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World of Zoo cover art

World of Zoo

Blue Fang · THQ Nordic Mobile · 2009-10-30

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Split screen

Releases: Oct 26, 2009 (Wii), Oct 26, 2009 (Nintendo DS), Oct 26, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

What would you do if you had the keys to the zoo? World of Zoo is the only life sim game that pushes you past the fences and into a world of your own zoo. Create and customize your zoo experience and develop hands on relationships to earn the trust and love of your animals.

World of Zoo is a Simulation game released in 2009, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 256 reviews).

2
playing now
79%
positive of 256 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

World of Zoo is a life simulation video game, published by THQ and developed by Blue Fang Games, who also developed the similar Zoo Tycoon series. World of Zoo was released for Microsoft Windows, Wii and Nintendo DS on October 26, 2009. The game was showcased in the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009 on June 1, 2009, held in the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 55% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 256 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.55 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-04-29) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 99 of 102 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.552015-01-012026-08-142015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-07-10 — best price $14.992016-03-05 — best price $7.492016-11-15 — best price $3.742017-06-22 — best price $3.742017-12-29 — best price $19.992018-09-06 — best price $3.752019-01-18 — best price $3.752019-06-24 — best price $2.992019-12-01 — best price $3.002020-02-20 — best price $2.992020-06-06 — best price $14.992020-08-25 — best price $14.992020-10-22 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-03-07 — best price $14.992021-04-29 — best price $12.382021-06-25 — best price $3.002021-09-17 — best price $11.012021-12-16 — best price $3.002022-03-02 — best price $10.002022-06-27 — best price $2.542022-10-15 — best price $14.992023-01-13 — best price $12.262023-06-21 — best price $2.912023-11-21 — best price $1.492024-04-22 — best price $14.992024-08-20 — best price $1.892024-11-26 — best price $1.082025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-08-04 — best price $8.092025-11-19 — best price $7.932026-04-20 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $9.992026-08-14 — best price $8.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3052026-05-14 — 9 pageviews2026-05-17 — 9 pageviews2026-05-20 — 13 pageviews2026-05-23 — 23 pageviews2026-05-26 — 19 pageviews2026-05-29 — 19 pageviews2026-06-01 — 12 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-07 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 22 pageviews2026-06-19 — 11 pageviews2026-06-22 — 30 pageviews2026-06-25 — 13 pageviews2026-06-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-01 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 27 pageviews2026-07-07 — 10 pageviews2026-07-10 — 22 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 20 pageviews2026-07-19 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 20 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 19 pageviews2026-08-12 — 10 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 19 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CuteSimulationSingleplayerFamily Friendly

Census log

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

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