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Let's Build a Zoo

Springloaded · No More Robots · 2021-11-05

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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...

Let's Build a Zoo is a $19.99 Simulation and Strategy game released in 2021, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 4,106 reviews).

34
playing now
89%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (874 downloads)
4.11★
PlayStation Store rating (160 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 34 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 6% of 16,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 82k–185k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,106 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 7 of 21 observed days (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

108182026-09-15 14:00 — 37 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 31 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 23 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 38 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 51 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 29 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 26 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 61 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 81 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 77 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 72 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 66 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 85 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 81 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 48 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 68 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 74 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 48 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 64 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 62 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 35 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
54345Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 543 · peak 1,619Jan 2022 — avg 191 · peak 474Mar 2022 — avg 66 · peak 119May 2022 — avg 186 · peak 1,029Jul 2022 — avg 116 · peak 231Sep 2022 — avg 68 · peak 155Nov 2022 — avg 65 · peak 150Jan 2023 — avg 87 · peak 160Mar 2023 — avg 54 · peak 112May 2023 — avg 109 · peak 273Jul 2023 — avg 102 · peak 196Sep 2023 — avg 121 · peak 268Nov 2023 — avg 72 · peak 145Jan 2024 — avg 115 · peak 273Mar 2024 — avg 94 · peak 177May 2024 — avg 73 · peak 212Jul 2024 — avg 135 · peak 292Sep 2024 — avg 190 · peak 409Nov 2024 — avg 127 · peak 289Jan 2025 — avg 92 · peak 217Mar 2025 — avg 104 · peak 239May 2025 — avg 61 · peak 155Jul 2025 — avg 97 · peak 172Sep 2025 — avg 93 · peak 212Nov 2025 — avg 145 · peak 421Jan 2026 — avg 72 · peak 167Mar 2026 — avg 72 · peak 133May 2026 — avg 45 · peak 113Jul 2026 — avg 56 · peak 135Aug 2026 — avg 45 · peak 79
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002021-11-052026-10-092021-11-05 — 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 $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — 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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-11-06, latest 2023-08-17 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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