Planet Coaster
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Developers | |
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Frontier Developments | |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
Publishers | |
Frontier Developments | |
macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
Engines | |
Cobra[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 17, 2016 |
macOS (OS X) | November 17, 2020 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 84 |
OpenCritic | 84 |
IGDB | 83 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC, Sponsored, Subscription |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, First-person |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building, Simulation |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Amusement park |
Planet Coaster is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and first-person building and simulation game.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Developer website | ||||
GamersGate | Sold by Frontier Developments | |||
GamersGate | Sold by Aspyr Media | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam |
- All versions require Steam and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM[2]
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | Various DLCs are available for the game, including new rides, attractions, and decoration pieces, as well as a short campaign. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Sponsored | The base game and its DLC feature various licensed rides and attractions from real-world theme parks. |
Subscription | The Planet Coaster Steam Subscription Pass is not required to play the full game, but it offers access to a variety of DLC without needing to purchase them.[3] |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | None |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Classic Rides Collection | ||
Magnificent Rides Collection | ||
World's Fair Pack | ||
Vintage Pack | ||
Studios Pack | ||
Adventure Pack | ||
Spooky Pack | ||
Ghostbusters™ | ||
Knight Rider™ K.I.T.T. Construction Kit | ||
Back to the Future™ Time Machine Construction Kit | ||
The Munsters® Munster Koach Construction Kit | ||
Quick Draw Interactive Shooting Ride | Free DLC |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use the -nointro command line argument to skip intro videos.[4]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Planet Coaster\<user-id>\Config %LOCALAPPDATA%\Frontier Developments\Planet Coaster |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493340/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Planet Coaster\<user-id>\Saves |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/493340/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | No setting for texture filtering | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Called Multisampling |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Missing controller support from the console versions. |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Spanish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Wwise | |
Interface | Scaleform |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 | 8.1, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-2300 AMD FX-4300 |
Intel Core i7-4770 AMD FX-8350 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 12 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 AMD Radeon R9 380 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/493340/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (493340) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ BrettC_Frontier comments on Q: Does planet coaster use its own engine? - last accessed on August 31, 2016
- "We use our own in-house engine known as Cobra [...] Planet Coaster will be on the Cobra engine as well."
- ↑ Planet Coaster on Steam - last accessed on August 31, 2016
- "Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: Denuvo Antitamper"
- ↑ Steam Community Announcement - Planet Coaster Steam Subscription Pass Now Available - last accessed on 2022-11-16
- ↑ Can I skip the intro video? Frontier Forums - last accessed on June 2017
- "Use -nointro to skip intro video"