Planet Coaster

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 442 Ratings

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  1. Maxthor
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    At first, it might seem a bit challenging to get the hang of, but once you grasp some of the tricks of amusement park management, the only limitation in Planet Coaster is your imagination.
  2. Keron_Heruman
    Aug 24, 2023
    8
    So beautiful builder, the parks you create are seen rich and plenty of life. The heavy quantity of options and the capacity to personalize all are spectacular, but the cost are a lot of paid DLCs and probably performance problems because the game is heavy machine consumer.
  3. apokalipto
    Aug 13, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  4. SMNDodo
    Jun 27, 2023
    9
    The game is extremely rich, with exemplary graphics, besides having a very fluid gameplay. Question here would be more in the sense where you create a park he turns a success and you go to another with new challenges and create a park and proceed to the next.
  5. OrangeRood
    Jun 9, 2023
    8
    A lot of possibilities for different creations however this Game does not have a big enough variety of coasters to satisfy my high needs, some coasters feel unnecessary. However i have spent about 450 hours playing this game, so i probably shouldn't complain too much about it getting repetitive.
  6. Parborway
    May 14, 2023
    5
    Good gameplay and editor, but terrible performance. Even with the lowest graphics settings, after only a few coasters have been built, looking at your park will reduce your framerate below 1fps. And I have 12GBs of RAM I would love to be able to use scenery, or have track supports, or have a park with more than a few rollercoasters, but that just kills the game. And the effective lockingGood gameplay and editor, but terrible performance. Even with the lowest graphics settings, after only a few coasters have been built, looking at your park will reduce your framerate below 1fps. And I have 12GBs of RAM I would love to be able to use scenery, or have track supports, or have a park with more than a few rollercoasters, but that just kills the game. And the effective locking of those features severely dampens the experience.

    Much more advanced than RCT2 in terms of gameplay and editor, but what is the point if the game isn't even playable?    … Expand
  7. Pixlex
    Feb 1, 2023
    9
    The Roller Coaster Tycoon sequel we very much needed, this game feels amazing to play, has plenty of customization options, tons of rides and shops, fun gameplay and great potential to share content, the only pity is that the game seems to have been largely abandoned by Frontier.
  8. MayconAlex
    Jan 28, 2023
    9
    Jogo muito mais muito bom, recomendo pra quem gosta do gênero..............
  9. raumakustik
    Dec 18, 2022
    2
    It is a known thing that Frontier Dev. gave us with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 a pretty good Theme Park Creator. Now, "only" 12 Years later they try to compete with said Franchise - and Fail. While the Game looks good , no doubt, its game-play is bland and uninspired. It seems like Frontier was more concerned, with the graphics than the actual gameplay. Menus are confusing and the less saidIt is a known thing that Frontier Dev. gave us with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 a pretty good Theme Park Creator. Now, "only" 12 Years later they try to compete with said Franchise - and Fail. While the Game looks good , no doubt, its game-play is bland and uninspired. It seems like Frontier was more concerned, with the graphics than the actual gameplay. Menus are confusing and the less said about the "Tutorial" the better..… Expand
  10. ditrobix
    Nov 12, 2022
    10
    El simulador de parques de atracciones por excelencia.
    El verdadero sucesor del Roller Coaster Tycoon 3
    Escucharon a sus fans. Ahora toca que escuchen una más. POR FAVOR, DINOSAURIOS ANIMATRÓNICOS !! mUY Divertido en donde puedes ser realista en crear tus propias montañas rusas o crear circuitos que desafíen a la muerte y sea muy fantasioso. Totalmente un must to play para los    El simulador de parques de atracciones por excelencia.
    El verdadero sucesor del Roller Coaster Tycoon 3
    Escucharon a sus fans.
    Ahora toca que escuchen una más. POR FAVOR, DINOSAURIOS ANIMATRÓNICOS !!

    mUY Divertido en donde puedes ser realista en crear tus propias montañas rusas o crear circuitos que desafíen a la muerte y sea muy fantasioso.

