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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.

Developer
Frontier Developments
Publisher
Frontier Developments
Franchise
FrontierDev
Release date
Nov 5, 2019
Store page updated
Dec 16, 2025
Price
$44.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

76.5/ 100

Based on 443 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 87% of 447
All time 😄 Very Positive 91% of 97,753
“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
+0.79
Freedom +3.15
“complete creative freedom, no limits on customization, build anything” (57)

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Story & World
+2.19
World +3.39
“game teaches animal welfare and conservation education meaningfully” (16)
因为喜欢各种动物，喜欢参观动物园，也喜欢模拟经营游戏，所以开始玩这款游戏。玩之前以为动物园只是给游客们提供一个参观全球各地物种的机会，没有什么动物保护的意识，所以接触到这款游戏中的动物福利、科普教育之类的要素觉得挺新奇，原来动物园还有这么多讲究。最近读了《红山动物园是我家》，里面有几段话，给了我很深的启发： “现代动物园的职能不再是简单地满足游客的观赏需求，更像是保存野生动物基因的诺亚方舟，通过不断提高动物的福利、激发野性，从而实现物种的延续。动物园也不单单起到科普教育的作用，而是要做到更深层次的保护教育，不仅让人们认识到动物的生物学特征，还会让人们意识到在人、动物、自然三者关系中，不同的人分别可以做些什么，将人们保护野生动物的认知转化为实际行动。” “动物是人类的朋友，它们代表野外的同伴来到城市，为人们带来欢乐、知识以及感悟。如果没有在动物园生活的它们，人们若想亲眼看到这些多姿多彩的生命要远行万里，这些 “大使” 的存在可以让人们用 1 天的时间进行一次环球旅行。它们以及它们的祖辈在来到动物园之后就很难再回到野外，我们要感谢这些生命，要努力让它们在动物园这个家中能有更多自然行为的表达，要让它们更快乐从容、更有自信、更有尊严地生活。” “饲养员的工作不仅是人们口中 “给动物喂食” 那么简单，还有许多不为人知的艰辛 —— 他们需要花费许多的时间和精力去更好地照顾动物。这意味着他们在工

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Content Volume
+2.89
Volume +3.72

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Visuals & Sound
+3.37
Visuals +3.80
“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
+1.85

Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.

Community +3.20

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Fairness
-2.01
Monetization -1.27
“animal expansions at ridiculous prices, paywall frustration” (31)

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Tech & Ops
-1.89
Performance -1.41
“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
80%85%90%95%100%
Nov 2019Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 441 reviews, peak 27/day
02550
Aug 19Sep 16

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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