System Requirements and Platforms

Planet Zoo 2 launches on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S on the same day, with no releases planned for older consoles, handhelds, or macOS. Frontier publishes a full PC specification alongside guidance on what each tier is expected to deliver, and it has confirmed a console-specific tool for keeping performance stable. Purchase options are covered under Editions and Pre-Orders.

PC Specifications

Frontier frames both tiers around a zoo that is already well built up rather than an empty starting plot. The minimum specification targets above 30 frames per second on medium settings and the recommended specification targets 30 frames per second on high settings. The studio also notes that a simulation of this kind leans harder on the processor as animal and guest counts climb, so graphics settings can stop affecting frame rate once the processor becomes the limit, and that laptops benefit from extra cooling to keep processor clocks up.

Platforms

Console Differences

Frontier says the game is designed to play well on every supported platform and that keyboard and mouse or a gamepad both work, on PC as well as console. The one console-specific addition it has named is a complexity meter, a tool that helps players keep a build within what their hardware can comfortably run. Beyond that, the studio has not detailed any feature cuts between versions.

Controls and Storefront Features

The store listing advertises full controller support, including DualShock and DualSense pads, alongside achievements, cloud saves, save anytime, stereo and surround sound output, HDR, and family sharing. The console listings state one player and mark online play as optional; the shared progression in Franchise mode runs asynchronously rather than as live co-op, and Frontier has stated plainly that there is no multiplayer.

Languages

Seventeen languages are listed on the store page, nine of them with full audio. The published support list names English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese as localised languages, and Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Danish, Russian, and Thai as text-only. The two lists overlap on Polish and Traditional Chinese in Frontier's own wording, so treat the exact split for those two as unsettled until launch.

Accessibility

Frontier has published an accessibility summary ahead of launch. The options confirmed so far are:

Age Rating

Planet Zoo 2 carries a PEGI 7 rating on its console listings, with Violence as the sole content descriptor. Both console storefronts also flag in-game purchases, which in this case refers to the Deluxe Upgrade Pack and the Bonus Content Pack being sold as separate add-on products alongside the base game rather than to any in-game currency or microtransaction system. The PC store listing carries no age gate and no descriptors, which is normal for a title still in pre-order ahead of its regional ratings appearing there.