    Totalmente un must to play para los fans de los simuladores y de los parques de atracciones y temáticos.    … Expand
  11. ChoicestGames
    Nov 24, 2021
    8
    Planet Coaster is a worthy successor to the amusement park simulation games of yesteryear with amusement parks that really feel like they're alive, a beautiful soundtrack by Jim Guthrie and J.J. Ipsen, and the ability to share your vision of what an amusement park should be to the rest of the world. The game does suffer from performance issues when the parks become too large, there is aPlanet Coaster is a worthy successor to the amusement park simulation games of yesteryear with amusement parks that really feel like they're alive, a beautiful soundtrack by Jim Guthrie and J.J. Ipsen, and the ability to share your vision of what an amusement park should be to the rest of the world. The game does suffer from performance issues when the parks become too large, there is a bit of a learning curve and the game might appeal more to content creators than management sim buffs, but if you love creating amusement parks and don't have billions of dollars sitting in your bank account, this is the next best thing.… Expand
  12. Gurkburk92
    May 2, 2021
    1
    No ingame tutorial or direction on where to click or what to do. Clicking Career and starting a game puts you on a built map without and directions at all.

    Such a pity.
  13. Mcgillacuddy
    Feb 10, 2021
    8
    While its deterrents are its uninspired career mode and framerate drops from increasing the amount of objects in your park, this is currently the best package you're going to get in a theme park building and simulation game, as its building and customization options are astoundingly vast.
  14. pongkrit03
    Sep 10, 2020
    7
    I love management game but sadly this game is not what I looking for. Planet Coaster is more toward to designing game. Have you ever want to build amusement park in your dream ? like your own disneyland for exp, if that is the case, then this game is for you. You could design building the way you want. There are ton of workshops in steam. You can decorate to your heart content.

    However,    I love management game but sadly this game is not what I looking for. Planet Coaster is more toward to designing game. Have you ever want to build amusement park in your dream ? like your own disneyland for exp, if that is the case, then this game is for you. You could design building the way you want. There are ton of workshops in steam. You can decorate to your heart content.

    However, If you are more toward to management part, like max profit, use your brain to get everything most efficiency. Then this game is a No for you. For me, this game is a no but I have to give a fair score since I watch some youtubers, they really build their amusement park so beautiful. They really care to use sign board, painting, decorate with various objects, which for me personally, I don't care at all about that. Some will enjoy the game, some will not, so ask yourself first about which type of gamers you are.

