History VideoGame / PlanetCoaster

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''[=RCT3=]'' by the same developer.

'''''Planet Coaster''''' is a theme park simulation game created by Creator/FrontierDevelopments. Initially named ''Coaster Park Tycoon'', the game follows ''VideoGame/RollerCoasterTycoon 3'' (also developed by Frontier) in several respects, involving the creation of a functioning theme park, but it adds a lot of new features and control to the creation process. The game was initially announced in January 2015 with an alpha publicly accessible by pre-ordering from Frontier's store. The alpha was first made available in March 2016 with the game coming to UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in August of that same year, and was released on the 17th of November in 2016.

* {{Crossover}}: With ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', ''Series/KnightRider'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Series/TheMunsters'', and ''[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Cedar]] [[Ride/CedarFairEntertainment Fair]]''

* ActionGirl: One of the entertainers is a female version of the Wild West outlaw, with the description "She's not your typical damsel in distress!"

* EasyLevelTrick: The description for the Pirates Cove level states that Peg Leg Pete couldn't seem to find his treasure. [[spoiler:In fact, the treasure could be found beneath the cliffs of the park and bulldozed for $7,500, which can be used for paying off the loan.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Gulpee Rex, one of the entertainers and mascot for Gulpee Energy.
* FreeRotatingCamera

* {{Hipster}}: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/PlanetCoaster/comments/5bvenr/pc_foxy_design/ Foxy, the Street Fox Coffee mascot]] was intentionally designed around this. This, and the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Guest bowling is back. There's even an achievement for knocking over 300 people with a single roller coaster crash!

* EasyLevelTrick: The description for the Pirates Cove level states that Peg Leg Pete couldn't seem to find his treasure. [[spoiler:In fact, the treasure could be found beneath the cliffs of the the park and bulldozed for $7,500, which can be used for paying off the loan.]]

* RealityEnsues: Guests will absolutely refuse to ride a coaster if it hasn't been tested yet. How will they know that it's safe otherwise?

* SpeakingSimlish: [[ConLang Planco language]], which vaguely sounds like American English, British English, and Latam Spanish depending on the spoken words and characters, it coexists with regular English in written text, and it uses alphabetic letters.

* {{Crossover}}: With ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', ''Series/KnightRider'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Series/TheMunsters'', and, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers surprisingly,]] ''[[Ride/CedarFairEntertainment Cedar Fair]]''

* {{Crossover}}: With ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', ''Series/KnightRider'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', and ''Series/TheMunsters''.

* SequelDifficultySpike: As a successor to [=RCT3=], some challenges really ramp up the difficulty. Free Challenge mode on "Hardest" difficulty leaves you with $1000 (the standard carousel is ''$900'') and ridiculously difficult guest attributes to satisfy. Also, not working on a direct grid means ride, path, and especially building construction are much harder.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Pirate Cove is an [[SelfImposedChallenge optional one]], provided the player opts out of using the aforementioned EasyLevelTrick. The previous two parks, Pirate Battle and Creature Awakens, are essentially {{Video Game Tutorial}}s that serve to familiarize the player with certain actions like creating rides and hiring staff members. Pirate Cove serves a similar function with the loan feature, but this puts a handicap on the player by requiring them to pay a certain fee each month; this requires them to not only expand the park, but also pay close attention to their finances in order to maintain a profit and pay off the loan.

* SpeakingSimlish: [[ConLang Planco language]], which vaguely sounds like American English, British English, and Latam Spanish depending on the spoken words and characters, and it uses alphabetic letters.