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RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum cover art

RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum

Frontier · 2008-03-12

SteamGOGAmazon

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 26, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 18, 2010 (Mac)

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum combines the excitement of rollercoasters with the fun of a great strategy simulation. RCT3 Platinum combines the roller coaster theme park fun of the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 with included expansion packs Soaked! and Wild! Now enjoy more options than ever.

RollerCoaster Tycoon® 3: Platinum is a 2008 Simulation and Strategy game, with a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 5245 reviews) and an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

33
playing now
92%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported

33 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is a 2004 construction and management simulation video game. It is the third installment in the RollerCoaster Tycoon series, and was developed by Frontier Developments and published by Atari, Inc. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 places players in charge of managing amusement parks; rides can be built or demolished, terrain and scenery can be adjusted, and prices can be controlled to balance visitor engagement and profitability.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 33 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 16,893 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 210k–420k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,245 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.65 at Nuuvem (2015-02-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 32 of 48 observed days · $2.34 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
595920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

58172026-09-16 05:00 — 20 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 34 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 47 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 26 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 55 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 33 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 49 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 30 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 21 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 29 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 35 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 41 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 37 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 25 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 32 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 42 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 23 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 53 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
49931Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 134 · peak 267Dec 2012 — avg 117 · peak 333May 2013 — avg 82 · peak 159Oct 2013 — avg 179 · peak 386Mar 2014 — avg 187 · peak 366Aug 2014 — avg 315 · peak 594Jan 2015 — avg 318 · peak 997Jun 2015 — avg 499 · peak 1,782Nov 2015 — avg 321 · peak 851Apr 2016 — avg 430 · peak 882Sep 2016 — avg 458 · peak 1,356Feb 2017 — avg 292 · peak 571Jul 2017 — avg 402 · peak 769Dec 2017 — avg 308 · peak 706May 2018 — avg 243 · peak 428Oct 2018 — avg 179 · peak 342Mar 2019 — avg 185 · peak 355Aug 2019 — avg 203 · peak 386Jan 2020 — avg 138 · peak 267Jun 2020 — avg 145 · peak 270Nov 2020 — avg 114 · peak 213Apr 2021 — avg 85 · peak 159Sep 2021 — avg 77 · peak 142Feb 2022 — avg 78 · peak 150Jul 2022 — avg 80 · peak 133Dec 2022 — avg 56 · peak 105May 2023 — avg 56 · peak 111Oct 2023 — avg 55 · peak 98Mar 2024 — avg 52 · peak 99Aug 2024 — avg 59 · peak 107Jan 2025 — avg 44 · peak 94Jun 2025 — avg 37 · peak 76Nov 2025 — avg 35 · peak 66Apr 2026 — avg 33 · peak 69Aug 2026 — avg 38 · peak 72
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.61$2.832015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.502015-02-03 — best price $12.832015-03-20 — best price $4.992015-04-17 — best price $4.992015-05-12 — best price $11.432015-06-08 — best price $19.992015-07-09 — best price $11.432015-08-04 — best price $9.992015-09-09 — best price $19.992015-11-21 — best price $19.992016-01-01 — best price $5.002016-02-22 — best price $19.992016-04-11 — best price $19.992016-06-01 — best price $19.992016-08-03 — best price $4.482016-09-09 — best price $4.992016-11-22 — best price $4.992016-12-26 — best price $5.002017-01-27 — best price $19.992017-03-31 — best price $19.992017-06-23 — best price $4.992017-07-30 — best price $8.002017-09-14 — best price $4.992017-11-17 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $3.992018-02-03 — best price $19.992018-04-03 — best price $16.792018-07-02 — best price $4.992020-07-23 — best price $17.992026-08-31 — best price $4.992026-09-15 — best price $19.992026-09-30 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

808732026-06-01 — 152 pageviews2026-06-05 — 104 pageviews2026-06-09 — 116 pageviews2026-06-13 — 92 pageviews2026-06-17 — 116 pageviews2026-06-21 — 184 pageviews2026-06-25 — 808 pageviews2026-06-29 — 338 pageviews2026-07-03 — 151 pageviews2026-07-07 — 130 pageviews2026-07-11 — 120 pageviews2026-07-15 — 131 pageviews2026-07-19 — 132 pageviews2026-07-23 — 114 pageviews2026-07-27 — 120 pageviews2026-07-31 — 122 pageviews2026-08-04 — 122 pageviews2026-08-08 — 99 pageviews2026-08-12 — 113 pageviews2026-08-16 — 106 pageviews2026-08-20 — 108 pageviews2026-08-24 — 109 pageviews2026-08-28 — 192 pageviews2026-09-01 — 132 pageviews2026-09-05 — 111 pageviews2026-09-09 — 112 pageviews2026-09-13 — 99 pageviews2026-09-17 — 123 pageviews2026-09-21 — 131 pageviews2026-09-25 — 96 pageviews2026-09-29 — 73 pageviews2026-10-03 — 101 pageviews2026-10-07 — 79 pageviews2026-10-11 — 123 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyClassicEconomySandboxBuildingModdableStrategyManagementSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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