Annapurna Interactive and Great Ape Games have announced that The Lost Wild will launch for PlayStation 5 and PC in 2027. This dinosaur survival horror game is not promising armed prehistoric domination, but observation, stealth, and escape, with predators treated as wild animals that see humans as prey.

The Lost Wild will launch in 2027 for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. Annapurna Interactive is publishing the game, with Great Ape Games handling development. Based on the State of Play presentation, this is not the kind of dinosaur game where the player clears the jungle with bigger and bigger weapons. The player sits below the predators on the food chain, and that does not sound like decoration here, but like the foundation.

The protagonist is Saskia, who wakes up on a mysterious island. Abandoned research facilities, dense wilderness, and prehistoric predators define the space. The goal is not to erase every threat, but to watch how the dinosaurs move, what they react to, which routes they take, and when doing nothing may be the smartest decision. The dinosaur is not a larger target, but a danger that needs to feel alive.

Great Ape Games CEO Nick Gregory describes these creatures as wild animals rather than monsters, animals that see humans as prey. That approach could be far more interesting than another scripted scare machine, because a pre-set scare works once, maybe twice. A predator that searches, listens, becomes suspicious, and then commits to the hunt can create a different kind of pressure. The fear does not come only from size, but from the sense that the animal is paying attention.

Gameplay is built around stealth, item use, distractions, and non-lethal tools. Saskia can gather useful objects, use the environment, look for hidden routes, and temporarily scare predators away with certain tools. The deeper she goes into the island, the less room there is for mistakes, so this can work if the game protects that vulnerability and avoids sliding into loud but empty action.

The 2027 window is still far away, but the concept is clean. The Lost Wild is not trying to work simply because it shows dinosaurs. It is trying to work because dinosaur behavior makes the player move more carefully, run less often, and take every sound seriously. That is a promising direction for a genre where prehistoric creatures too often become oversized enemies.

Source: Gematsu