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It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...

Let's Build a Zoo is a simulation, pixel graphics and city builder game developed by Springloaded and published by No More Robots.
Released on November 05th 2021 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Thai, Spanish - Spain and Italian.

It has received 3,739 reviews of which 3,346 were positive and 393 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.03€ on Steam with a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Let's Build a Zoo into these genres:

Simulation Pixel Graphics City Builder Management Strategy Sandbox Building Creature Collector Cute Resource Management Colorful Economy Singleplayer Relaxing Open World Indie Dinosaurs

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System requirements

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 or later
  • Processor: Intel Core i5
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550/equivalent or higher
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 738 MB available space

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Oct. 2025
Hi i'm writing this in the hope that the developers read this (Yes this is for you Team Trees) I have been playing this game since it first came out. I remember asking my parents to take me out to get me a steam gift card just in the hopes of getting this wonderful game the week it released. I have played this game both good and evil and I can tell you this game perfectly shows how you can turn cute pixelated creatures into a beautiful game full of creatures from land, the water and from a past time. Overall this game is a 10/10 for me. The one thing i have always wanted this game to have is a rare genome for example albinism one in a thousand (Just pitching a number devs feel free to alter this) or even melanistic and pie balled. This would add an even stronger thirst to play this game in the hopes that you may just be able to create or find one of these rare specimens. Please devolopers if you made it this far it would be my dream if you would add this.
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Sept. 2025
i gave a certain visiting influencer personal, unsupervised access to the bear enclosure. its inhabitants ripped him to shreds within seconds. the police are treating it as foul play by a third party, rather than negligent manslaughter by me or my staff. i like this game a lot!
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Aug. 2025
If you grew up LOVING the OG Zoo Tycoon, love cute pixel art, and also have good multitasking and resource-management skills, this game might be just perfect for you. Now, I know everyone mentions the cuteness of the art, the insane level of control you have over object placement, and the ridiculous amount of décor (seriously, SO much décor). And please believe them, all of that is absolutely true. But I also need to tell you about 5 things I adore about this game that, for me, make it the best of its genre: 1. The NPCs In most games like this, the visiting NPCs just kind of blurt out what they like or dislike about your zoo. That happens here too, but in a way that feels way more lively and human-like. Not only the customers, your workers talk too. Plus, you’ll get special visitors: influencers, criminals, people trying to pass off a golden retriever as a lion (!!). These trigger special events, and you also manually choose each one of your workers. It’s just so fun and full of life. 2. FarmVille reborn Do you remember FarmVille? Because I do. I’ve thought about it almost daily since they shut it down. I’ve even cried over how much I miss it. Let’s Build a Zoo is the only game that’s ever scratched that itch for me. When I unlocked the barn for the first time, it honestly felt like seeing my husband (supposedly KIA) suddenly standing at my doorstep. You can grow food for your herbivores, gather resources for your other animals, and produce supplies through recycling plants, water collectors, wind turbines… And the products can even be used in your shops! It’s almost full self-sufficiency. 3. You can be evil This isn’t for everyone. I know many of us can’t bring ourselves to hurt the cute animals. But if you choose to, you can be absolutely evil. You can create a cruel farm–zoo hybrid, accept shady NPC offers, or reject them. You can pay your workers the bare minimum, break every FDA regulation in your restaurants, and basically run the most unethical zoo imaginable. Of course, that affects your reputation, but hey, it’s all up to you. 4. A perfectionist’s dream If you’re a micromanager, this game is paradise. You control everything about the animals, down to their diet composition, but it doesn’t stop there. You manage product quality, prices, staff hiring (with a star system), salaries, and even a whole side business of bus routes. It’s control on every level. 5. Genetics and mad science Sure, you can let your animals do the horizontal tango and get adorable baby versions, with subspecies and natural mixes. But you can also go full Frankenstein and create abominations of nature by combining completely unrelated animals. They’re ugly, weird, and probably live lives of endless suffering… but it’s honestly hilarious. And that’s it. I love this game and recommend it with all my heart and soul.
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Aug. 2025
An insane ADHD simulator that pretends to be a tycoon. The normal tycoon loop is there — you look for animals, breed them, design spaces for them and your visitors — but everything also JUMPS, BLINKS, and CHATTERS. The kind of person who would find it easy to follow everything happening in this type of zoo scares me. When I bought it, however, I was looking for an animal/creature game with fun genetics, and Let's Build a Zoo! is close. You unlock new species by completing mini-quests for other zoos, and you unlock subspecies/types by breeding your creatures, which is an involved process and overall fun. And, as befits a tycoon, you of course need to keep an eye on your employees, their needs, wages, as well as a number of systems in the zoo itself like lighting. The final result is completely overwhelming. Thankfully, it's loosely balanced, so staying afloat is not hard. I had fun with this game. Now I might need an ambulance.
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June 2025
good game but it gives me anxiety like all tycoon games. but that's a skill issue and personal problem
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Let's Build a Zoo is currently priced at 5.03€ on Steam.

Let's Build a Zoo is currently available at a 70% discount. You can purchase it for 5.03€ on Steam.

Let's Build a Zoo received 3,346 positive votes out of a total of 3,739 achieving a rating of 8.62.
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Let's Build a Zoo was developed by Springloaded and published by No More Robots.

Let's Build a Zoo is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Let's Build a Zoo is not playable on MacOS.

Let's Build a Zoo is not playable on Linux.

Let's Build a Zoo is a single-player game.

There are 3 DLCs available for Let's Build a Zoo. Explore additional content available for Let's Build a Zoo on Steam.

Let's Build a Zoo does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Let's Build a Zoo does not support Steam Remote Play.

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