The Lost Wild wants you to fear the dinosaurs – and respect them too

Annapurna Interactive dropped a new trailer and fresh details for The Lost Wild, a survival horror game set on a dinosaur-infested island of crumbling scientific outposts – basically Jurassic Park, but make it terrifying. The game comes from Great Ape Games, a UK studio made up of veterans from Rare, Hanger 13, The Chinese Room, and Supermassive.

Creative director Gary Napper – who joined the project in 2025 and previously worked on Creative Assembly's Alien: Isolation – is leaning hard into that pedigree. Like Isolation, The Lost Wild puts you up against dynamic, adaptive AI enemies with no weapons to speak of; distractions and environmental awareness are your only tools. But Napper is clear that the thematic core here is different from fighting off Xenomorphs. The dinosaurs aren't monsters – they're creatures trying to survive, and the game wants you to feel that. \"The difference is not just that you can't fight back, it's that you feel like you shouldn't,\" he says.

The Lost Wild was first announced in 2022, so it's been a long time coming. The new trailer and Napper's involvement suggest the project is finally picking up momentum.