Huge creative freedom and building tools
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“this game stretches my imagination and problem-solving skills”
Steam review · 1019.5 h played ↗
Planet Coaster
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%Frontier Developments, Aspyr (Mac)2016Management · Sandbox · Simulation
The verdict
A deep, beautiful theme park builder with huge creative freedom and great coaster tools. Skip it if you want a guided, economy-focused game; no tutorial, fiddly paths and costly DLC frustrate newcomers.
Great for
Creative builders and RCT fans who enjoy spending hours detailing parks and coasters
Main risk
No in-game tutorial plus clunky path and building controls make the start frustrating
What players love
Addictive, relaxing and fun for hours
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I play for 8 hours at a time and struggle to get off”
Steam review · 75.4 h played ↗
Great-looking graphics and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the graphics are fun, bright, and still clean 10 years later”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Spiritual successor to RollerCoaster Tycoon
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“THIS game is where that one would have went if it continued and got better with each edition”
Steam review · 389.9 h played ↗
Funny chaos and guest-torturing sandbox play
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“instead you'd be building massive torture chambers, rollercoaster pedestrian launchers”
Steam review · 20 h played ↗
Steam Workshop and sandbox mode add replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“the use of Steam Workshop to allow the community to broaden the experience”
Steam review · 75 h played ↗
What players complain about
No tutorial; hard for new players
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“good game but desperately needs a tutorial, lazy of the devs to just send you to youtube videos.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Clunky controls and awful path building
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I just can't get past how painful it is to do pathing.”
Steam review · 25.6 h played ↗
Expensive DLC and subscription
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Be prepared to spend another additional 85$”
Steam review · 24.4 h played ↗
No Russian localization
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“In 3 years they never added Russian, though they promised it for Q1 2017.”
Steam review · translated · 21.6 h played ↗
Base game feels bare; scenery is tedious
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“you are expected to do all the scenery customization for everything yourself, which can take hours just for a simple ride”
Steam review · 70.6 h played ↗
Hard to make money; frustrating economy
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“i keep losing money no matter what i do. it gets to the point where even my coasters lose money.”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
ProcessorIntel i5-2300/AMD FX-4300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GTX 560 (2GB)/AMD Radeon 7850 (2GB)
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
ProcessorIntel i7-4770/AMD FX-8350
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GTX 980 (4GB)/AMD R9 380 (4GB)
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
ProcessorIntel i5-2300/AMD FX-4300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GTX 560 (2GB)/AMD Radeon 7850 (2GB)
Storage8 GB available space
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