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Planet Zoo

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Planet Zoo

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.

Management Simulation Building Sandbox Nature
Last tracked players
995
All-time peak
5,853
24-hour change
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Steam reviews
91.1% positive
87,849 reviews · via SteamSpy

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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, featuring authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them. Experience a globe-trotting campaign or let your imagination run wild in the freedom of Sandbox mode. Create unique habitats and vast landscapes, make big decisions and meaningful choices, and nurture your animals as you construct and manage the world’s wildest zoos.

Meet a world of incredible animals. From playful lion cubs to mighty elephants, every animal in Planet Zoo is a thinking, feeling individual with a distinctive look and personality of their own. Craft detailed habitats to bring your animals’ natural environments home, research and manage each species to allow them to thrive, and help your animals raise families to pass their genes onto future generations.


Manage an amazing living world that responds to every decision you make. Focus on the big picture or go hands-on and control the smallest details. Thrill visitors with iconic exhibits, develop your zoo with new research, and release new generations of your animals back into the wild. Your choices come alive in a world where animal welfare and conservation comes first.

Planet Zoo’s powerful piece-by-piece construction tools let you effortlessly make your zoo unique. Every creative decision you make impacts the lives of your animals and the experience of your visitors. Let your imagination run wild as you dig lakes and rivers, raise hills and mountains, carve paths and caves, and build stunning zoos with a choice of unique themes and hundreds of building components.

Join a connected community and share the world’s most creative habitats, scenery and even whole zoos on the Steam Workshop. See your own designs appear in zoos around the world, or discover fresh new content from the Planet Zoo community every day.

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Planet Zoo 2 - OUT NOW! 💚💚 Planet Zoo 2 | Feature Focus: Wildlife Reserves Planet Zoo 2 | Feature Focus: Zoo Creativity
System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • 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

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64bit
  • Processor: Intel i7-4770k / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (8GB)
  • Storage: 16 GB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
Frontier Developments
USK rating
6
Brazilian rating
12
Steam Germany rating
16
Achievements
38
Metacritic
81
Features
Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, HDR available, Family Sharing
Languages
English*, French*, German*, Spanish - Spain*, Japanese*, Korean*, Portuguese - Brazil*, Simplified Chinese*, Traditional Chinese, Italian*, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Russian*, Spanish - Latin America*, Swedish
*languages with full audio support
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

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Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

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Windows: unknown
macOS: unknown
Linux: unknown
Steam Deck
playable
Valve compatibility test
Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (18)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesYesYes
FrenchYesYesYes
GermanYesYesYes
Spanish - SpainYesYesYes
JapaneseYesYesYes
KoreanYesYesYes
Portuguese - BrazilYesYesYes
Simplified ChineseYesYesYes
Traditional ChineseYesNoYes
ItalianYesYesYes
CzechYesNoYes
DanishYesNoYes
DutchYesNoYes
NorwegianYesNoYes
PolishYesNoYes
RussianYesYesYes
Spanish - Latin AmericaYesYesYes
SwedishYesNoYes

Third-party requirements shown by Steam

Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Planet Zoo EULA
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Buy Verdict

Wait — $44.99.

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▬ ~13 days until next sale

Update Momentum

Infrequent Updates — 0 patches in last 30 days.

1 patches and 1 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.

▼ No recent patches

Value Score

Fair Value — 72th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 72th percentile. Priced as Premium at $44.99.

▬ Premium pricing tier

Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 68%
Growth Rate Top 67%
Value Ratio Top 28%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Planet Zoo worth buying right now?
Wait — $44.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
When does Planet Zoo go on sale?
Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
Is Planet Zoo still getting updates?
Infrequent Updates — 0 patches in last 30 days. 1 patches and 1 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.
Is Planet Zoo free to play?
Planet Zoo costs $44.99 on Steam.
What genre is Planet Zoo?
Planet Zoo is a Casual, Simulation, Strategy game.
Who developed Planet Zoo?
Planet Zoo was developed by Frontier Developments and published by Frontier Developments.
What platforms does Planet Zoo support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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