Zoo Tycoon II is a Simulation, Management, and Single-player video game developed by Blue Fang Games. It is the sequel to the Zoo Tycoon game with new features and similar gameplay to follow. Throughout the game, the player has to build and operate a zoo with many creatures for the people’s amusement.

The player has to keep guests and animals happy, maintain employees, budget the finances, and make the scenery attractive for the tourists. The player has to set up exhibits for animals using habitat equipment like water, elevation, foliage, and rocks. These modifications fulfill the animal’s hunger, thirst, stimulation, privacy, sleep, social, exercise. Guests will visit the zoo to see the animals, and the player must fulfill their hunger, thirst, bathroom, seating, and entertainment needs through managing buildings.

Zoo Tycoon II features three modes that include Campaign, Challenge, and Freeform. In Campaign mode, the player plays through a scenario, and each scenario assigns different goals to complete. In Challenge Mode, the player has to complete random challenges by managing limited money.