SimulationStrategy
Planet Zoo 2
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 88% of owners
Steam reviews 65% positive of 3,709
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 5h it's 1 in 3 (34%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 88% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 3,715 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 13h for positive, 9.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (88.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- Let's Get Started Adopt your first animal 100%
- The Future is Bright Have your first baby animal born in your zoo 89%
- Earth, Wind and Water Adopt an Aquatic, Avian and Terrestrial animal 74%
- Student Fully research a species 40%
- Worth Its Weight in Gold Release an animal with Gold Genetics 28%
- A Few More Hoses Build an Aquarium habitat with a volume of 25 million litres 23%
- Green Thumb Plant 1000 trees in Wildlife Reserves 23%
- Full Tank Have 5 different species in a single Aquarium 16%
- Budding Conservationist Complete a Conservation Project 12%
- Unbothered. Focused. Thriving. Have 3 animal species Thriving at the same time in a zoo 7.6%
- Follow Me! Set up an Educational Tour 4.0%
- Job Well Done Release 20 Release Groups 4.0%
- Shared Accommodation Place 5 different species in a single Terrestrial Habitat that all share a Thriving relationship 3.6%
- Naturalist Establish 10 Ecosystems 3.5%
- Just In Case Build an Aviary roof on a Habitat with a Penguin (Spheniscidae) or Pig (Suidae) 3.2%
- Lessons Learned Achieve an Education Rating of 5 Stars on a non-Sandbox zoo 3.1%
- Conservation-aire Earn 10,000 CC 2.6%
- Metamorphose Have a Walkthrough Exhibit with at least 3 different Butterfly (Lepidoptera) species 2.4%
- Birds of a Feather Have 5 different Avian species in a zoo 2.3%
- They Grow Up So Fast Have an animal born in your zoo reach 15 years of age 2.2%
- They Do Move In Herds Release a Release Group with more than 10 animals 2.0%
- Mola Mola Likes You Achieve 100% welfare with an Ocean Sunfish 1.9%
- Sieve The Day Reach a Filtration Rate of at least 5,000 in one filtration network 1.9%
- Ultimate Conservationist Complete one Conservation Project of every type 1.4%
- Paradise Gain a 5-Star rating in a Wildlife Reserve 1.2%
- Snap! Take a Photo with a score of 10,000 in any Wildlife Reserve 0.9%
- First Steps Have 10 critically endangered Terrestrial or Aquatic animals born in a single zoo 0.8%
- Jungle Beat Have 3 different Primate species in a zoo 0.8%
- Bear-Able Have 3 different Bear (Ursidae) species in the same zoo 0.3%
- Cats and Dogs Have 2 different Canine (Canidae) and 2 different Feline (Felidae) species in a zoo 0.3%
- Goodwin Park Gain a 5-Star reputation in a zoo 0.3%
- Where Am I? Drive 10km in the Research Vehicle 0.2%
- Credit Where It's Due Receive the highest level Accreditation in any non-Sandbox hub 0.1%
- Good Start… Achieve Bronze in all Career Scenarios 0.1%
- Show-Pony Start a Gold Tier (Level 3) Marketing for an animal 0.1%
- Excellent Finish Achieve Gold in all Career Scenarios 0.0%
- Long Distance Builder Build 25km of barrier 0.0%
- Professor Fully research 80 different species 0.0%
- Did You Know? Make every Education Topic for a species available in a zoo 0.0%
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