Planet Coaster

 PC
Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 57
  3. Negative: 0 out of 57
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  1. BaziCenter
    Feb 10, 2017
    70
    You’ll rarely face a situation where you have an idea that the game wouldn’t let you expand on. Planet Coaster is just the most complete theme-park simulation game available.
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  1. Ars Technica
    Nov 26, 2016
    Deep tools and a strong community make Planet Coaster a thoroughly engrossing experience.
  2. Eurogamer
    Mar 7, 2017
    It's not without its problems, but Planet Coaster is the finest park construction simulator yet. [Recommended]
  3. Kotaku
    Nov 22, 2016
    Planet Coaster is best when treated as a giant LEGO set. A sunny, cheery tabula rasa, lying there waiting for you to go nuts in a never-ending quest to make yourself as happy as the grinning faces of the people lining up to take your rides for a spin.
  5. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Nov 17, 2016
    Like Cities: Skylines, Planet Coaster gives new life to the management genre, and even if the launch version does little to improve what I’ve played during the beta, this would still be essential for anyone who dreams of packing in their old job and running a theme park.

Awards & Rankings

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#32 Best PC Game of 2016
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#39 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#51 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 442 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 328 out of 442
  2. Mixed: 42 out of 442
  3. Negative: 72 out of 442
  1. disappointedgam
    Dec 26, 2016
    0
    If you look closely, you'll notice that vast majority of the positive reviews were written on the day this game came out. This applies to bothIf you look closely, you'll notice that vast majority of the positive reviews were written on the day this game came out. This applies to both critics and regular Joe customers. In other words, they were all written based on a few hours of gameplay.

    I enjoyed the game a lot when I first started playing it, but frankly this game was pushed out before it was finished, and that becomes more apparent the more you play.

    At least the game was somewhat fun for your first few hours before the latest patch, but then Frontier went and gave us this "FREE WINTER UPDATE" which introduced a very poorly implemented ride reputation mechanic that makes the game incredibly not fun. If they'd spent half the time testing out their new feature as they did giving themselves butt-pats for giving it to us "FOR FREE", maybe it would've been actually a good thing instead of the terrible mess it is.    … Full Review »
  2. bblitzy1
    Nov 19, 2016
    1
    Planet Coaster? More like Planet Scenery. Also, there is very little management involved, making this game relatively boring. There are alsoPlanet Coaster? More like Planet Scenery. Also, there is very little management involved, making this game relatively boring. There are also many bugs still present.… Full Review »
  3. uec397
    Dec 19, 2016
    3
    Well, it's not the worse game I've ever played, but it is one of the most boring. If all you enjoy doing is spending lots of time placingWell, it's not the worse game I've ever played, but it is one of the most boring. If all you enjoy doing is spending lots of time placing walls and roofs over and around shops and bathrooms or building coasters then this game you will like. But, if you want to build and manage a theme park, you should go back to RCT3 from over ten years ago.

    This game is pretty to look at, but simply falls short in every other category. If's quite boring and bland. It has lots of different coaster styles but little of anything else. The parks are very small. Scenery around a coaster seems to be more important than if the coaster is actually exciting.

    Each consecutive update breaks the game a little bit more. I have a PC that exceeds recommended specifications, the game ran quite smooth until they began patching it. Now, not so much. It glitches and the graphics flicker, and more issues have come up with each patch as far as game play are concerned. I have around 21 hours in the game, and most of that was building structures, there is not much else to do. I have since quit playing and while hoping for some decent promised winter update with new content, sadly missed the deadline for a refund from steam.

    It has pretty good reviews overall, but I suspect that a lot of that has to do with how poor of a game RCTW turned out to be. People who wanted a modern version of RCT3 so much they could almost taste it are somehow able to look past how weak this game really is.

    The following will tell you everything you need to know about this game. I began a challenge park. There is no scenario editor. Plopped down 3 flat rides. 1 coaster. A drink stall. A food stall. A bathroom. Trained my janitors and maintenance employees two levels and had $30,000 in profits in about an hour and a half with nearly a thousand guests in the park. There is no challenge, and there is no need to worry about management because it is nonexistent. It is merely a decent coaster builder and a boring one at that.    … Full Review »
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