Planet Zoo

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About the Game 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.

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Developer:
Frontier Developments
Release date:
05 November 2019
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Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (431)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (41845)

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About the Game

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.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
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*

Requirement 1:
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

User reviews

Aquijie
Recommended | 02 Jun 2026
37.8h played

i originally got this game by, not very legal methods.. i liked it so much i ended up buying it. Requires alot of time tho.. so yeah make sure u have no job and friends if u wanna get really into this game

Helpful: 1
Tele_Novella
Not recommended | 02 Jun 2026
334h played

I have had a good amount of time to form my opinion. I have zero faith in this company to make a functional game. The path system is insanely finicky, you could make an argument that it's actually broken. You are

Helpful: 4
StarsWrath
Not recommended | 02 Jun 2026
81.3h played

If the base price of a game is gonna be $45 USD, there should be free DLC's. Not almost $10 per DLC. Games OKAY but I don't think its worth all that money you spend. The Hunter Call Of The Wild is $20 AND has free

Helpful: 2
Kris
Recommended | 03 Jun 2026
82.6h played

Planet Zoo is a great zoo simulator. This game does have good graphics, building mechanics and a soundtrack. Weirdly enough, I think the challenge mode story is very engaging and tough. The online mode, "franchise

Helpful: 0
Néa
Not recommended | 01 Jun 2026
65.9h played

I would normally recommend it, however, it is currently in an unplayable state (if you have some of the DLC's, it seems?) For a minimum of 2 years now you can find threads and reports of people saying they can't open

Helpful: 1
ReddishZeus7415
Not recommended | 03 Jun 2026
283h played

This game was really fun while it was working. Now it crashes ALL THE TIME. During startup, during gameplay, ALL THE TIME! I've played for almost 300 hours and purchased all the the DLCs and now it won't run. I've tried

Helpful: 0