Planet Coaster
Single-player theme park simulation with detailed coaster and scenery building
Frontier Developments, Aspyr (Mac) · Released Nov 17, 2016
ActionAdventureCasualSimulationStrategy
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 72K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 98 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 358
- peak 24h 390
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 6 years ago
- Mar 17, 2020
Metacritic: 84/100 (critic reviews)
What is Planet Coaster?
A single-player theme park building and management simulation. Lay paths, sculpt terrain, construct and decorate rides piece by piece, and manage guests’ experiences in campaign scenarios or sandbox parks.
For you if...
- +you enjoy detailed, piece-by-piece creative building
- +you want park management alongside relaxed sandbox play
- +you like designing and fine-tuning custom roller coasters
Not for you if...
- −you want a thorough in-game tutorial
- −you dislike fiddly, time-consuming construction tools
- −you prefer simple building over detailed manual decoration
What players say
91% of 72,198 reviews are positive · 84% of 98 in the last 30 days
Players praise the flexible coaster and scenery tools, detailed customization, and relaxed sandbox building. The most common complaints are the missing in-game tutorial, clunky controls and interface, and frustrating path placement; some players also criticize the paid add-ons and limited base-game themes and blueprints.
Screenshots and trailer
Planet Coaster system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
- Processor
- Intel i5-2300/AMD FX-4300
- Graphics
- nVidia GTX 560 (2GB)/AMD Radeon 7850 (2GB)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
- Processor
- Intel i7-4770/AMD FX-8350
- Graphics
- nVidia GTX 980 (4GB)/AMD R9 380 (4GB)
- Memory
- 12 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- Denuvo Antitamper
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 32
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- First time setup requires active internet connection
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese.
Tags
- Simulation
- Building
- Management
- Sandbox
- Family Friendly
- Relaxing
- Strategy
- Singleplayer
- Economy
- Realistic
- Funny
- Great Soundtrack
- Atmospheric
- Colorful
- Third Person
- City Builder
Recent updates
- Mar 17, 2020 · Update from Frontier about the COVID-19 Situation
- Nov 28, 2019 · Planet Coaster - Update 1.13.2
- Nov 20, 2019 · Planet Coaster - Update 1.13.1
- Nov 19, 2019 · Planet Coaster - 1.13 Update
- Jul 9, 2019 · Planet Coaster - 1.12.5 Update
11 DLC available.
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