RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic
Worth it · Strategy · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99.
- Length
- 12.9h
- Value
- $1.55/hr
- Reviews
- 91% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, OpenGL 2, 358 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Create incredible parks in the original rollercoaster sim from Chris Sawyer.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $4.99. That was December 2021. 51 discounts in the 9 years on record. They run about 66 percent off, roughly 7 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, RollerCoaster Tycoon®: Deluxe ($5.99, scores 92) beats it on value, while it beats RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack ($9.99, scores 62).
3 of the 470 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 61 percent of the 290 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 12.9 hours. Doing everything runs 430, 33 times as long.
Players
181 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 10:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I really want to give this a thumbs up because of what game it is but apparently they broke the game back in march (2026) and haven't fixed it still as of august (2026) even though plenty of people have been vocal about the issues. It used to run great but now it's basically unplayable. You can't zoom out too far or it crashes. When building things you get a green ghost of where you're placing it but sometimes that...
Played this when I was a kid, wanted to check it out again, but nah. Buggy mess. Played a few scenarios and I've been losing my mind with karts and guests getting stuck, props glitching into each other and don't even ask me about placing benches on elevated paths. And not only is there no option added to create hills when adjusting land height, this feature is in exclusive to scenario editor but it's literally...
It's ancient. It looks ancient. Sounds ancient. It's all ancient. And it's still pure 24K Gold
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic scores 82/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/683900/rollercoaster-tycoon-classicReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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