Planet Coaster
Worth it · Action · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 80% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$44.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$11.2475% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.63/hr
- ReviewsS
- 91% of 72,300
- Critics
- 84 players 7 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 3% Action
Holding it back: DRM, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $11.24 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 27.6h
- To 100%
- 79.9h 2.9x the story
- Achievements
- 32
Price and sales
- Sales
- 94 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $2.24 May 2024
- Sale every
- 35d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 417 now
- Recent reviews
- 93% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 97% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
98% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 94 times in the 10 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Planet Zoo ($44.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Planet Coaster 2 ($49.99, scores 34).
More about Planet Coaster
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 11 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2024 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 56 percent of the 4,116 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 27.6 hours; clearing it takes 80, which is 2.9 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Get the sequel unless you can;t run the sequel like me, if you can't you aren't missing out on much but you are missing out on water parks
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Planet Coaster is a really fun and creative game. I love building my own parks, designing rides, and watching everything come together. There are so many possibilities, and it is very satisfying to create a park exactly the way you want.
as much as an incredible game this is putting RCT4 by Atari to shame i cannot recommend because of 3rd party Denuvo DRM. do not buy if u value owning the games u buy
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, nVidia GTX 560 (2GB)/AMD Radeon 7850 (2GB), 8 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Cite this score
Planet Coaster scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/493340/planet-coasterReviews 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 Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.