    PS. The tutorial also sucks, like super sucks. Be warn about huge learning curve.    … Expand
  15. Vaulie
    Aug 15, 2020
    7
    A great management sim, and most of the challenges are quite difficult. The level of customisation is super impressive. However, some UI issues and controls are quite difficult to handle. At times the sheer volume of detail can be quite overwhelming to manage also. A nice change of pace to play inbetween the usual buffet of shooters and RPG's.
  16. kenepo4u
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    Bring more DLC. Although this is a good game, it’s not evolving anymore, and we’re going to attack it until we finally get another DLC pack.
  17. Just_Vibin
    Jun 10, 2020
    8
    Fantastic graphics and amazing soundtrack. Paths aren't the best. Great game but it just lacks in innovation, try it out if you can.
  18. jay_caspian
    Dec 6, 2019
    10
    Incredibly fun game with a million customization options. The level of detail and control they give you is unreal. I just started playing it a month ago, and the bugs that people complained about years ago are fixed because I’m playing this on an older custom PC I built. If you play through the early career and get a footing for how it all, works, it’s amazing.
  19. LAKottke
    Nov 17, 2019
    9
    This is a really fun game! and once your sick or average play, you turn on noclip mode and make the worst coasters in the planet! win-win!
  20. Twistlosi
    Oct 29, 2019
    7
    Made by the RCT3 devs (Frontier) and takes everything to a new level and this is only the beginning, hands down the best Theme Park builder ever made. The sounds, animations, lighting, guests and unlimited design capabilities combined give you a feeling that you are in a real park.
  21. Elegies
    Sep 10, 2019
    9
    Muy buen juego. Parques super personalizables. Un poco corto nivel de control de gestion, pero suficiente. Predomina mas la personalizacion que la gestion. Pero un juego sobresaliente.
  22. ningky
    Sep 2, 2019
    9
    This game is totally awesome!!!! Graphics, Story, Cut scenes and Game play are great.
  23. Creery
    Jun 28, 2019
    7
    There is no denying that this game is well made. it looks good, can be great fun and plays well. There is also no denying that you can create some wonderful parks if you have absolutely nothing else to do, including work. It can take hours upon hours to create even a decent looking small park which for me is massively frustrating. The path mechanics also very glitchy and annoying sometimes.
  24. Octomort
    Jun 2, 2019
    5
    A gold for graphics but otherwise just a dumb blonde, like my last cat who had all the balance and poise of a one armed rock climber. (Not kidding she had an inner ear problem and would just fall off the window sill whilst still awake!)
    (I have about 50 hours play)
    Park management! What Park management? there is more in my girlfriends kids lego games. If you want to build a pretty    A gold for graphics but otherwise just a dumb blonde, like my last cat who had all the balance and poise of a one armed rock climber. (Not kidding she had an inner ear problem and would just fall off the window sill whilst still awake!)
    (I have about 50 hours play)

    Park management! What Park management? there is more in my girlfriends kids lego games.
    If you want to build a pretty park and spend hours designing coasters then it allows you to do that.

    In other words it is a sandbox game not a challenge game.

    UI is annoying. the Scenery filter system seems to work on logical AND rather than AND/OR. E.g. you want to look at what is in the Sci-fi and horror themes to the exclusion of other themes. You would expect to get the list for sci-fi object and also horror objects. No you only get a list of components which are in BOTH! Usually this means a blank list as most objects are in one OR the other not both! Going to Park management and clicking on centre on building does centre but leaves the management screen open. A screen which takes up over half the screen. Not a big deal but becomes tedious when wanting to do a round robin review of, say, shops.

    I have a very good PC (thread ripper, GTX 1080 Ti etc) and so no performance issues for me.

    Career mode is tedious. I ended up simply building a couple of new rides in whichever scenario i was doing, then going and making a meal or do the vacuuming. Come back and despite half your staff having resigned you still have a lot of money I mean a lot more than you would need to finish the scenario! There is meant to be a staff energy. It is switched off in most career scenarios and you can't switch it back on. So staff management is simply spending money on training (one click) and paying them every more ridiculous wages. I found it more efficient to just sack the moaners and hire new staff.

    The coaster building challenges can, generally, be beat using the classic air-time-hill technique. Just learn how to make bumps which make guests feel as if they are rising out of their seats and you can hit 10+ excitement on most air-time-hills. Which boost overall coaster excitement considerably. The also have low nausea and average fear.

    Like many modern games, so much potential wasted!

    Parkitech it ain't! (and that great game was created by a team of only 2!)    … Expand
  25. GrizzlyBear88
    May 24, 2019
    9
    Maybe you spend a little bit too much time on designing the park rather then really playing but... com on, be honest, is awesome this game!!!!
  26. d25bev
    Feb 16, 2019
    7
    A mostly great game. The game builds on everything that made RCT3 so enjoyable & you can tell it was made by the same people. The fact it looks so good is both a blessing & a curse, it's definitely been made to last with visuals & design that'll still look good years from now, but running on a fairly high-end pc currently, you can still feel the limitations when a park gets just overA mostly great game. The game builds on everything that made RCT3 so enjoyable & you can tell it was made by the same people. The fact it looks so good is both a blessing & a curse, it's definitely been made to last with visuals & design that'll still look good years from now, but running on a fairly high-end pc currently, you can still feel the limitations when a park gets just over medium size or you place many objects. The frame drops & lag can be pretty terrible in some cases even on lower settings. So whilst it's completely playable in most cases, it's a little annoying i can't run the game on the better settings & have a big, creative park, although i do look forward to going back to it when my pc specs are even better.

