These player-created attractions can be shared through a mechanic called 'global village'. Similar to its spiritual predecessor, the game allows players to build different theme park rides and roller-coasters. Planet Coaster is a construction and management simulation video game. It was a commercial success, with more than 400,000 copies sold in its first month of release. Criticisms were mainly directed to the game's career mode. The title received positive reviews upon release, with critics praising the game's sandbox mode and creation tools. The game was supported with free as well as paid post-release downloadable content upon launch. Frontier organized multiple alpha and beta testings before launching in November 2016. Planet Coaster is Frontier's second self-published franchise, following Elite: Dangerous. Originally called Coaster Park Tycoon, the game was revealed on 29 January 2015 and was renamed during E3 2015. The challenge mode is similar to the sandbox mode, but with added difficulty, as players need to take funds into the account. In Sandbox mode, players are tasked to construct their own theme park on an empty plot of land. In the career mode, players assume the role of a theme park manager and must complete tasks such as constructing unfinished roller coasters or hiring janitors. There are three different modes in the game, namely Sandbox, Challenge, and Career. It was released worldwide on 17 November 2016.įrontier had previously worked in the amusement park construction and management genre with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (to which Planet Coaster is a spiritual successor), Thrillville, Thrillville: Off the Rails, and Zoo Tycoon. Game Review Planet Coaster is a construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Frontier Developments for Microsoft Windows.

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