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.
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Most players never reach the end. On a 34.8-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
This could have been a good game, but the controls are diabolical. I didn't even manage to get to the Putting Animals In Habitats part. Here's what happened in my playthrough, such as it was: I watched an amazing YouTube tutorial, and then spent 45 minutes fighting "How To Create Staff Paths That Actually Connect All Your Staff Buildings" before I gave up. I had all my staff buildings placed in a small area, and I...
Just got the game on sale. The controls so far are a bit frustrating and difficult, I still don't know how to tilt the camera or rotate it, only how to pan. I'm on the tutorial level though and immediately after buying two bengal tigers, they climbed on the roof of their shelter and launched themselves out of the enclosure. An alarm was going off for a moment for the first one before I managed to watch in horror as...
The controls to build on this game are unbearable, building paths even in the tutorials destroys the terrain. I want to like this game but the core mechanics are too infuriating to deal with
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Worth it · Strategy · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes, worth it at $44.99.
about 34.8h$44.99 (~)
Better value than 97% of Strategy games
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Planet Zoo scores 72/100 on the BANG Score (worth it). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/703080/planet-zoo<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/703080/planet-zoo"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/703080" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/703080/planet-zoo)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 2h ago.
Low $2.24High $44.99Now $44.99
Price line + bands by tier:Worth itPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
Peak 2,497Low 2,497Latest 2,497
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
The lowest price on record is $2.24, set in June 2026. It has been discounted 72 times in the 7 years tracked here, typically at 70 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 6 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 5 weeks.
On value it sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Jurassic World Evolution ($8.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Jurassic World Evolution 2 ($59.99, scores 67).
Steam's global achievement data says about under 1 percent of players ever finish it. On a 34.8-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.