    Great selection of rides/attractions/building pieces. However i did get the DLC's (which i think were slightly overpriced) & the free updates with the game that many reviews below probably didn't. The steam blueprint store is a great addition to the game also. Management is almost great, i do feel there could be more aspects to it & in some cases it can act a little odd but it's mostly great. There's many settings & choices to make when creating your park to give it a great, realistic atmosphere. Music is great & terrain modelling is great if a little difficult at times.

    I feel like many of the negative reviews were made pretty close to launch of this game & whilst absolutely rightfully reviewing it how the game was, looking through all the free & paid dlc content, missions, management, rides etc that's been added since, i'd really recommend this game to anyone, particularly those that loved the decent RCT games (not that revolting RCTW).

    If the game ran better or i had an even higher-end pc that i could make a big & realistic park with, the dlc was slightly cheaper, then the review would be a 9 easily.    … Expand
  27. ldv
    Nov 28, 2018
    10
    Planet Coaster is the greatest theme park simulation game of all-time. Great job Frontier.
  28. RotcodFox
    Nov 1, 2018
    9
    If you're looking for the perfect roller coaster building experience, then you've found it. It may take you quite a while to get the hang of it, but once you do, you'll be able to build the theme-park of your dreams.
  29. MadMaxFuryRoad
    Aug 26, 2018
    4
    This game is alright and the visuals are stunning, but I don’t play anymore because I gave up trying to move my mouse around the park. It’s way too hard to play this game on a computer and they should make an touch-screen version, like rct3.
  30. Jessrond
    Jun 25, 2018
    8
    Planet Coaster tries to recapture the magic of Rollercoaster Tycoon and mostly succeeds. My favorite is the challenge mode, which is more like the original RCT games than the scenario mode. I prefer RCT1 to its sequels, so YMMV.

    The game is a bit difficult, and I find myself sticking with the "medium" challenge setting. I know some people probably go with hard/very hard but that is not    Planet Coaster tries to recapture the magic of Rollercoaster Tycoon and mostly succeeds. My favorite is the challenge mode, which is more like the original RCT games than the scenario mode. I prefer RCT1 to its sequels, so YMMV.

    The game is a bit difficult, and I find myself sticking with the "medium" challenge setting. I know some people probably go with hard/very hard but that is not how I play.

    You will require a lot of research and it is all your own doing. You can't just set a budget and have the game research projects on its own schedule like in RCT. You specifically pay for every research you do, manually complete it, and then select another if you so choose.

    You have several loan options to choose from, with more/better loans coming at lower difficulties. Once you get into the swing of things it's not too hard to make a profit.

    There are a few areas for improvement. While coaster designing is more detailed than in RCT, it is not always intuitive. I do appreciate the new testing which shows you detailed ratings of g-forces and excitement/fear/nausea at every point in your rides.

    Overall I would not recommend the scenarios or the sandbox compared to challenge mode.    … Expand
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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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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
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Sep 29, 2017
    100
    Finally, a new amusement park tycoon king appeared. Playability is a brilliant game that lets you try every corner of your imagination. [Issue#277]
  2. Games.cz
    Jul 12, 2017
    90
    A maniacally detailed and complex system of scenery and rollercoaster construction ensures that if there is at least a piece of handyman in you, then you will spend hundreds of hours in Planet Coaster easily. And you will have fun. Players who are looking for dynamic playability or challenge will leave without a buck, but for the builders the game is a paradise.
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  3. 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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