Planet Coaster

"Planet Coaster" looks amazing, but playing it can be a headache. The management aspects feel overly complicated, and the UI is a mess, making even simple tasks frustrating. Sure, you can build crazy roller coasters, but actually running a park efficiently feels more like work than fun. If you just want to make cool rides, it’s fine—but as a tycoon game, it’s more stressful than enjoyable.

Just like good old fashioned rollercoaster tycoon. The game has a lot of things to offer wether that be the basics or more advanced features. The difficulty is well-balanced, probably the hardest part is building the roller coaster themselves. Best of all, the game doesn’t require any DLCs, if you want to finish the career mode and get all the achievements. In general, the base game is enough for tens of hours of fun. I remember getting this thing for less than 2 euro, which was a steal, but I wouldn’t spend much more than that.

This game is awesome i have been playing for mac and through steam forever and it never grows old the peeps who design and build outstanding in the community is always getting better.. This game timeless classic!!

note devs please please make planet coaster2 for mac or if any thing allow us to use vm machine!!.. go it on my steam deck!!!

Very fun game. Lots of options for creating parks, coasters, and rides. Very similar to the old Roller Coaster Tycoon games but with updated graphics and gameplay options. Plus the park management is very detailed if you're into that aspect of the game.

the game is quit addicting for casuals but inserver full gamrs wouldnt like it

This game is fun. There is some things that I don't really like but the coasters are fun to make. Some times. The flat rides look cool. This games is just good

Some time back, I was driving home from college on the highway one day when suddenly, a car behind me didn't stop when the rest of traffic was. They were probably going about 60-70 miles per hour. Regardless, they slammed into my vehicle, and I'll spare you the worst details. As horrifying as that experience was, I'd still say the most painful thing I've ever done in my life is trying to place paths in this game.

15/10 very fun and good game when you're raking in the dough!! the sound design is also really good
21/10 painful game to 100% achievements!!!

great game they should add a universal Orlando/islands of adventure DLC

this game is so good it doesn’t even lag my laptop! (my laptop couldn’t play anything except google games) its quite addictive game but I love it, dude i can put stuff from the workshop? this is the first time i use the workshop! all people from all around the world have their creations in the workshop and my review
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really good game on sandbox but career mode is really boring

After spending hours into Planet Coaster and unlocking all the achievements, I can honestly say it's one of the most fun and satisfying games I’ve ever played. The level of creativity you can unleash with building coasters and designing parks is amazing, and there’s always something new to try. The management side of things adds a nice challenge, making you balance the fun of your park with the need to make money and keep guests happy. I’ve had a blast experimenting with different designs, and the community’s content keeps things fresh too. There are some annoying little bugs now and then, like pathing glitches or performance hiccups, but they don’t take away from how awesome the game is overall. It’s a perfect mix of creativity, strategy, and just good old fun. Oh, and I can’t forget to mention the music—the soundtrack is awesome! The OST really sets the mood and adds so much charm to the game!

Fun management game but not as good as Roller Coaster Tycoon when it comes to building your own coasters. A bit of a steep learning curve at first.

A game bursting with the spirit of fun and creativity. Normally, in management and tycoon style games, I find myself ignoring customisation options and the like. However, Planet Coaster's creativity is so infectious, it's hard not to get lost in the process of landscaping, designing thematic drinks stands or building roller coasters that take their riders on a journey.

bought the game, downloaded it, opened a park, built a rollercoaster, killed hundreds of families, deinstalled the game. What a great afternoon.

great. dont buy expansions.... i got the game for 3 bucks and its the best three bucks its worth 40! even wwith no dlc my hours are true base game fun.

Its a very fun game with semi realistic features like staff getting tired of their work. And it lets you just bring out your mind come to life. But yeah its a overall a really fun game. 10/10

I wouldn't know if the actual gameplay is any good. But sandbox-mode is great! Very intuitive u.i. and great aesthetics!

