Planet Zoo — Steam Gift

Planet Zoo: your dream zoo as a Steam gift

Planet Zoo is the most detailed and beautiful zoo simulator on the market, released by Frontier Developments on 5 November 2019. The same people behind Planet Coaster and the Jurassic World Evolution series poured their obsession with detail into living wildlife: every animal here behaves like the real thing, with its own temperament, needs and social bonds. You're not just building an attraction — you're raising a living world you're responsible for.

We sell Planet Zoo as a Steam gift: you pick the version for your region and our bot delivers the game straight to your Steam library. Two options are available — Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition — and both contain the full game.

What the game is and why it's so absorbing

Planet Zoo is a construction & management sim: you design habitats from scratch, shaping terrain, vegetation, barriers and climate to suit each species. Animals react to conditions — if a hippo is cramped or overheated, you'll see it in its behaviour and welfare stats. At its core is a deep breeding system with real genetics: you track lineage, health and population diversity, trade animals with other players and join conservation programmes.

There are several modes: a career with story scenarios, a sandbox with no money limits, a challenge mode with full economy, and franchise mode where you grow a chain of zoos. A huge part of the fun is the Steam Workshop: thousands of community-made buildings, decorations and entire zoos you can drop in with a couple of clicks.

Editions: Standard and Deluxe

The difference is simple and honest, with no catches:

• Standard Edition — the full Planet Zoo base game with every system: building, management, breeding, career and sandbox.
• Deluxe Edition — all of the above plus three exclusive animals: the Pygmy Hippopotamus, Thomson's Gazelle and Komodo Dragon. It also includes the 18-track original soundtrack and an in-game artwork pack for your desktop.

One key point: both versions are a complete game inside, not an upgrade pack. You do NOT need to already own Planet Zoo to activate this gift. (A separate Deluxe Upgrade Pack that requires the base game does exist on Steam, but what we sell here are the full edition gifts.)

How the gift is delivered

The process is calm and asks almost nothing of you. You provide your Steam friend invite link and your account region. Our bot adds itself to your friends, sends the gift and automatically removes itself after delivery — no need to accept the request. Steam Guard is not required, and you don't need to buy or run anything on the account beforehand.

Delivery usually takes a couple of minutes from checkout. To keep it smooth, check two things: friend requests are allowed in your profile settings, and Planet Zoo isn't already in that account's library — Steam won't let you accept a gift for a game the account already owns.

Gift region

A Steam gift can only be accepted when your account region matches the region of the chosen item. So go by your own region when picking a variant and enter it accurately in the order field. If the region doesn't match, Steam simply won't let the gift through — so that's the first thing to check.

Similar games in our catalogue

If Frontier's style clicks with you, take a look at their other "Planet" sims and themed managers. Builders and managers will love Planet Coaster — the same signature toolset but for theme parks — and its sequel Planet Coaster 2. And if you'd rather run a park full of dinosaurs and risk management, that's Jurassic World Evolution 2.

Tips for newcomers

Don't try to build a giant zoo right away — start with a couple of habitats and push their animal welfare to the max before expanding. Keep an eye on three things: animal happiness, guest satisfaction and your budget balance. Guest education (signs, guides, viewing platforms) brings in money and reputation just as much as the animals themselves, and smart landscaping raises a habitat's rating almost for free. And do dive into the Steam Workshop: even if you're no artist, the community's ready-made builds will save you dozens of hours and spark ideas.

The short version

Planet Zoo is dozens, even hundreds of hours of calm, meditative creativity with the liveliest menagerie in the genre. Grab Standard for the pure game, or Deluxe for three exclusive animals and the soundtrack. The gift usually arrives in Steam within a couple of minutes — just check your account region and open friend requests.

💚 Same game — another format

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