# Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa

Summer DB entity ID: b2015a17\-70e4\-4340\-964e\-26ff269cc316

Steam App ID: 795220

The Ultimate Ecosystem Sim Game From the back\-catalog of Pocketwatch Games, 2005's Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa was the game that started this indie's journey\.  Expect the unexpected out of this unique Tycoon game \-\- There are no people to please, there is no money to horde, there are only animals\.  Packs of hungry lions, families of chattering baboons, and epic herds of wildebeests fill the ecosystems that players create and control\. Features   "Be the Animal" lets you take control over any creature   Earn jewels for building balanced ecosystems \-\- and use those jewels to bring rain to the desert   Compete for trophies and hidden content in the Sandbox or follow the journey of Dr\. Willoughby and Miss Carrilou in Story Mode

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Pocketwatch Games

- Publisher: Pocketwatch Games

- Release date: May 1, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795220/ss\_70594ce8f85214822938489bebfe1058d00e74a5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1525196206, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795220/ss\_72206200fee55be44bfb04f89eb71312713c8e75\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1525196206, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795220/ss\_3cd45ed3eb8117adcd949c6e982755e340adf864\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1525196206, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795220/ss\_de7a7457ee831d372c705221bcf0673908849979\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1525196206, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/795220/ss\_2f6ee8836eb74af33fb2c1bf9d4f2b48436a3c8a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1525196206

- Price: 199 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 1

- Steam review count: 40

- Steam positive reviews: 33

- Steam negative reviews: 7

- Steam positive percentage: 82.5%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/b2015a17-70e4-4340-964e-26ff269cc316/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/b2015a17-70e4-4340-964e-26ff269cc316/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T09:14:01\.344149\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T09:14:04\.560285\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T09:14:04\.348341\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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