4/5 with 16hrs played so far. some very small glitches within the game but overall its very playable. Its just like roller coaster tycoon

not really a good game but not of a bad game too. i did this because you cant make cool rides

It's an absolute useability nightmare. I am fighting with the UI and camera at every click

It was a bit frustrating in the beginning to understand the controls, but oh man...once I figured it out, I couldn't get enough! I love the massive amount of content creators on this game. Their creativity is impressive and makes my game play so much fun.

nice game played when i was 6 and remembered it for 7 years and bought it. great for calming and mind growing.

its really fun whonce you know how to build a coaster so I recomand just sticking to the blureprints

I love how versatile and free this game is. It feels like you can do anything you imagine! There are endless customization options and lots of different ride types. Every prop is very detailed, and the simulation is accurate.

Sometimes I wish it didn't take a ton of effort to make a good looking park, because near the end of the game it feels like that's all you have left to do. I've spent hours decorating one ride. However, the fact that that's an option some people might like a LOT. I also wish there was an option to make your park just a one-time fee per entry, but I understand why it's not.

Overall, a fantastic experience. 9/10!

Chris Sawyer paved the way for the theme park simulation genre back in 1999 with Rollercoaster Tycoon and followed it up in 2002, both of which became classics in gaming and ended up creating an entire genre of video games. Since then, Frontier have taken up the mantle, gaining the rights to the Rollercoaster Tycoon series with RCT3 and later entries. While these sequels were pretty meh, Frontier has tried to revive the genre with Planet Coaster.

This was an incredible attempt to modernise the theme park sim genre for new audiences, and for the most part they met this challenge admirably. The game is packed with charm, creativity and is a satisfying simulation of theme park management. The building tools are excellent, coaster physics are top notch, the level of creativity you can accomplish is unmatched by anything else in the genre.

Recently Planet Coaster 2 has come out, and if you're trying to decide which is worth buying, it's this one. This game is magical, it's a truly brilliant revival of a lost genre. Frontier in the past struggled to understand what made Sawyer's RCT games special. With Planet Coaster 2 they've made the same mistake, where they struck gold in Planet Coaster 1 they've misunderstood what made this game special. It's a disappointment to see Frontier return to old habits after coming so close to perfection with this game.

After three hours of continues planning, building and decorating, I was finally done with the entrance.
10/10

after 10 hours you just start to run out of different things to build. The shops and decorations all look the same.

Perfect Game For All Theme Park Lovers. Improvements Are Needed But At Least We Don't Need To Worry About That Anymore Because Of The Invention Of Planet Coaster 2. The Orginal Game Planet Coaster, Has Such Many Different Recommendations Of Coaster And Ride Line-ups And I Just Love That You Can Express Your Passion And Make Your Very Own Theme Park Oasis. Frontier, Thank You For Inventing And Making This Historic Game Of Theme Park Century And Returns.

Playing this until Planet Coaster 2 becomes the worthy successor we all hoped for...

73 hours in and I still hate the title card.

But otherwise, what a wonderful weird game. I still don't get how to set up ques, but I'll keep trying. It is illogical at best, fiddly for sure. But otherwise I've had a great time with this on my Intel ARC.

Planet Coaster is a fantastic theme park simulation game that offers an incredibly detailed and creative experience for players who love to design and manage their own amusement parks. The game excels in its customization options, allowing players to build everything from intricate roller coasters to beautifully landscaped areas. The coaster design mechanics are robust, letting players create unique, thrilling rides that can be fine-tuned to perfection. Beyond the rides, Planet Coaster also excels in managing the business side of things, from keeping guests happy to ensuring your park stays profitable. The user-friendly interface and extensive tutorials make it easy for newcomers to jump in, but there’s enough depth to keep even experienced sim players engaged for hours.

