Dino Run Games: Which Ones Are Worth Playing?

"Dino run game" usually means one of two things: the small dinosaur that appears in Chrome when you have no internet, or one of the many browser runners built around the same idea. This site has three games in that space, and they are not the same kind of thing.

The one most people are looking for

The Chrome dinosaur is a jump-and-duck runner: it starts when the browser is offline, and the only controls are jump and duck. DinoHop on our home page is built around the same two actions — click or tap the left side of the screen to jump, the right side to duck — and it adds candies, enemies and a speed increase every ten points.

If you came here for that, start with DinoHop.

A calmer runner

Dinos Rush looks like a runner but is a platform adventure: you move left and right, jump and attack, collect coins and unlock levels. It is the better choice if you want levels rather than an endless high score.

A beat-'em-up with dinosaurs in it

Cadillacs: Dino Riot is not a runner at all. It is a side-scrolling brawler: pick a character, fight through eight chapters, and free caged dinosaurs. Choose it if you want to fight rather than run.

How to pick

• The classic jump-and-duck loop — DinoHop, on the home page
• Levels, coins and upgrades — Dinos Rush
• Fighting and a story — Cadillacs: Dino Riot

A note on the offline dinosaur

The Chrome dinosaur only appears without a connection, which is why people search for it as a "no internet game". The games here run online; if your connection drops, they stop. There is no offline copy on this site.