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.
“alternating between stressful and relaxing games shows deep engagement”
> Apanho de um boss em Darksouls > Saio do jogo e vou jogar Planet Zoo para “desestressar“ > Passo 2 horas montando um habitat > Animal fica insatisfeito com o habitat > Animal foge > Zoológico vira uma bagunça > Saio do jogo e vou jogar Darksouls para desestressar
How it holds up
−50+5
Gameplay
+0.69
Freedom+3.15· Room to explore, build, and play your own way
“complete creative freedom, no limits on customization, build anything” (57)
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Story & World
+3.21
World+3.39· Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
“game teaches animal welfare and conservation education meaningfully” (16)
Volume+3.72· How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
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Visuals & Sound
+3.66
Visuals+3.80· Graphics, art style, and animation
“excellent game with great animal modeling” (73)
非常不错的游戏，要是可以联机几个朋友一起建动物园就好了
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Multiplayer
+2.19
Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.
Community+3.20· Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
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Pricing & Fairness
-1.27
Pricing-1.27· Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
“animal expansions at ridiculous prices, paywall frustration” (31)
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Tech & Support
-1.65
Performance-1.41· Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
“large zoos get laggy fast” (18)
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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.
Steam review activity
% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update DLC
Nov 2019Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 432 reviews, peak 27/day
Aug 20Sep 18
per month · 2,652 reviews, peak 1,481/month
Jun 2026Aug 2026
per month · 3,978 reviews, peak 1,481/month
Mar 2026Aug 2026
per month · 7,671 reviews, peak 1,481/month
Sep 2025Aug 2026
Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.
Review languages
Languages of the 443 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.
English41%
Chinese13%
German7%
Spanish7%
Portuguese7%
French6%
Other19%
🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.
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