaround required.
Controller: Full native controller support, so it is gamepad-playable on the Deck without a hack.
Verify binary: Verify the binary name (Reborn.exe) against your own install before first launch.
Servers: This is a single-player hunting sim — no live servers to worry about.
Community guides
Write-ups and threads from people who got this (or a similar) game running. deckport links to them — it doesn't reproduce them.
Get the artwork
deckport never hosts game images. Open this game on SteamGridDB, pick
the cover / hero / logo / icon you like, and drop them into the
game folder under .deckport-art/ before you push it to the
Deck. The importer files them under the right names automatically.
Run it on your Deck
Two files: the one-time importer (deckport.py) in your
Deck's home folder, and this game's install helper. Copy the game
into ~/Games and run the helper with Steam closed — it
writes the recipe (binary, launch options, Proton version)
and registers the shortcut with artwork.