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Create and manage your ultimate wildlife sanctuary, blending fun with strategic planning

Create and manage your ultimate wildlife sanctuary, blending fun with strategic planning

Vote: (638 votes)

Program license: Trial version

Developer: Microsoft

Works under: Windows

Vote:

Program license

(638 votes)

Trial version

Developer

Microsoft

Works under:

Windows

Pros

  • Variety of animals and amenities for the zoo
  • Details are suited for the entire family
  • Uses your imagination

Cons

  • Significant amount of time needed
  • Boring waiting for money to build to buy more items

Create and manage your own zoo with animals that are extinct.

Zoo Tycoon is a game where you get to decide which animals are in your exhibits, which restaurants and gift shops are in your zoo, and how your zoo appeals to guests. You begin the game with an open expanse of land. Use the tools to create the terrain that you want the zoo to have before building exhibits. The exhibits that you have in the zoo should be carefully planned out before adding other details. Each exhibit will need to be maintained and created with the proper terrain and other features before any animals are put inside. Hire staff who will care for the animals as well as people who will clean up the zoo and fix anything that is broken.

After the exhibits are created and the animals are put in them, such as dinosaurs or a wooly mammoth or two, you can begin designing the rest of the park. You can change the admission price of the park at any time to make more money so that you can buy more animals and amenities. There are several types of paths that you can make as well as a variety of bathrooms, benches, decorations and other details that you can add. Once you reach certain points in the game, more items are added. Keep your zoo in pristine condition, offering a variety of places to eat and shop as well as fun things to do so that guests spend money, which is how you will succeed in the game.

The graphics are detailed, putting you into the game instead of making it feel like you're playing a computer game. Each animal has its own sound, and there are also sounds of people as they walk around the zoo, such as laughter or footsteps. There are several kinds of animals to choose from and numerous ways to design your zoo, making it a game that takes up a good bit of free time.

Pros

  • Variety of animals and amenities for the zoo
  • Details are suited for the entire family
  • Uses your imagination

Cons

  • Significant amount of time needed
  • Boring waiting for money to build to buy more items