Casual · November 5, 2019

Planet Zoo (2019)

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Ultimate Edition Digital Deluxe Edition Planet Zoo Deluxe Edition includes the Planet Zoo game plus the following bonus digital content: Three unique animals: Pygmy Hippopotamus, Thomson’s Gazelle and Komodo Dragon Set of Wallpapers Original Soundtrack by JJ Ipsen With the Planet Zoo Deluxe Edition, you’ll get access to three exclusive animals: the Pygmy Hippopotamus, Thomson’s Gazelle, and the Komodo Dragon! These three animals all come with their own set of habitat and enrichment needs you’ll need to fulfil! 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.

Casual releases from 2019

30 Casual titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
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  • German volume_up
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up
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  • Korean volume_up
  • Portuguese - Brazil volume_up
  • Simplified Chinese volume_up
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Italian volume_up
  • Czech
  • Danish

Full audio (12)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Italian
  • Russian
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Swedish

Position in Casual

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume87.8k Steam reviewsTop 2% in Casual
Positive rating91% positiveGenre average: 88% — this title sits in top 54%
Metacritic81/100Genre average 76 — top 30% of Casual titles
Concurrent peak2.5k playersTop 5% in Casual by live player count
Engagement hours35 h averageTop 15% for session depth among Casual

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Management · 994
  • Simulation · 951
  • Building · 818
  • Sandbox · 733
  • Nature · 708
  • City Builder · 623
  • Economy · 571
  • Realistic · 542
  • Singleplayer · 532
  • Family Friendly · 493
  • Cute · 480
  • Resource Management · 463
  • Strategy · 441
  • Great Soundtrack · 425
  • Multiplayer · 367

Reception Metrics

Steam community

91%Very Positive · 87.8k reviews

79.9k positive · 7.9k negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.9/10

Curator recommendations

76.2k

Peak concurrent players

2.5k

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Press Quotes

“The best zoo simulation so far” Gamestar “An exciting canvas for your creativity” PCGamesN “This is one of gaming’s great sandboxes” Kotaku

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

35h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

7h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

38

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • HDR available
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateNov 5, 2019
DeveloperFrontier Developments
Base price$4.49 -90%
DLC / Add-ons22 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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