Planet Zoo

***Planet Zoo*** is a zoo business simulation game developed and published by British game developer Frontier Developments. It is the second game in the company's *Planet* series of business simulation games after 2016's *Planet Coaster*. Announced in April of 2019, the game was released on November 5.

## Official Pre-Release Information

Build a world for wildlife in *Planet Zoo*. From the developers of *Planet Coaster* and *Zoo Tycoon* comes to 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.

### Simulation Runs Wild

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.

### Meaningful Management

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.

### Limitless Creativity

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.

### Share and Inspire

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.

## Base Game Features

Scenery Themes:

* African Theme
* Classic Theme
* East Asian Theme
* Indian Theme
* New World Theme
* Planet Zoo Theme

Animals: The animals in Planet Zoo fall into two distinct categories: Habitat Animals and Exhibit Animals. Habitat Animals are species that are larger and have all of the features for animals in the game. Examples include the Reticulated Giraffe, Fossa, Moose, and Siberian Tiger. Exhibit Animals are species that are contained within a small box, and don't have all of the features of animals include in the game. Examples include Green Iguana, Egyptian Fruit Bat, Goliath Birdeater, and Red Eyed Tree Frog. Initially, Frontier stated that 50 animals would be included in the base game. In reality, there were 73 animals when the game first shipped on November 5, 2019. As of January 2024, there are 180 unique species in the game.

Scenarios:

* Stately Home Schooling
* The Ape-renticeship
* Bear Essentials
* Eye of the Taiga
* Go to Crater Lengths
* Squeezing the Margins
* Power Struggle
* Steeped in Pollution
* Hiring Freeze
* Greener Pastures
* Bailing Out
* The Last Leg

Timed Scenarios:

* Bogged Down
* Terrace Time
* Before the Bern
* Animalis Liberandum

Buildings:

* Guest Facilities
* Staff Facilities

## Gallery

### Video Gallery

Planet Zoo Announcement TrailerPlanet Zoo E3 In-Game TrailerPlanet Zoo Gamescom Pre-Order TrailerPlanet Zoo Beta Gameplay TrailerPlanet Zoo Launch Trailer
### Image Gallery

A lion and lioness hiding from the hot sun in a shelterA trio of African elephantsAn aerial shot of an African elephant enclosureA timber wolf lying in the snowTwo grizzly bears walking through their rainy forest enclosureA group of guests walking past a grizzly bear enclosureTwo plains zebrasA hippopotamus enjoys a napA keeper goes about his work
## Off-Wiki Material

### Social Media

* Facebook
* Twitter
* YouTube
* Instagram

### Sources

* Official Web Site
* Planet Zoo on Steam