

You are in control of even the smallest details. The living world that you create will be responding to every decision that you make.Make sure that they are thriving in your environment for future generations.Create detailed habitats for them that mimic the environment of their natural homes.The animals in the game are authentic which means that they can think, feel, and explore the habitat that you create for them. There’s also a welcome offline mode with the full economy enabled, and a sandbox mode that gives you unlimited money, which is great if you want to terraform your perfect landscape as a starting point before opening a zoo there.Planet Zoo is the ultimate zoo simulation where you get to build habitats, manage your zoo and add animals. Franchise Mode is where I spent most of my time, in which you can build a multi-zoo franchise online and your Conservation Credits conveniently carry over from one to another and you can trade animals with other players.

Menagerie of ModesĪside from a story mode with charming voice acting that does a decent job of teaching you important mechanics little by little, Planet Zoo has all the modes I’d expect. There’s no way to acquire grants or anything for having a good conservation program, so investing entirely into these expensive animals will still mean you have to make cuts to staff and sell a bunch of hats like a ruthless capitalist or your important environmental work will get shut down. My only disappointment with this system is that Conservation Credits can’t keep the lights on.

Doing so can also earn you Conservation Credits, which are sometimes the only way to acquire particularly rare specimens. This score gives your zoo a bonus to popularity and guest happiness for housing and breeding endangered species, releasing good specimens back into the wild, and putting up informational displays and audio speakers to educate your guests. My favorite new feature is the Conservation Rating. On the economic side, Planet Zoo has a well-balanced set of income sources and expenses to consider.
