List of theme park management video games

The following are video games dedicated to the management or simulation of theme parks.

Construction simulators

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Many titles are construction and management simulation games. Players must construct roller coasters and sometimes other fairground attractions in order to attract visitors to their fairgrounds or otherwise achieve their goals.

Year Game Platform Developer Publisher Notes
1993 Coaster MS-DOS Code To Go Walt Disney Computer Software, Inc.
1994 Theme Park MS-DOS, Amiga, 3DO, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Amiga CD32, Mac OS, Atari Jaguar, FM Towns, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, SNES, Nintendo DS, iOS Bullfrog Productions Electronic Arts
1999 RollerCoaster Tycoon Windows, Xbox Chris Sawyer Productions Hasbro Interactive, MicroProse, Infogrames Includes two expansion packs: Added Attractions (Corkscrew Follies in the United States) and Loopy Landscapes.
1999 Coaster Works Dreamcast Bottom Up, Bimboosoft Xicat Interactive, Inc.
1999 Theme Park World PlayStation, Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation 2 Bullfrog Productions Electronic Arts
2000 Legoland Windows Krisalis Electronic Arts
2001 NoLimits Windows, macOS Ole Lange Mad Data GmbH & Co. KG
2001 Theme Park Inc Windows Bullfrog Productions Electronic Arts
2001 Ultimate Ride Windows Gigawatt Studios, Disney Imagineering Disney Interactive Studios
2002 RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 Windows Chris Sawyer Productions Infogrames Includes two expansion packs: Wacky Worlds and Time Twister. Both of these are developed by Frontier Developments.
2004 RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Windows, macOS, iOS, Nintendo Switch Frontier Developments Atari, Inc., Aspyr Media, Frontier Developments Includes two expansion packs: Soaked and Wild.
2006 Thrillville PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable Frontier Developments LucasArts
2007 Thrillville: Off the Rails Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows Frontier Developments LucasArts
2008 Efteling Tycoon Windows Dartmoor Softworks, HexArts Entertainment Atari Benelux
2011 Rollercoaster Mania Facebook Noisy Duck Noisy Duck Based on Theme Park
2012 RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D 3DS n-Space Atari, Inc.
2014 NoLimits 2 Windows Ole Lange[1] Mad Data GmbH & Co. KG
2014 RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 Mobile iOS, Android On 5 Games Atari, Inc.
2016 RollerCoaster Tycoon World Windows Nvizzio Creations Atari, Inc.
2016 Planet Coaster Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Frontier Developments Frontier Developments
2016 Theme Park Studio Windows Pantera Entertainment Pantera Entertainment
2016 RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic iOS, Android Origin8 Technologies Atari, Inc.
2017 RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch iOS, Android Atari, Inc.
2018 Parkitect Windows, macOS, Linux Texel Raptor Texel Raptor
2018 RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures Nintendo Switch Nvizzio Creations Atari, Inc.
2023 Park Beyond Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S Limbic Entertainment Bandai Namco Entertainment
2024 Planet Coaster 2 Microsoft Windows,PlayStation 5,Xbox Series X/S Frontier Developments Frontier Developments

Roller coaster games in other genres

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Some video games concerned with roller coasters belong to other video game genres, these are listed below.

Year Game Platform Genre Developer Publisher Notes
1983 3D Crazy Coaster Vectrex Action, puzzle General Consumer Electronics Milton Bradley
1985 Roller Coaster Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum Action, platform, puzzle S. Brocklehurst Elite Systems
1989 Roller Coaster Rumbler Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS Rail shooter Subway Software Tynesoft
2009 3D Rollercoaster Rush iOS, Android Strategy Digital Chocolate RockYou 3D Rollercoaster Rush has seven sequels, most notably Haunted 3D Rollercoaster Rush and Jurassic 3D Rollercoaster Rush.[2]
2015 Screamride Xbox One, Xbox 360 Puzzle Frontier Developments Microsoft Studios

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "No Limits 2". Steam. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ Wynter, Nadia (25 September 2009). "Digital Chocolate unveils Haunted Rollercoaster app for iPhone thrills". NY Daily News. Retrieved 19 May 2016.