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Let's Build a Zoo cover art

Let's Build a Zoo

Springloaded · No More Robots · 2021-11-05

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 29, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Sep 29, 2022 (Xbox One), Sep 29, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 29, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Nov 05, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...

50
playing now
89%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

50 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 50 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 160 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (943 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 82k–185k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,102 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2025-10-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 20 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
85785720212026Week of 2021-11-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

67262026-08-07 00:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 58 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 45 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 52 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 53 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 38 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 67 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 57 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 65 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 57 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 57 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 45 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 67 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 53 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 32 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 45 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 38 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 63 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 57 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 40 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 39 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 53 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 50 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002021-11-052026-08-282021-11-05 — best price $17.992021-12-22 — best price $15.992022-02-17 — best price $19.992022-04-26 — best price $19.992022-05-26 — best price $13.992022-07-28 — best price $13.992022-09-10 — best price $19.992022-10-13 — best price $19.992022-12-18 — best price $19.992023-01-23 — best price $12.992023-04-10 — best price $10.992023-05-29 — best price $19.992023-08-15 — best price $9.992023-08-24 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $10.992024-01-15 — best price $19.992024-02-26 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-29 — best price $19.992024-06-06 — best price $19.992024-09-05 — best price $7.992024-10-05 — best price $19.992024-11-05 — best price $7.992024-11-21 — best price $19.992024-12-20 — best price $6.992025-02-08 — best price $19.992025-03-12 — best price $7.992025-03-27 — best price $19.992025-05-29 — best price $6.992025-06-28 — best price $7.992025-07-21 — best price $19.992025-09-23 — best price $19.992025-10-10 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $6.992026-03-02 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-06-07 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
83.8%
earned "Have a baby!"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Thai, Spanish - Spain, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)5,9571%45
Steam (Steam)4,2621%45
PS5 (PlayStation)3916%46
Switch (Nintendo)2130%0
PS4 (PlayStation)11910%46

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteEconomySandboxBuildingColorfulRelaxingStrategyManagementOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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