Embark on a wildlife adventure as Planet Zoo: Console Edition roars onto Xbox and PlayStation

For the last four years we’ve cast a jealous eye the way of PC players, as they created wildlife worlds in Planet Zoo. But look that way no more, as Planet Zoo: Console Edition roars onto Xbox and PlayStation. Are you ready for the wildlife adventure of your dreams?

Previously only available on PC (Steam players have delivered some serious acclaim), Planet Zoo now comes to Xbox and PlayStation. It’s all thanks to the Frontier Development team, as they make a move from PC to console, ensuring that the simulation can stay wild. 

Planet Zoo – now on Xbox and PlayStation

Playable on Xbox Series X|S (no Xbox One play here) and PlayStation 5, it’s the power of the latest machines which has allowed Frontier to bring their huge wildlife adventure to console. A game that will see you building a world however you see fit, Planet Zoo: Console Edition comes complete with all the tool you would need. 

it also comes with all the animals too, from the biggest to the smallest, the tamest to the most fearsome. How will you fit them all into your Planet Zoo? Thankfully there are a range of habitats and landscapes too. Throw in four game modes – Campaign, Franchise, Challenge, Sandbox – and Planet Zoo: Console Edition on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 should keep you going for weeks, months and years. 

Our full review of Planet Zoo on Xbox is coming soon, but this is a game we’ve been hands-on with for a while. Give our preview piece a little look over if you want to find out more about the game. 

Key features

There are a ton of key features in Planet Zoo: Console Edition too… 

• Simulation Runs wild – Meet a world of beautiful, realistic animals. From playful lion cubs to mighty elephants, every animal in Planet Zoo is a thinking, feeling individual with a distinctive look and personality of their own. Craft detailed habitats to bring your animals’ natural environments to life, research and manage each species to allow them to thrive, and help your animals raise families to ensure their future generations.
• Meaningful Management – Manage an amazing living world that responds to every decision you make. Focus on the big picture or go hands-on and control the smallest details. Thrill visitors with iconic exhibits, develop your zoo with new research, and release new generations of your animals back into the wild. Your choices come alive in a world where animal welfare and conservation comes first.
• Limitless Creativity – Planet Zoo’s intuitive creative controls let you effortlessly make your zoo unique with piece-by-piece construction tools. Every creative decision you make impacts the lives of your animals and the experience of your visitors. Let your imagination run wild as you dig lakes and rivers, raise hills and mountains, carve paths and caves, and build stunning zoos with a choice of unique themes and hundreds of building components.
• Share & Inspire – Join a connected community with console cross-platform and share the world’s most creative habitats, scenery, and even whole zoos on the Frontier Workshop. See your own designs appear in zoos around the world or discover fresh new content from the Planet Zoo community every day.

How to play Planet Zoo: Console Edition on Xbox

There are numerous ways to take in Planet Zoo: Console Edition on Xbox Series X|S. The Standard Edition will cost you £39.99, whilst the Deluxe Edition ups things by a tenner. For that £49.99 you get the Deluxe Upgrade Pack chucked in; that in itself adds 16 species and 2 further scenarios in the campaign. 

And then there is the Planet Zoo: Ultimate Edition. Costing £99.99, this is a hefty old bundle, mixing the base game and everything included in the Deluxe Edition with the Season Pass too. The Season Pass comes with 14 future DLC packs including 81 new species, 15 scenarios and more than 2000 further scenery pieces. If you’re serious about Planet Zoo, this is the one you should be grabbing for however be aware that those bits of content will roll out between now and March 2025. 

Expect to find those packs on PlayStation too. 

Which pack will you be buying? The comments are below. Let us know if you’ll be looking to become the next Steve Backshall.

Planet Zoo: Console Edition Description

Build a world for wildlife with Planet Zoo: Console Edition. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon, the ultimate zoo simulator is arriving on console.

Experience the award winning, BAFTA nominated Planet Zoo on Console! Build a world for wildlife with Planet Zoo: Console Edition. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon, the ultimate zoo simulator is arriving on console. Planet Zoo brings controller support that puts powerful creative tools at your fingertips and includes years’ worth of features, content, and animals from the celebrated PC video game’s free updates.

Planet Zoo: Console Edition features an incredible array of authentic animals who think, feel, and explore the world you design around them. Create unique habitats and vast landscapes, and make meaningful choices to nurture animals as you construct and manage the world’s wildest zoos using intuitive console controls. Pick up and play across four engaging game modes: embark on a globe-trotting campaign in career mode, build a network of connected zoos in Franchise mode, put your skills to the test in Challenge mode, or let your imagination run wild in the freedom of Sandbox mode.