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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's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 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 28% of 16,672 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 85 of 88 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

302026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
61Jul 2012Dec 2025Jul 2012 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2012 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2013 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2013 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2013 — avg 6 · peak 34Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2014 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2014 — avg 3 · peak 15Mar 2015 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2015 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2015 — avg 6 · peak 30Mar 2016 — avg 4 · peak 16Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2016 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2017 — avg 4 · peak 17Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2018 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 4 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 4Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2025 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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 pageviews2026-05-18 — 8 pageviews2026-05-22 — 11 pageviews2026-05-26 — 19 pageviews2026-05-30 — 12 pageviews2026-06-03 — 11 pageviews2026-06-07 — 12 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 15 pageviews2026-06-19 — 11 pageviews2026-06-23 — 19 pageviews2026-06-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-01 — 14 pageviews2026-07-05 — 17 pageviews2026-07-09 — 25 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 12 pageviews2026-07-21 — 25 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-29 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-06 — 13 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 12 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-30 — 18 pageviews2026-09-03 — 19 pageviews2026-09-07 — 15 pageviews2026-09-11 — 10 pageviews2026-09-15 — 11 pageviews2026-09-19 — 11 pageviews2026-09-23 — 8 pageviews2026-09-27 — 22 pageviews2026-10-01 — 15 pageviews2026-10-05 — 8 pageviews2026-10-09 — 13 pageviews2026-10-13 — 21 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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