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Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

Planet Zoo is a management, simulation and building game developed and published by Frontier Developments.
Released on November 05th 2019 is available only on Windows in 18 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Latin America and Swedish.

It has received 87,057 reviews of which 79,305 were positive and 7,752 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

The game is currently priced at 44.99โ‚ฌ on Steam, but you can find it for 7.11โ‚ฌ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
  • Processor: Intel i5-2500 / AMD FX-6350
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (2GB) / AMD Radeon R9 270X (2GB)
  • Storage: 16 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Minimum specifications may change during development

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March 2025
---{ Graphics }--- โ˜ You forget what reality is โ˜‘ Beautiful โ˜ Good โ˜ Decent โ˜ Bad โ˜ Donโ€˜t look too long at it โ˜ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- โ˜‘ Very good โ˜ Good โ˜ It's just gameplay โ˜ Mehh โ˜ Watch paint dry instead โ˜ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- โ˜ Eargasm โ˜ Very good โ˜‘ Good โ˜ Not too bad โ˜ Bad โ˜ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- โ˜ Kids โ˜‘ Teens โ˜‘ Adults โ˜ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- โ˜ Check if you can run paint โ˜ Potato โ˜ Decent โ˜‘ Fast โ˜ Rich boi โ˜ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- โ˜ Floppy Disk โ˜ Old Fashioned โ˜ Workable โ˜‘ Big โ˜ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive โ˜ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it โ˜ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- โ˜ Just press 'W' โ˜ Easy โ˜ Easy to learn / Hard to master โ˜‘ Significant brain usage โ˜ Difficult โ˜ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- โ˜ Nothing to grind โ˜ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks โ˜ Isn't necessary to progress โ˜‘ Average grind level โ˜ Too much grind โ˜ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- โ˜ No Story โ˜ Some lore โ˜‘ Average โ˜ Good โ˜ Lovely โ˜ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- โ˜ Long enough for a cup of coffee โ˜ Short โ˜ Average โ˜‘ Long โ˜ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- โ˜ It's free! โ˜‘ Worth the price โ˜ If it's on sale โ˜ If u have some spare money left โ˜ Not recommended โ˜ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- โ˜ Never heard of โ˜ Minor bugs โ˜‘ Can get annoying โ˜ ARK: Survival Evolved โ˜ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- โ˜ 1 โ˜ 2 โ˜ 3 โ˜ 4 โ˜ 5 โ˜ 6 โ˜ 7 โ˜‘ 8 โ˜ 9 โ˜ 10
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Jan. 2025
A very fun game overall. It is actually my most played game on Steam as of right now. I'm a kid and wanna be zoologist when I grow up. This has made me realize that even more! Thanks Frontier!
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Nov. 2024
I am a 75 year old senior who is basically a technical idiot so I have found it a little daunting to follow the training as I am not overly familiar with all the terms and guides, however I plug away with a little progress each time I play with trial and error in sandbox mode and I try to follow some of the internet samples. I will try one of the more advanced modes when I feel ready but for now I am finding it a great way to learn some of the game's quirks and enjoy the game at the same time.
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June 2024
Best spiritual successor to zoo tycoon. 10/10, absolutely dangerous if you have ADHD (will kill your concept of time)
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June 2024
When I first got this game in 2019 I was so disappointed. The micromanagement really put me off as It was so much more in depth than previous zoo games. My zoos kept failing and I stopped playing for at least a year. When I picked it up again I bought 4-5 dlcs that had been released and gave it another whirl. After 1600 hours it's safe to say this is now my favourite game. My tips would be: -Do the career mode if you're a beginner -Watch some of the amazing Youtubers, (ZSHPlays and Ladydesigner are brilliant). -Slow down animal aging in franchise mode, it helps prevent overwhelm when trying to grow your zoo above 4 or 5 enclosures. PROS: 10000s building pieces, you can get really creative Beautiful graphics Frequent updates by the developers Franchise mode provides enough challenge for achievement driven people like myself (breeding gold shiny animals) Educational and entertaining for my toddler Developers Quick to fix bugs Cons: erm....I play it too much?
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Frequently Asked Questions

Planet Zoo is currently priced at 44.99โ‚ฌ on Steam.

Planet Zoo is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 44.99โ‚ฌ on Steam.

Planet Zoo received 79,305 positive votes out of a total of 87,057 achieving a rating of 8.98.
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Planet Zoo was developed and published by Frontier Developments.

Planet Zoo is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Planet Zoo is not playable on MacOS.

Planet Zoo is not playable on Linux.

Planet Zoo is a single-player game.

There are 21 DLCs available for Planet Zoo. Explore additional content available for Planet Zoo on Steam.

Planet Zoo is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Planet Zoo does not support Steam Remote Play.

Planet Zoo is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Planet Zoo.

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Planet Zoo PEGI 3
9.0
79,305
7,752
Game modes
Features
Online players
2,455
Developer
Frontier Developments
Publisher
Frontier Developments
Release 05 Nov 2019
Platforms
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