Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator
Fair · Strategy · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $24.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4h
- Value
- $6.25/hr
- Reviews
- 89% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 10 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Design! Control! Ride! Virtual Rides III is here! Set foot in an even bigger, more colorful, and more impressive fairground than ever before! Let your imagination be your guide! Design, control, and ride more than 15 unique attractions!
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
December 2020 is where it bottomed out, at $9.99. It has been discounted 23 times in the 10 years tracked here, typically at 40 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 12 percent on value. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, SuchArt: Creative Space (free, scores 92) beats it on value, while it beats Kayak VR: Mirage ($16.09, scores 43).
This site sampled 356 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 5 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written June 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 48 percent of the 100 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
87% start to 10% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
10 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 09:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
its a very good game for people who would like to operate a funfair ride one day i do wish it was a tiny bit better with how the people react and look but over than that its a great game.
Virtual Rides 3, developed by Pixelsplit Simulations, offers a unique and immersive experience for players who've ever dreamed of running their own fairground. Rather than focusing on the business aspects of a theme park simulator, this game places its attention squarely on the heart of the carnival: the rides themselves. It's a love letter to the sights, sounds, and sensations of the funfair, letting players take...
Amazing detail on the ride models themselves and great physics as they move. Controlling them is a lot of fun. Sometimes there can be some odd glitches when using the panels in the operators booth over the UI to control the rides, and sometimes it can be hard to do precise controls on these panels. Using the UI to control the rides is glitch free and easy, but I do prefer to use the panels for added realism. It...
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Cite this score
Virtual Rides 3 - Funfair Simulator scores 54/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/515260/virtual-rides-3-funfair-simulatorReviews 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 Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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