Games like Planet Zoo
If you like Planet Zoo (management, building and animals), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Cities: Skylines
- In common: long sessions and building
When you want to build something big at a relaxed pace. Watching your city grow session after session keeps you hooked for weeks.
Two Point Hospital
- In common: management and building
- Difference: less creative
When you want to manage something without real stress and with a laugh: each hospital plays in comfortable sessions.
Game Dev Tycoon
- In common: management and progression
- Difference: less building
When you want a simple tycoon game for one or two afternoons, where every game you release is a small challenge.
Timberborn
- In common: building and long sessions
When you want to build calmly and watch your dams transform the landscape.
Against the Storm
- In common: building and management
- Difference: less creative
When you want to build and manage without committing to a weeks-long game: each settlement is one session.
shapez
- In common: building and long sessions
- Difference: more thinking
When you want to optimise without pressure: you can leave it and pick it up whenever you like without losing anything.
Stacklands
- In common: management and progression
- Difference: less creative
When you want a light strategy game where you keep discovering new combinations.
Oxygen Not Included
- In common: long sessions and building
- Difference: harder
When you have hours, a clear head and want to untangle complex systems.
House Flipper
- In common: creating and a relaxed pace
- Difference: less management
When you feel like making something with your hands without thinking too much: each job is completed in one session.
Graveyard Keeper
- In common: long sessions and management
- Difference: less creative
When you want to optimise tasks calmly and fancy a macabre touch.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Planet Zoo
You design and run zoos in enormous detail: each animal has its own needs, genetics and behaviour, and the building editor lets you create spectacular habitats piece by piece.
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