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Planet Coaster 2

Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?

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About this game

Developer description

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Create a splash with Planet Coaster 2 - sequel to the world’s best coaster park simulator!   Reach new heights of creativity, management, and sharing as you construct the theme parks of your dreams combining epic water rides and coasters to delight and thrill your park guests.  Dive in now!  Expand your imagination: Enhanced and improved building and pathing tools let you create spectacular, true-to-life theme parks, complete with sprawling plazas. Make your mark on the world as you shape terrain and populate your park with stunning swimming pools and thrilling rides. It’s never been easier to bring your dream park to life. Create the ultimate theme park: Dive into a world of creativity with nine distinct themes, from returning classics like Pirate and Western, to exciting new additions in Viking and Mythology. With thousands of themed customisable pieces at your fingertips, every creation will be truly unique. Next-level customisation:…

Player sentiment

What players actually say

All Steam reviews ↗
74%positive · Mostly Positive
8.9K Steam reviews · Nov 1, 2026
“To say this game had an INCREDIBLY rough launch would be a massive understatement. But to say that it has improved a lot since then would honestly ALSO be a huge understatement. Frontier very easily could have just taken everyone's money and ran by essentially abandoning the game after its rough launch just like wha…”
Samson Silvo

402h played · 225 helpful

Steam ↗
“Gotten much better with the new updates. I dont care for the waterpark aspect but its much better than the first game. Would recommend! But please, stop publishing unfinished games.”
emil.norman

127h played · 129 helpful

Steam ↗
“I like this game a lot, but unfortunately there is a solid amount of greed on display here. There are coasters & rides in the game, visible within the build menus, that send you to purchase DLC when you try to build them. Even worse, there are in-game rides, shown to every player, which require pre-order DLC that is…”
scaryclownlady

31.7h played · 2K helpful · not recommended

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“This is what game developers do now. Release a game thats 40% finished, charge full price, release paid DLCs. Then cry about "toxic" gamers.”
sHnozZa

34.9h played · 649 helpful · not recommended

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Images: Frontier Developments via Steam, shown for editorial coverage.

Specs

System requirements

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minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64bit (22H2)
  • Processor: Intel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A750 (8GB VRAM)
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: SSD Recommended

recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10,11 64bit
  • Processor: Intel i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5800
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A770 (16GB VRAM)
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: SSD Required

FAQ

Common questions

When was Planet Coaster 2 released?+

Steam lists the release date as Nov 6, 2024.

What platforms is Planet Coaster 2 available on?+

Windows

How is Planet Coaster 2 reviewed on Steam?+

Mostly Positive — 74% of 8.9K steam reviews are positive, captured Nov 1, 2026.