Fans of the strategy genre will find plenty to enjoy in RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic.
89
Verdict
91%
Steam
86
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (91% positive from 2.9K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (86/100 critic average)
No significant drawbacks reported
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic is a construction and management simulation video game developed by Origin8 Technologies and published by Atari. The game is a port of both RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 combined into a single game; both games were originally created by Chris Sawyer for the PC and utilize the same game engine. RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic also includes RollerCoaster Tycoon's two original expansion packs, Added Attractions and Loopy Landscapes, with the option to purchase the RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 expansions Wacky Worlds and Time Twister as DLC. RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic was released for Android and iOS in December 2016 and for Microsoft Windows and macOS in September 2017. A Nintendo Switch port was released on December 5, 2024, while a PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S port was released on March 27, 2026.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Updated 2h ago
The user interface in this version is such a mess. Everything feels much less efficient and difficult to do. Yeah the core game behind it is fine, but the user interface rework is absolutely not. If you bought this version of the game, do yourself a favor and get OpenRCT2 to play instead. It'll automatically discover and use the game data from RCT Classic, and the user interface will actually work properly.
This game has been the leading cause of Roller Coaster deaths worldwide since 1999. A must play.
glitched out and deleted all my saved progress - common bug according to reddit and they do nothing about it
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