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Planet Coaster

Planet Coaster is a theme-park management sim from Frontier, created as a spiritual successor to the popular RollerCoaster Tycoon series. Available on PC and consoles, you must build your park from scratch, and then manage it to success.

Planet Coaster
Planet Coaster

Platform(s)
PC , PS4 , PS5 , Xbox One , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S
Released
November 17, 2016
Developer(s)
Frontier Developments
Publisher(s)
Frontier Developments
Genre(s)
Simulation
ESRB
E For Everyone due to Crude Humor, Mild Violence

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