RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe
BANGER · Strategy · 2014
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $5.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.39/hr
- ReviewsS
- 94% of 8,374
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Strategy
Watch this gameOne alert when it goes on sale.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 15.4h
- To 100%
- 226.6h 14.7x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 66 on record
- Typical cut
- 66% off
- Steam low
- $1.19 November 2024
- Sale every
- 49d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 192 now
- Cheaper than
- 54% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 98% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
66 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 66 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 1 percent. It is better reviewed than 98 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack ($9.99, scores 81) and SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition ($19.99, scores 64).
More about RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe
Of the 530 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 79 percent of the 879 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 15.4 hours. Doing everything runs 227, 15 times as long.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 16 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
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What players say
It's the original game, the very best one. Hits you right in the nostalgia. Nothing else compares really. Oh, it has all the expansion packs like Loopy Landscapes and Corkscrew Follies, so it's the full game.
2 more reviews
Got this game in a cereal box when I was a kid. Today it is still worth more than a box of cereal.
nostalgia probably plays a large part in my love for this game... but this is exactly what I want
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe scores 92/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/285310/rollercoaster-tycoon-deluxeReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.