Single-player games like Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Planet Zoo
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
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Tropico 6
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
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Desynced
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
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Anno 117: Pax Romana
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
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Anno 1800
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
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Spacebase Startopia
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.
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Planet Coaster 2
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
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Marine Park Empire
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Get ready to jump in the water as you run the most exciting and wild marine park ever in the latest and greatest sea-life simulation!
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Planet Coaster
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
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Safari Cannon
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Explore the wilds of the African Safari and discover all the wild beasts of the savannah. From elephants to monkeys, you'll encounter a host of creatures who will try to stop you. It's a fun game for the whole family - so come on, join the adventure!
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PC Tycoon 2
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Manage your computer company and develop your PC components, create your own laptop, monitor, develop an interactive operating system or build your PC. Research new technologies, improve your office and your factory, hire the best employees, buy other companies and build your computer empire!
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Elite Dangerous
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
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Jurassic World Evolution
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
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Jurassic World Evolution 2
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.
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Jurassic World Evolution 3
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Build your own Jurassic World. Nurture generations of dinosaurs with the series debut of juveniles, create and manage sprawling prehistoric parks around the globe, and let your imagination roar with powerful new creative options.
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F1® Manager 2022
Single-player alternative to Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
Make your mark on Formula 1® in the officially licensed F1® Manager 2022. Be the boss of your chosen constructor and pick from a roster of 2022 drivers and staff.