ZooAnimals
5 games that share both with Zoo Tycoon
ManagementBuilding
5 games that share both with Zoo Tycoon
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Platinum!
Zoo Tycoon, but real-time with pause, and three times the hours
Loved · 92%
ManagementCity Builder
14 games that share both with Zoo Tycoon
And more like Zoo Tycoon
Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack
Zoo Tycoon, but isometric, and retro
Loved · 90%Management · Sandbox
Tracks - The Train Set Game
Zoo Tycoon, but with crafting, and first-person
Loved · 94%City Builder · Building
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How this list is made
A game is here when it shares the strongest of Zoo Tycoon's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of Zoo Tycoon's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. A game Steam marks adult-only is listed only for a game that is one too. Games that share the same kinds with Zoo Tycoon stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.
Under each name, how it differs from Zoo Tycoon: a kind of game it is that Zoo Tycoon is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that Zoo Tycoon's barely do, how many hours people play it beside Zoo Tycoon, and how its reviewers feel beside Zoo Tycoon's.
The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.