Planet Zoo 2
Building a zoo in Planet Zoo 2 now goes underwater and under netting. For the first time in the series there are animals that only swim or fly. Fish, reef sharks and sea turtles get freshwater and saltwater aquariums, while toucans and secretary birds get aviaries.
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The second addition lies beyond the fence. Complete conservation projects and you can release animals into wildlife reserves, which you also shape your own way. One reviewer remembered an elephant calf that got startled by their cart and ran back to its parents.
The sequel was announced on the original's sixth anniversary, in November 2025. On launch day, 13 October 2026, it broke the first game's record for concurrent players on Steam.
Critics mostly liked it, and two reviews praised the animals and the building tools. Players at launch were harsher. A week after release they were complaining about bugs such as animals teleporting around the map, fish ending up in crates for no clear reason, visitors protesting at empty enclosures. Critics give it 84 on Metacritic; players leave 63% positive out of 6,038 reviews. By our Recommended Score it is #3,011 of 4,736 games.
Liked it? Try Planet Zoo, the first game, praised for its building tools and criticized for its complex management, and Jurassic World Evolution 3, where dinosaurs breed and their young inherit traits from their parents.
System requirements
Minimum RTX 2060 6 GB · 16 GB RAM · 40 GB✓Steam Deck VerifiedMin & recommended
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10, 11 | Windows 11 |
| Processor | Intel i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
| Memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A750 (8GB VRAM) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (8GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6700XT (12GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A770 (16GB VRAM) |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Storage | 40 GB | 40 GB |
From the game’s Steam store page.
