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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.

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection is a Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment (64% of 2,051 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-03

22
playing now
64%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 79 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 51k–123k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,051 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 60 of 96 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
565620182026Week of 2018-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4552026-09-15 00:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 45 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 17 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 35 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 43 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 26 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 27 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12416Sep 2018Aug 2026Sep 2018 — avg 94 · peak 256Dec 2018 — avg 58 · peak 202Mar 2019 — avg 52 · peak 139Jun 2019 — avg 52 · peak 128Sep 2019 — avg 54 · peak 135Dec 2019 — avg 49 · peak 129Mar 2020 — avg 71 · peak 234Jun 2020 — avg 57 · peak 166Sep 2020 — avg 39 · peak 86Dec 2020 — avg 52 · peak 158Mar 2021 — avg 37 · peak 102Jun 2021 — avg 28 · peak 72Sep 2021 — avg 31 · peak 70Dec 2021 — avg 33 · peak 111Mar 2022 — avg 26 · peak 65Jun 2022 — avg 27 · peak 74Sep 2022 — avg 29 · peak 79Dec 2022 — avg 27 · peak 87Mar 2023 — avg 28 · peak 90Jun 2023 — avg 25 · peak 60Sep 2023 — avg 19 · peak 54Dec 2023 — avg 20 · peak 56Mar 2024 — avg 23 · peak 62Jun 2024 — avg 21 · peak 49Sep 2024 — avg 21 · peak 78Dec 2024 — avg 24 · peak 77Mar 2025 — avg 19 · peak 60Jun 2025 — avg 22 · peak 61Sep 2025 — avg 16 · peak 40Dec 2025 — avg 23 · peak 79Mar 2026 — avg 19 · peak 55Jun 2026 — avg 24 · peak 56Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 45
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.992024-02-112026-10-102024-02-11 — 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 $7.992026-09-26 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — 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

Where its players are

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

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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