About Let's Build a Zoo

Let's Build a Zoo is a management simulation that hands you an expansive animal empire to shape however you see fit. You import and breed rare creatures, hire the right staff, keep visitors content, and respond to a steady stream of strange and amusing events. Starting with more than 500 animals at your disposal, you construct enclosures, lay out paths, and decorate your grounds with hundreds of buildings and pieces of foliage to keep both wildlife and guests happy.

The simulation's most distinctive twist is DNA splicing, which lets you stitch together over 300,000 different animal combinations, producing oddities like the Giraffephant or the peaceful PandOwl. You import creatures from zoos around the world and breed families to grow your collection, or bypass nature entirely and engineer your own hybrids. Alongside the everyday duties of feeding animals and managing the food chain, the game lets you decide your moral compass: run an honest operation, or bend the rules and pocket the extra cash. With deep control over nearly every aspect of your park, this strategy-driven sim offers a charming, endlessly customizable sandbox for PC players who like their management games with a creative, slightly mischievous edge.