Stunning graphics and animal models
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Blown away already by the new features and just how absolutely gorgeous the game is.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Planet Zoo 2
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Mixed · 62%Mixed · 62%Frontier Developments2026Simulation · Strategy · Casual
$49.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, much-improved Planet Zoo sequel with aquariums, aviaries and easier building, but it launched buggy with crashes, broken franchise trading and a thin roster. Skip for now if you want stability.
Great for
Planet Zoo fans and builders eager for aquariums, aviaries and better pathing who can tolerate launch bugs
Main risk
Frequent crashes and game-breaking bugs, especially in franchise mode, can lose progress
Since the last analysis (Oct 14)
Notable change
- New complaintFranchise market and trading broken (#2)
- New complaintAnimals constantly boxed or escaping (#3)
- New complaintLost saves and progress (#6)
- New praiseDevs patching quickly (#6)
- Complaint goneCluttered UI and clunky building and keybinds
- Complaint goneFranchise servers and empty animal market
- Complaint goneSmall and repetitive maps
- Praise goneImproved career and progression
- Complaint movedAccreditation gating in franchise: #3 → #4
- Praise movedWildlife reserves and engaging career: #4 → #3
- Praise movedMuch better building and pathing: #3 → #4
- Steam ratingMostly Positive · 72% → Mixed · 62%
What players love
Aquariums and aviaries finally added
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The main selling point with this game is the newly inclusion of fully flying birds and aquariums.”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Wildlife reserves and engaging career
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Really enjoying the much more immersive career mode, and the wildlife reserves.”
Steam review · 17.1 h played ↗
Much better building and pathing
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The nature brush alone is a game‑changer. No more placing trees one by one”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗
Good performance on many setups
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“My laptop is 6 yrs old and it runs it smoothly on medium graphics, which still looks really good.”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Devs patching quickly
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“in 5 days they have released 2 updates fixing what they can”
Steam review · 16.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Frequent crashes and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“after the 10th crash in a single day, I just give up.”
Steam review · 23.3 h played ↗
Franchise market and trading broken
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Hardly playable as the trading marketplace will not load and the storage won't let you release/sell anything”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Animals constantly boxed or escaping
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The aquarium animals are constantly being boxed and yeeted across the map.”
Steam review · 24.6 h played ↗
Accreditation gating in franchise
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“you need to have multiple 5 star zoo's just to have an animal.”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗
Thin roster, missing continents
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“We have a grand total of 12 (counting preorder bonus) birds that can be used with this new aviary system”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
Lost saves and progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Hopped on the game today and all my save data is gone.”
Steam review · 21.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support40 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10, 11
ProcessorIntel i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A750 (8GB VRAM)
Storage40 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (8GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6700XT (12GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A770 (16GB VRAM)
Storage40 GB available space
OSWindows 10, 11
ProcessorIntel i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A750 (8GB VRAM)
Storage40 GB available space
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