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Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.

Release DateNov 17, 2016
Price$ 44.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91.2% (very positive) Top 20% / 91.5%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.6% Top 4% / 90%  Top 3%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)51K  Top 1% / 62.2K  Top 1%
Curators515 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time40.7 hours  Top 3%
Play Time per Dollar54 minutes  Top 30%
Followers288.1K  Top 1%
Owners± 3.9M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 3M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 61.1M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Planet Coaster steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Planet Coaster's Steam rating and reviews between November 2016 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 95.3% (November 2016) to 88.6% (October 2019).

With its 62.2K reviews Top 1%, Planet Coaster is indisputably a major AAA level success. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Planet Coaster and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Planet Coaster's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (53%), followed by Simplified Chinese (15%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 28 different languages represented. The game is available in 9 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Planet Coaster percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Planet Coaster, comparing positive and negative reviews. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 149 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 4.8 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (47 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of Planet Coaster's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Absolute freedom
  • Stunning graphics
  • Sound
  • Nice career mode
  • Incredible customisation possibilities
  • Large scale of scenery and props
  • Blueprints
  • Physics
  • Good performance
  • Steam workshop
  • Management could be better
  • Human Resources
  • Underground
  • Finances
  • Lack of in-depth management
  • Guests will only go on rides the game likes
  • VERY hard to start the game
  • Ride aging
  • No option to select which monitor to run the game on
  • Lack of non coaster rides

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 91.2%  Top 20% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Planet Coaster's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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