Planet Zoo
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (47%); after 20h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 98% 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 98,660 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 38.2h for positive, 4.4h 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 (98.3% 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 (38)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome to Planet Zoo Create your avatar and place them on the globe 100%
- Welcome to the Family Adopt your first animal 84%
- Trainer Fully train a member of staff 82%
- A superstar comes along Have an animal reach a 5 star Animal Rating 67%
- Bronze Award Gain a bronze award in career mode 64%
- Oh My! Have a Lion, a Tiger and a Bear in your Zoo at any one time 56%
- Silver Award Gain a silver award in career mode 54%
- Say Goodbye Release your first animal 46%
- Gold Award Gain a gold award in career mode 46%
- Life finds a way Have your first baby animal born in your zoo 44%
- Enriched Place 25 different Enrichment Items 36%
- Franchise Zoo Open your first Franchise zoo 34%
- Baby Boom Have 73 baby animals born 27%
- Animal Research Complete the research on one animal in Franchise mode 21%
- Redecorating Enable all enrichment items in an exhibit 20%
- This one’s a Keeper Have at least 3 Keepers, each with a different work zone, in a Sandbox, Franchise or Challenge zoo 18%
- Wow, that's a lot! Build a habitat with 30 animals in it that all have welfare over 75% 18%
- Ghost Have an albino breed 17%
- Zoologist Complete the Zoopedia 16%
- Loaner Repay $50,000 in loans 16%
- Tour Guide Build 1km of a tracked ride 15%
- Barrier Builder Build 10km of barrier 12%
- Nerd Achieve an Education Rating of 5 Stars in a Franchise zoo 10%
- Circle of Life Have a Juvenile Lion be born in a Zoo containing at least 10 species 10%
- Rebuilding Release 20 critically endangered animals to the wild 7.9%
- Community Take part in a community challenge 5.4%
- Natural Selection Have an animal in your zoo with a genetic makeup of over 90% in all categories 5.3%
- An Elephant Never Forgets Adopt the retiring Indian Elephants in Scenario 7 5.2%
- Career Complete Complete all career levels to a bronze standard 2.3%
- The Elephant in the Room Have two different breeds of Elephant born in your Zoo 2.0%
- Silver Career Complete all career levels to a silver standard 1.6%
- Gold Career Complete all career levels to a gold standard 1.4%
- Diversity Open a zoo in every biome 1.1%
- Global Zoo Open 25 Franchise zoos 1.0%
- Planet Zoo Open a zoo on every continent 0.8%
- Hard - Career Complete Complete all career levels to a bronze standard on hard difficulty 0.4%
- Hard - Gold Career Complete all career levels to a gold standard on hard difficulty 0.4%
- Hard - Silver Career Complete all career levels to a silver standard on hard difficulty 0.4%