Powerful creative building tools
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Scaling alone is just a game changer.”
Steam review · 97 h played ↗
Planet Coaster 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%Frontier Developments2024Sandbox · Simulation · Strategy
−65%$49.99$17.49
US Steam price, checked 43 min ago
The verdict
A deep, beautiful theme park and water park builder with excellent coaster and scenery tools. It's let down by clunky UI and pathing, management bugs and DLC-gated content, so skip it if you want a polished sim.
Great for
Creative builders who love theme parks, coasters and water parks and have the patience to learn complex tools
Main risk
Clunky UI, pathing and management bugs frustrate, and much content sits behind pricey DLC
What changed in the last 30 days
89 recent reviews
Recent positive reviews say the game has matured since its rough launch, crediting constant updates and quality-of-life tools. Moderate confidence, as the sample is limited.
89 recent reviews
What players love
Fun water parks and pools
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Pools are well integrated.”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
Big recovery after a rough launch
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The game launched pretty rough, but thanks to constant updates over the last few years I think its definitely in a place now that I can safely recommend it.”
Steam review · 338.4 h played ↗
Relaxing, addictive creative outlet
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“A cozy low stakes game with endless creative possibilites”
Steam review · 138.8 h played ↗
Beautiful graphics and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“The soundtrack is beautiful, the graphics are stunning, and designing items feels very natural.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Great coaster builder and track smoothing
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The smooth tool. i do not know how it works, but it can literally turn a dumpster fire of a coaster into a AMAZING coaster!”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, unintuitive UI and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“I have never in my 2 decades of playing games experienced a control scheme and UI that is more irritating than that of Planet Coaster 2.”
Steam review · 20.9 h played ↗
Base game stripped, content locked behind DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The base game leaves you with next to nothing in terms of building equipment and blueprints.”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗
Frustrating, buggy path tool
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Pathing is awful, I regret buying it now!”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Mechanics ignore rides, rides break constantly
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Mechanics will ignore rides completely across the entire spectrum of well services”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Poor Frontier workshop, no Steam Workshop
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“The workshop does not work.”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗
Buggy pools and stuck guests
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Pools fill 10x beyond capacity, guests swim through dry land”
Steam review · 108 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support25 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64bit (22H2)
ProcessorIntel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A750 (8GB VRAM)
Storage25 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10,11 64bit
ProcessorIntel i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5800
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A770 (16GB VRAM)
Storage25 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64bit (22H2)
ProcessorIntel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A750 (8GB VRAM)
Storage25 GB available space
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