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RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe cover art

RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe

Chris Sawyer Productions · Atari · 2014-05-21

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe is a $1.49 Simulation and Strategy title released in 2014, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 8314 reviews).

152
playing now
94%
positive of 8.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$1.49
steam price (US)

152 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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
  • · 152 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 4% of 16,758 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 209k–501k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,351 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-75%

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 97 of 156 observed days · $0.60 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

344942026-09-15 12:00 — 125 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 221 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 145 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 168 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 344 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 189 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 100 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 212 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 216 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 165 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 223 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 202 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 99 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 178 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 234 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 110 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 157 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 188 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 111 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 213 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 328 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 137 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 121 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 152 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
58679May 2014Aug 2026May 2014 — avg 79 · peak 161Sep 2014 — avg 105 · peak 243Jan 2015 — avg 179 · peak 487May 2015 — avg 145 · peak 364Sep 2015 — avg 233 · peak 576Jan 2016 — avg 271 · peak 699May 2016 — avg 230 · peak 472Sep 2016 — avg 195 · peak 428Jan 2017 — avg 338 · peak 812May 2017 — avg 227 · peak 442Sep 2017 — avg 210 · peak 427Jan 2018 — avg 244 · peak 509May 2018 — avg 227 · peak 420Sep 2018 — avg 238 · peak 490Jan 2019 — avg 246 · peak 482May 2019 — avg 210 · peak 377Sep 2019 — avg 263 · peak 493Jan 2020 — avg 252 · peak 501May 2020 — avg 404 · peak 775Sep 2020 — avg 254 · peak 495Jan 2021 — avg 284 · peak 551May 2021 — avg 226 · peak 410Sep 2021 — avg 202 · peak 354Jan 2022 — avg 251 · peak 473May 2022 — avg 200 · peak 369Sep 2022 — avg 201 · peak 413Jan 2023 — avg 209 · peak 405May 2023 — avg 188 · peak 344Sep 2023 — avg 187 · peak 355Jan 2024 — avg 233 · peak 495May 2024 — avg 200 · peak 413Sep 2024 — avg 216 · peak 421Jan 2025 — avg 240 · peak 501May 2025 — avg 194 · peak 378Sep 2025 — avg 203 · peak 378Jan 2026 — avg 224 · peak 561May 2026 — avg 191 · peak 366Aug 2026 — avg 207 · peak 409
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.00$1.062015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — 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 $1.492026-09-21 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4061392026-05-31 — 280 pageviews2026-06-04 — 207 pageviews2026-06-08 — 167 pageviews2026-06-12 — 183 pageviews2026-06-16 — 167 pageviews2026-06-20 — 192 pageviews2026-06-24 — 215 pageviews2026-06-28 — 268 pageviews2026-07-02 — 220 pageviews2026-07-06 — 178 pageviews2026-07-10 — 203 pageviews2026-07-14 — 244 pageviews2026-07-18 — 177 pageviews2026-07-22 — 233 pageviews2026-07-26 — 181 pageviews2026-07-30 — 192 pageviews2026-08-03 — 202 pageviews2026-08-07 — 175 pageviews2026-08-11 — 171 pageviews2026-08-15 — 139 pageviews2026-08-19 — 200 pageviews2026-08-23 — 207 pageviews2026-08-27 — 293 pageviews2026-08-31 — 221 pageviews2026-09-04 — 188 pageviews2026-09-08 — 211 pageviews2026-09-12 — 156 pageviews2026-09-16 — 213 pageviews2026-09-20 — 166 pageviews2026-09-24 — 194 pageviews2026-09-28 — 171 pageviews2026-10-02 — 179 pageviews2026-10-06 — 164 pageviews2026-10-10 — 184 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FunnyClassicSandboxBuildingColorfulRelaxingStrategyIsometricNostalgiaManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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