Can I Run Planet Zoo PC?
Frontier Developments released Planet Zoo PC in 2019. It is a casual simulation game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Over 80 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Its Metacritic score stands at 81. Completionists have 38 achievements to work through. Cloud saves are enabled. 18 languages are covered by the store listing. At 7 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-2500 / AMD FX-6350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (2GB) / AMD Radeon R9 270X (2GB) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 16 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i7-4770k / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (8GB) |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 16 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit |
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Setting and environment
Planet Zoo PC places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through systems the player balances from above. The publisher supplies 26 storefront screenshots of these environments. Simulation heavy building games lean harder on the processor as the map fills, so late game performance rarely matches the opening hours.
Why Planet Zoo PC is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Planet Zoo PC. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 ( scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Planet Zoo PC within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Planet Zoo PC scales hard with the hardware you give it. Planet Zoo PC expects 16 GB of system memory. The install is small at roughly 16 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Planet Zoo PC?
Planet Zoo PC is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (2GB) / AMD Radeon R9 270X (2GB), 8 GB RAM, about 16 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.89x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.06x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.47x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Planet Zoo PC's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Planet Zoo PC?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5-2500 / AMD FX-6350; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (2GB) / AMD Radeon R9 270X (2GB); 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Planet Zoo PC need?
Planet Zoo PC needs about 16 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Planet Zoo PC?
The RTX 3060 runs Planet Zoo PC comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Planet Zoo PC?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Planet Zoo PC is the GPU.