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Josh Devlin · Published by Josh Devlin
Positive — 89% positive (18 reviews)
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Play as security guard tasked with keeping dinosaurs from getting into a facility. Throughout your shift, things will begin to go wrong and dinosaurs will start to end up where they shouldn't. Can you survive the shift?
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Indie, Simulation, Casual · 2025 · More under £5 games
In The Paddock, take on the role of a security guard in 2025, where managing a dinosaur breakout adds an unexpected twist to your casual simulation duties.
About this game
The Paddock is a short game about dealing with dinosaurs as a security guard, if you die you must start from the beginning.
Features
CCTV cameras that are used for watching the dinosaur and electrocuting it when it gets too close to the fence.
First person game, you have a torch and a few other tools.
One continuous level that has you complete objectives as you play it.
A story that unravels as you play through the game.
A short experience that can be finished in 1 hour. If you die, the game restarts.
Gameplay
Set in the remote mountains the player is starting their first shift as a security guard, alone. The primary objective being, don't let the dinosaurs get in, while also trying not to get eaten.
As some of the Dilophosaurus begin to break in, the player must do their best to avoid them while also completing objectives. If the player fails in keeping the Giganotosaurus from breaking through the fences, the game will end.If the player is killed, that is it. The game will give you an option to restart or go back to the main menu. This game is meant to be beaten in one sitting.
Story
The story of the game will be told through voice lines within the game as well as lore scattered through radio signals and notes.A remote research facility in the mountains is monitoring dinosaurs and how they interact with each other in the environment. The player is tasked with keeping the facility secure while everyone is gone. As the day goes on, more and more starts to go wrong for the player and eventually dinosaurs start turning up where they shouldn't be, inside the facility.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: 10/11
- Processor: Intel I7L370H
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: RTX 2070
- Storage: 10 GB available space
- Sound Card: NA
- VR Support: NA
- Additional Notes: Subject to change before release.
Recommended
- OS: 11
- Processor: RYZEN 9 5900X
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: RTX 3070
- Storage: 20 GB available space
- Sound Card: NA
- VR Support: NA
- Additional Notes: Subject to change before release.
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix 1.1.0
Hotfix notes: Fixed an issue causing a voice line on night two to play twice Fixed an issue in which the player could not progress past the objective "samples" Fixed an issue in which the player could not progress past the objective " solar panels" Fixed an issue where the player could sleep on Night 3 (final level) Fixed an issue in which the player would get the objective "solar" on night one instead of day two Fixed an issue in which the player would not get a new objective after completing "dino hunt" Thank you for all of the support.Read full article on Community Announcements (NotJoshua)Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix 1.0.9
Hotfix notes: Fixed an issue in which the player would get stuck in the bed after a cutscene (please report if this continues to happen) Fixed an issue in which the eggs wouldn't count towards the "samples" objective Fixed an issue in which the solar panels wouldn't count for the "solar" objective Fixed an issue in which the "lookout" objective wouldn't complete before the cutscene Thanks for the support.Read full article on Community Announcements (NotJoshua)Patch NotesOfficial
HOTFIX 1.0.8
Hotfix Notes: Fixed an issue with "solar panels" quest being given when the player got the "lookout tower" quest Fixed an issue with the wrong level being loaded when the player finished night one Fixed an issue with a cutscene and a level load not working together Fixed an issue in which the wrong voice line would play when the player got into day two Additions: Added a new voice line to day two Thanks for all of the supportRead full article on Community Announcements (NotJoshua)Patch NotesOfficial
HOTFIX 1.0.7
Hotfix notes: Fixed an issue that caused players to gain the "solar" objective early Fixed an issue that caused players to gain the "fix the radio" objective early Fixed an issue that caused players to get soft locked behind the objective "secure the paddock" Fixed an issue with the flare box giving out the wrong objectives Additions: Added a new note to night one... Added an animated pop up that tells the player how to deal with Cleo the Giga Reworked the "Secure the paddock" objective Thank you for the support and for the bug reporting in the Discord.Read full article on Community Announcements (NotJoshua)Patch NotesOfficial
HOTFIX 1.0.6
Hotfix notes: Fixed an issue with the CCTV electricity not causing the Female Giga to run away Thanks for the support!Read full article on Community Announcements (NotJoshua)