The game’s visuals are vibrant and detailed, with each ride, attraction, and guest rendered beautifully in a colorful, lively environment. The dynamic day-night cycles and seasonal changes bring the park to life, and the soundtrack is perfectly upbeat, adding to the immersive atmosphere. While the game offers a wide range of customization and sandbox modes, it’s the career mode that provides the most structure, offering challenges and objectives that test your ability to manage a successful park. However, the game can sometimes feel overwhelming with the sheer amount of options available, especially for players who just want to casually design without worrying about the minutiae of park management. Nonetheless, Planet Coaster is a standout in the theme park simulation genre, offering endless possibilities for creativity and management.

The game is not bad, but its age feels. Construction is fiddly, staff management lacks shortcuts, and the scenarios include DLC rides that kind of break them. I Probably came too late for this purchase.

I played this years ago. This one is a classic. It is so much fun building your theme park. If you play Sandbox mode, you don't have to worry about money. The controls are complicated and take some getting used to, especially without a mouse. But this game will provide hours of fun. They have made a Planet Coaster 2, however, this one is pretty great. I love the soundtrack too.

Piece of Art

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☑ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☑ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long long man
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☑ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ ARK: Survival Ascended

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I downloaded this game with high expectations. I can't get into the game due to an atrocious shadow glitch. It was incredibly distracting trying to play the game while streaks of black shot across the screen as the shadow from a rock decided to connect with the shadow of a tree across the map. And I was playing with shadows OFF!!!!

The ultimate theme park sandbox, Planet Coaster gives you all the tools you could ever need to design the theme park of your dreams and ride all the rides. Want to build a theme park inside of a series of caves? You can do that. Want to build a theme park on floating landmasses? You can do that? Want to build the most faithful coaster adaptations of a popular franchise? People have done it, and so can you!

The sheer amount of freedom to build your own park is hard to put into words, but suffice to say the game gives you all the tools and pieces you could ever need to build it. Build elaborate food courts or standalone stalls, create coasters with a shockingly-intuitive amount of precision and feedback, and if you're missing the good 'ol days of games like Sim Theme Park where the coasters you could build would be utterly impossible, you can even disable most coaster limitations so you can do things like make a wooden coaster that can invert and twist like it's made of steel.

All that said, I wish the campaign was actually good. It's quite clear the business side of the game is quite limited and, honestly, primitive compared to the game's sandbox mode - so much so that it's not worth trying to play it. The only thing you'll get for grappling with the business side of things are bragging rights. So if you want a theme park management game which is actually good, look elsewhere. Otherwise, a phenominal construction sandbox.

Awesome game, want to play this but can't put up with 10-25 FPS on 4070ti/5800X3D. If you can put up with it lossless scaling & 25 FPS cap go hard, but when games like parkitect/rct2 exist and are a grid based system... ahhhh uninstall

Fun game but runs so bad on a pc with better than recommended specs

very good and nice looking, only wish it was cheaper for most of the time for the year

its cheap and good price-quality

every time i try to play this god dam game i go in loving it then i get building priority pass entrance and exit and it ruins my mood instantly because it never works right for me i even watch a video on how to do it. never played more than 1hr at a time because of this very petty i know but it shouldn't be that hard for something so simple

Very fun game, i got cheap, very fun. i crash things into people to hear their screams. they cannot escape, they will never see their families again. they will never see the light of day or the joy of loved ones. they shall only know darkness, milkshakes and the fear of a roller coaster hitting them at mach 10.

A fun theme park game I can play on medium graphics theres a bit of lag when i have like more than 300 guests in my park at once, I got it 95% off so i paid £1.30 instead of £39.99 which is crazy theres an extra point to frontier.

Buy this title. Their 2nd title is a shameless cash grab that will is already dead 2 months after launch

Planet coaster 1 is an incredibly fun park management game, with primary focus on the customization of rides and scenery.

This is a great game and it's a hoot to make parks and then decorate them. Definitely satisfying when your park comes together!

Much better and easier to use then Roller Coaster Tycoon. They have really messed that game up over the years even though it was the original. Sad to see that happen but glad planet coasters come online.

Amusement Park Bankruptcy for Beginners! But with MASCOTS! :D

iTs like a no and yes becuase plant coaster 1 and 2 both crash sometimes