Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

Frontier Developments · 2018 · Simulation, Management, Animals, Multiplayer, Sandbox

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About Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

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Build and manage your dream zoo with nearly 200 stunning animals across expansive, detailed environments, then challenge yourself with 30 campaign scenarios and specialized challenges. Play solo or team up with up to four players to design every detail of your ideal zoo while navigating crises and collecting rare species.

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! Choose from almost 200 visually stunning animals and the largest, most detailed selection of environments ever, then build, manage, and maintain your dream zoo alone or with up to four players. This zoo simulation will charm animal lovers of all ages.

• Get up close and personal with nearly 200 visually stunning animals from around the globe
• Create the Zoo of your dreams with the biggest, most detailed environments ever utilizing intuitive yet powerful controls designed for Zoo Tycoon fans of all ages
• It’s your zoo – design and manage your ideal zoo from intuitive road construction to the ability to adjust the enclosures and decorate them. The choice is yours!
• Extended Campaign Mode lets you become the ultimate zoo tycoon by completing 30 exciting scenarios all around the world!
• Specialized Challenge Mode features 20 specialized zoos. Collect all the species and transfer animals from one of your zoos to another! But beware of the crises that can strike at any time!
• Build and share your Zoo with up to four people

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Jun 28, 2026
This is not Zoo Tycoon from my childhood. This is crap. Bring back the original.
39 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 28, 2026
The game gets too bogged down with boring stuff like washing elephants over and over. Too many varied controls. Disappointing.
6 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 11, 2026
Like many people picking this up, I grew up playing the original Zoo Tycoon games. If you're here hoping to relive that exact experience, it's important to know that this isn't quite that. It feels more like a modernized version with visuals closer to Zoo Tycoon 2, but it also simplifies many of the building mechanics. Compared to the original games, you're much more limited in how you design your zoo. You aren't building custom enclosure shapes or placing fencing however you like. Instead, you're placing pre-made exhibits, assigning animals, making sure they have what they need, and designating staff to care for them. It's a much more streamlined experience. That said, I actually think this makes it a great middle ground between the classic games and Planet Zoo. As much as I respect what Planet Zoo offers, I found it a little overwhelming. This game keeps the focus on enjoying the animals and growing your zoo without requiring you to learn an incredibly detailed building system. The animals themselves are adorable, and there are some really cute interactions that make spending time in your zoo enjoyable. My biggest criticism is that it never quite captured the same emotional at…
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Recommended Jul 10, 2026
Goated game on the xbox one. I can't say much about the gameplay because back then I was just a little kid playing in sandbox mode and all these years later the only difference is I'm just an adult playing in sandbox mode
Recommended Jun 29, 2026
as a giraffe i find this highly realistic but also offensive but thats what vodka is for right
Recommended Jun 26, 2026
this game is kinda fun i dont hate it but i really reccomend this to some other ppl cause mabye u or they will like it

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