What is Dino Quake?
Dino Quake is an arcade platform game crafted by Neutronized, published on 2025-11-26. Players step into the shoes of Mina and Kiwi, two prehistoric companions defending their world against an invading horde of alien creatures. Instead of wielding firearms or swords, your characters stomp the ground to trigger rolling seismic tremors that flip nearby monsters onto their backs. The experience runs completely free in your web browser, requiring no downloads or setup.
Key features
- Seismic shockwaves: Slamming the floor sends vibrations across platforms to temporarily immobilize nearby invaders.
- Wall impact cascades: Pushing a dazed monster into a wall sends it ricocheting outward to eliminate clusters of adversaries.
- Cooperative multiplayer: Team up side by side with a partner on one machine in local co-op.
- Vertical arena climbs: Leap upward through floating ledges and drop down through floors to navigate hazardous stages.
- Dual dinosaur heroes: Take command of Mina or Kiwi while clearing screens of extraterrestrial monsters.
- Cross-platform support: Enjoy the action across desktop browsers as well as mobile tablets and phones in landscape orientation.
How to play
- Select solo play or gather a friend for two-player cooperative action.
- Maneuver your dinosaur across ledges toward patrolling alien creatures.
- Release a ground tremor to stun hostile foes sharing your platform surface.
- Run straight into the dazed enemy to boot it across the platform toward a wall.
- Watch the colliding monster rebound off barriers to sweep surrounding threats away.
- Defeat all alien invaders on screen to finish the stage and advance upward.
Controls
| Action | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| Walk left or right | A and D (Player 1) or ArrowLeft and ArrowRight (Player 2) |
| Jump | W (Player 1) or ArrowUp (Player 2) |
| Drop down through platform | S (Player 1) or ArrowDown (Player 2) |
| Shoot quake | Spacebar (Player 1) or ALT / CTRL (Player 2) |
Ground tremors and cascade physics
Success in Dino Quake hinges on platform timing rather than direct offensive attacks. Colliding directly with an awake extraterrestrial alien causes damage to your dinosaur. However, slamming your feet into the floor sends a pulse along the platform surface that knocks creatures off balance. Stunned monsters lie completely defenseless for a brief window. Walking into an immobilized beast kicks it sliding across the ledge. When that skidding body strikes an arena wall, it sparks a massive rebound cascade that wipes out other wandering targets along its collision trajectory.
Tips and strategy
- Group targets together: Allow multiple creatures to walk onto the same tier before triggering a tremor to neutralize the whole cluster at once.
- Drop down when pressured: If aliens approach from both directions, use your drop down command to slip safely through the platform below.
- Kick promptly: Dazed monsters eventually recover and stand back up, so boot them into walls before their stun expires.
- Aim for solid boundaries: Line up kicks so that sliding enemies hit perimeter walls, maximizing the bounce cascade across the stage.
- Coordinate lane control: In cooperative sessions, assign Player 1 to monitor lower ledges while Player 2 secures upper tiers.
Game modes
Solo mode
In single-player action, you guide your dinosaur alone, handling movement, floor tremors, and rebounds across each vertical stage.
Local two-player co-op
In two-player mode, two participants share one keyboard to direct Mina and Kiwi at the same time, coordinating stuns and wall knockouts to halt the alien invasion together.
Similar games
If you enjoy the retro arcade action of Dino Quake, explore these related platform adventures on this site:
- Slime Laboratory — A clever platforming release created by Neutronized, who also produced the follow-up title Slime Laboratory 2, following an adaptable green blob through hazardous chambers.
- Retro Rex — An arcade dinosaur adventure where agility and rapid reactions help you survive dangerous obstacle courses.
- Squish Run — A rapid platformer focused on nimble reflexes and dodging environmental crushing hazards.
Developer and history
Dino Quake was created by Neutronized, an independent development studio celebrated for crafting responsive retro arcade games. The title officially launched on 2025-11-26. It joins the developer extensive library of browser platformers, offering fast-paced action playable directly online without requiring any software installation.
