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RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic cover art

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic

Origin8 Technologies Ltd. · Atari · 2017-09-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 20, 2016 (iOS), Dec 22, 2016 (Android), Dec 05, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2017 (Mac), Mar 27, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Create incredible parks in the original rollercoaster sim from Chris Sawyer.

276
playing now
91%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

276 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

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. Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ports were released on May 28 of the same year.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 276 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 297 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 78k–187k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,109 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at GamersGate (2021-12-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 84 of 134 observed days · $1.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
767620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3751462026-08-06 23:00 — 279 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 146 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 225 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 253 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 160 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 282 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 279 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 171 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 316 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 297 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 156 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 279 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 264 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 156 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 245 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 260 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 157 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 278 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 293 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 171 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 233 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 251 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 223 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 265 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 351 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 207 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 205 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 372 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 276 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$21.61$3.742017-09-282026-08-302017-09-28 — best price $19.992018-04-20 — best price $19.992018-11-15 — best price $19.992019-01-01 — best price $19.992019-06-25 — best price $9.992019-09-23 — best price $7.502019-11-18 — best price $16.532019-12-19 — best price $7.992020-01-30 — best price $7.102020-02-26 — best price $16.882020-04-24 — best price $19.992020-09-07 — best price $7.502021-02-15 — best price $7.502021-08-18 — best price $17.312022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-12-03 — best price $19.992023-07-10 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $6.792024-03-04 — best price $19.992024-05-18 — best price $19.992024-09-12 — best price $4.992024-11-26 — best price $4.992025-01-23 — best price $4.982025-03-19 — best price $4.992025-04-23 — best price $16.572025-06-09 — best price $16.572025-07-22 — best price $9.992025-08-26 — best price $4.992025-09-25 — best price $9.992025-11-06 — best price $19.992025-12-07 — best price $19.992026-01-15 — best price $4.992026-03-10 — best price $4.992026-05-07 — best price $4.992026-06-12 — best price $19.992026-07-22 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

211692026-05-29 — 162 pageviews2026-06-01 — 144 pageviews2026-06-04 — 108 pageviews2026-06-07 — 127 pageviews2026-06-10 — 91 pageviews2026-06-13 — 79 pageviews2026-06-16 — 96 pageviews2026-06-19 — 90 pageviews2026-06-22 — 86 pageviews2026-06-25 — 124 pageviews2026-06-28 — 107 pageviews2026-07-01 — 88 pageviews2026-07-04 — 98 pageviews2026-07-07 — 81 pageviews2026-07-10 — 84 pageviews2026-07-13 — 110 pageviews2026-07-16 — 100 pageviews2026-07-19 — 96 pageviews2026-07-22 — 76 pageviews2026-07-25 — 108 pageviews2026-07-28 — 72 pageviews2026-07-31 — 79 pageviews2026-08-03 — 89 pageviews2026-08-06 — 91 pageviews2026-08-09 — 117 pageviews2026-08-12 — 69 pageviews2026-08-15 — 73 pageviews2026-08-18 — 89 pageviews2026-08-21 — 93 pageviews2026-08-24 — 95 pageviews2026-08-26 — 211 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5502026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 4 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

RetroClassicSandboxBuildingStrategyIsometricManagementSimulationSingleplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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