Planet Coaster overview

Overview

Planet Coaster comes from Frontier Developments, Aspyr (Mac) and is published by Frontier Developments, Aspyr (Mac). It arrived on Steam on Nov 17, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Planet Coaster's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 593 players at 3 October 2026 - 19:50:35 UTC, with a tracked peak near 21,828. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 91% positive across 71,700 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Planet Coaster is available in 9 languages including:

6 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, dejus, usk, and steam germany

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Planet Coaster has sold up to 3,000,000 units and has 59,804 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $88,000,000. On Twitch, 1 streamers are live with around 1 total watchers.

Planet Coaster overview details

Planet Coaster combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Surprise, delight and thrill crowds as you build the theme park of your dreams. Build and design incredible coaster parks with unparalleled attention to detail and manage your park in a truly living world. Piece-by-Piece Construction: Planet Coaster makes a designer out of everyone. Lay paths, build scenery, customize rides and make everything in your park unique with piece-by-piece construction and over a thousand unique building components. Landscape Sculpting: Play with nature and reshape the land beneath your feet. Sculpt the landscape to raise mountains, form lakes, dig caverns and even build islands in the sky, then weave coasters through your park above ground and below. Total Authenticity: Recreate your favorite rides or leave the real world at the door. However you love to play, the most realistic rides and most realistic reactions from your guests make Planet Coaster the most authentic simulation ever. Simulation Evolved: The deepest park simulation in gaming history rewards your skills and makes management fun. Control every aspect of your guests’ experience and watch as Planet Coaster’s world reacts to your choices in an instant. A Living World: Every park guest is an expressive individual who thinks, feels and explores your park with their own interests and desires. Together Planet Coaster’s guests will tell you at a glance just how well your park is run. Park Management: You’re the boss with accessible controls that make management fun. Test your skills in a campaign of creative scenarios, or just build for fun and tweak your parks to surprise, delight…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Planet Coaster is listed as a game with $11.24 (75% off from $44.99). It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Casual, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 593 players at 3 October 2026 - 19:50:35 UTC, a tracked peak of 21,828, and 91% positive reviews.

Overview tags

SimulationBuildingManagementSandboxFamily FriendlyRelaxingStrategySingleplayerEconomyRealisticFunnyGreat SoundtrackAtmosphericColorfulThird Person

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Support and legal notes

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