Planet Zoo System Requirements

Here are the Planet Zoo System Requirements (Minimum)

Planet Zoo Recommended Requirements

Can I run Planet Zoo on my computer?

By Cliff Henjum November 13, 2019:

The developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon, Frontier Developments, recently released Planet Zoo, and it has become an instant hit already so now people are asking if their PC can run Planet Zoo! You’ll have the power to construct beautiful habitats, decide how to manage your employees and funds, and best of all, a chance to meet all of the animals who live in your wonderful zoo! Focus on the big picture like where to place certain structures while also being able to give attention to some of the smallest details like color schemes of your attractions. Despite being a tycoon type game which typically have lower system requirements than other genres, Planet Zoo actually has some moderate to high system requirements (at least when compared to other titles in the genre).

This awesome zoo-management game features some stunning and detailed graphics, but that means some pretty lofty minimum requirements, and having a computer that passes those is essential if you want to play the game. Although the minimum requirements are a decent amount higher than other simulation games like Civilization 6 or Railroad Corporation, they are still quite passable if your PC was built in the last five or six years, then you should be off to a good start. At least a GeForce GTX 770 or a Radeon R9 270X is needed to pass the minimum GPU requirement. The CPU requirement is also a bit on the upper end (at least as far as minimum requirements go) so you will want at least a Core i5-2500 or an AMD FX-6350 to go along with at least 8 GB of RAM. At the time of launch, Frontier Developments states that you will also need 16 GB of storage in order to install Planet Zoo.

There’s a good chance that players will want to really crank up the graphics settings to help fully immerse themselves in their zoo-management simulations, which means they will need computers that pass the recommended system requirements. If your PC can pass these recommended system requirements, then you can play the game with great FPS and the graphics settings turned to Ultra. It's outrageous to think that a Simulation game could have such high system requirements, but it’s true in the case of Planet Zoo. The recommended GPU requirement of at least a GeForce GTX 1070 or a Radeon RX 580 is more on par with action-shooters with massive open-worlds like Rage 2 than it is with other sims like The Sims 4. It’s the same case with the recommended CPU requirement - ridiculously high when looking back at the other genre leaders. Your PC needs at least a Core i7-4770K or a Ryzen 5 1600 to pass that test.

With system requirements like these, Planet Zoo is setting the benchmark for other simulation games going forward.