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Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection cover art

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

Frontier Developments · Xbox Game Studios · 2018-09-14

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Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 22, 2013 (Xbox 360), Sep 14, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 22, 2013 (Xbox One)

The wildly popular Zoo Tycoon series gets set to crank up the excitement, challenge, and fun of building the ultimate zoo. Let your imagination run wild with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection. Build, manage, and maintain your dream zoo alone or with up to four players.

4
playing now
64%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
26h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 22% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 51k–123k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,047 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.59-67%
Microsoft Store$6.59-67%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at WinGameStore (2024-05-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 67 of 101 observed days · $2.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

3642026-08-11 18:00 — 36 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 16 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 20 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 26 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 27 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 22 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 28 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 25 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 32 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 19 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992024-02-112026-08-292024-02-11 — best price $6.592024-03-22 — best price $19.992024-04-19 — best price $4.992024-05-10 — best price $8.002024-06-09 — best price $9.992024-07-05 — best price $4.992024-08-01 — best price $19.992024-09-09 — best price $19.992024-11-22 — best price $3.992024-12-07 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-14 — best price $8.002025-03-06 — best price $8.002025-03-31 — best price $8.002025-04-18 — best price $3.992025-05-12 — best price $7.992025-06-10 — best price $6.002025-07-18 — best price $16.572025-09-01 — best price $8.002025-10-07 — best price $16.572025-11-19 — best price $6.592025-12-03 — best price $16.992025-12-19 — best price $8.002026-01-21 — best price $5.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $19.992026-05-04 — best price $8.002026-06-01 — best price $8.002026-06-25 — best price $6.552026-07-16 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $7.992026-08-29 — best price $6.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
80%
earned "Everyone's got to Start Somewhere"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese - Portugal

Player tags

SandboxBuildingManagementSimulationMultiplayerCity BuilderSingleplayerFamily Friendly

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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