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RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe cover art

RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe

Chris Sawyer Productions · Atari · 2014-05-21

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 08, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

One of the best games from acclaimed Tycoon series, with well designed gameplay mechanics, appealing graphics, and really high re-playability value. There’s no limit to what you can create so design and build the most thrilling roller coaster the world has ever seen!

296
playing now
94%
positive of 8.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.49
steam price (US)

296 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

RollerCoaster Tycoon is a 1999 construction and management simulation video game developed, designed and programmed by Chris Sawyer. It was published by Hasbro Interactive under the MicroProse label for Windows. Frontier Developments developed an Xbox port, which was released in 2003. It is the first game in the RollerCoaster Tycoon series.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 296 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 313 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~39/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 207k–497k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,288 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Fanatical (2021-03-01) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 82 of 132 observed days · $2.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14114120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3431072026-08-06 22:00 — 243 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 125 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 193 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 265 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 131 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 217 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 304 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 147 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 236 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 335 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 113 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 208 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 261 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 123 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 194 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 232 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 113 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 205 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 315 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 124 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 155 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 280 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 207 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 178 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 290 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 189 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 110 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 264 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 296 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.00$1.062015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.502015-07-23 — best price $5.992015-12-22 — best price $2.392016-05-03 — best price $2.032016-10-04 — best price $5.992017-01-27 — best price $5.992017-07-05 — best price $5.992017-11-29 — best price $5.992018-04-16 — best price $1.492018-11-22 — best price $2.402019-07-12 — best price $5.992019-12-03 — best price $5.992020-02-10 — best price $5.882020-04-29 — best price $4.922020-07-16 — best price $5.992020-09-01 — best price $5.282020-10-20 — best price $5.992021-04-19 — best price $5.992022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-05-26 — best price $4.992022-11-30 — best price $4.692023-07-10 — best price $5.992024-01-11 — best price $4.402024-04-11 — best price $4.402024-07-19 — best price $5.992024-10-06 — best price $4.692024-12-12 — best price $1.192025-02-10 — best price $1.492025-04-23 — best price $4.952025-07-16 — best price $5.992025-09-08 — best price $4.952025-11-06 — best price $5.992026-01-10 — best price $1.502026-03-27 — best price $2.992026-06-04 — best price $1.492026-08-21 — best price $1.492026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4061332026-05-31 — 280 pageviews2026-06-03 — 204 pageviews2026-06-06 — 194 pageviews2026-06-09 — 202 pageviews2026-06-12 — 183 pageviews2026-06-15 — 177 pageviews2026-06-18 — 208 pageviews2026-06-21 — 215 pageviews2026-06-24 — 215 pageviews2026-06-27 — 243 pageviews2026-06-30 — 228 pageviews2026-07-03 — 168 pageviews2026-07-06 — 178 pageviews2026-07-09 — 222 pageviews2026-07-12 — 195 pageviews2026-07-15 — 203 pageviews2026-07-18 — 177 pageviews2026-07-21 — 214 pageviews2026-07-24 — 208 pageviews2026-07-27 — 235 pageviews2026-07-30 — 192 pageviews2026-08-02 — 197 pageviews2026-08-05 — 186 pageviews2026-08-08 — 202 pageviews2026-08-11 — 171 pageviews2026-08-14 — 133 pageviews2026-08-17 — 193 pageviews2026-08-20 — 203 pageviews2026-08-23 — 207 pageviews2026-08-26 — 392 pageviews2026-08-28 — 294 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

FunnyClassicSandboxBuildingColorfulRelaxingStrategyIsometricNostalgiaManagement

Census log

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

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