Zoo Park Reviews
Care for over 40 different animals from all four corners of the Earth whilst running a professional programme of rescue, rehabilitation, research and conservation.
App ID | 307760 |
App Type | GAME |
Developers | Excalibur |
Publishers | Excalibur Publishing |
Categories | Single-player |
Genres | Strategy, Simulation |
Release Date | 13 Jun, 2014 |
Platforms | Windows |
Supported Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian |

95 Total Reviews
53 Positive Reviews
42 Negative Reviews
Mixed Score
Zoo Park has garnered a total of 95 reviews, with 53 positive reviews and 42 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘Mixed’ overall score.
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Recent Steam Reviews
This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback
Playtime:
293 minutes
Not a bad game at all, especally for the price. Only minor annoyance is animals get sick without warnning half the time as you fast forward. And then finding all the animals and trying to click on them is difficult with all the plants they require to have. Add an option to hide the plants and notifiy every time one gets sick and it's a good game to pass the time.
👍 : 5 |
😃 : 2
Positive
Playtime:
19 minutes
I though it just like Zoo Tycoon, atleast the first one, but no. It have limited gameplay and limited animel. If you want unlock animals, you have to wait like 10 minutes each. There are no money in this game, but instead a currency called reputation which have few or none of management value.
> If you like a simple animal park management that only focus on animal building this is for you. This game felt just like playing an old Facebook zoo games. Yeah you know which one..
> But If you like me, who want to play advanced zoo that have 'this' feel that you're actually run your own zoo while edutace yourself about animals, then buy another game like Wildlife Park or better yet, the good ol' Zoo Tycoon.
Get my self a refund luckily. I think I might prefer Widlife Park but its too pricey.
👍 : 6 |
😃 : 1
Negative
Playtime:
32 minutes
Hello to all zoo tycoon fans, this game may look like a good knockoff brand but it is not!
we all loved the core game-play of zoo tycoon at first glance this does too but this game ruins all of the old mechanics of the original zoo tycoon.
the controls are horrible, the logos and quick menu is bad, building exhibits is the worst! you don't even place fences it just auto pops up! (per square click and drag)
the game-play is terrible with no real differences on what ever you do! nothing matters. the crowds and people have the worst AI ever they are so stupid, crowd and guest items are bad.
take it from a long time zoo tycoon fan DO NOT BUY THIS, even when on sale. 1/10
👍 : 4 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
234 minutes
I don't know what all the negativity is about, this game as a lot of fun. Although it can be a bit confusing and the whole curing animals thing did take me a while but when a had it all figured out it was a lot of fun. I have been looking for a managment game for a while now and this has filled the whole. Some critism when a reasearching/developing new thing for my animals it gets a bit cluttered and i cant really see around my reasearch area but apart from that a really fun game.
👍 : 9 |
😃 : 1
Positive
Playtime:
1088 minutes
A good game for relaxing casual play. It is a little dated feeling and isn't the best thing ever but for me I think the feel of it being an older Windows XP era game is a positive thing. I like it and enjoy it.
👍 : 3 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
444 minutes
Enjoyable game...HOWEVER
Miss this genre but was dissapointed when I got to day 15-20 (couldnt get past 20 from all the bugs). At day 15, program began to crash every once in a while. Soon after, it crashed after only a few actions. No longer playable. Would have still recommended if it was cheaper but with all the bugs its still disappointing for the price tag. hopefully will be fixed
In addition, no option to reduce resources once your park gets really large. I have about 160 animals and 500 visitors and it takes way too long to get through one day at the "faster speeds" (which end up being slower because of all the lag
EDIT:
Decided to recommend this game for the lack of good 2D simulators out there. Really if you want to play past a certain size you are going to have to save after every major action. Luckily, the game loads extremely quickly so its not a big deal. Recommended for casual play.
👍 : 13 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
866 minutes
I got this gamea few months ago, and although i have not spent that long on it, i felt i should write a review to try and counteract all the negative reviews this game has gotten.
The first thing i want to say is no, this is NOT zoo tycoon. if its a zoo tycoon type game you are looking for, go buy and/or play zoo tycoon. This game is more an animal sancturay game than a zoo game. This means that you have to work harder to get to a good point in the game. not all the animals are available from the start, many you have to research. if you want to breed them faster, you have to research that, along with improved health, and if you wish to rehabilitate animals, and release them to the wild, you can again do this faster via research.
There are not as many animal as in zoo tycoon, but there are still enough to keep you happy, and your sanctuary full. The exhibits you make for the animals are simpler than in zoo tycoon, which may make this game more youngster friendly, in that you simply choose the habitiat, how big you want the exhibit, and then place some trees, all of which are listed under the same habitats as the animals they are designed for. for example, if you want a lion, place an african exhibit, the some african trees. job done! you can also place pools of water and rocks for animals which require them.
It is much easier on this game to earn 'money' to buy new items, or spend on new animals or research, again making it a bit more friendly for younger players.
there are some cons, in that alot of the animals do not live long enough to breed unless you have fully researched their faster breeding to 3 stars, so when they die you will have to pay out to replace them, but with the ease of money making in this game its not a huge problem.
At the price its currently at, £4, i would highly recommend this game, its a fun, animal themed passtime, that is well worth the money!
I hope i have conviced at least one person to try this game, overlooking all the 'this is not zoo tycoon' reviews.
👍 : 11 |
😃 : 1
Positive
Playtime:
15 minutes
1: If you want to play it like you're supposed to play it. It can be fun and worth it.
2: But if you are like me, Who desperatly want to block the exit and let the animals loose upon the visitors.. Thats something you can't do.
7/10 on point 1
0/10 on point 2
👍 : 14 |
😃 : 20
Positive
Playtime:
35 minutes
I bought it thinking is was a graphically simple Wildlife Park/Zoo Tycoon etc
Its much simpler, it plays more like a Facebook game.
If you're a fan of simple, casual sim games, then grab it.
If you want something more, something vaguely challenging, leave it alone
👍 : 16 |
😃 : 1
Negative
Playtime:
189 minutes
It is an unique way to play a zoo tycoon like game but isn't for everyone. Instead of money, you earn popularity points to spend on upgrading the park. All of the animals besides the beginning one must be earned through research. Barebones, it is a zoo park--no multiple scenarios and limited amount of challenges to achieve.
If you are looking for wonderful graphics, look else where. But it does have its own bit of charm, if you ignore the slightly annoying two-thirds angle. It feels more like it was designed to be a mobile game that was changed half-way through the production process.
The big problems I have with it is my animals get sick soo easily, even if their habitats are clean. And the breeding program is annoying at best, with the first animals you buy will most likely never actually have any children before they become too old to do so.
It has enough interest to keep me going for awhile, creating multiple parks. And for its price, it works. However, it wouldn't have been worth it if it was more expensive.
👍 : 68 |
😃 : 1
Positive