
"Open Source RollerCoaster Tycoon Hits The Switch". In 2020, Nerdist suggested OpenRCT2 among other stress-relieving games to play during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a great way to return to such a wonderful classic PC game." Vice noted that OpenRCT2 "allows players much greater freedom in what they are able to build." Kotaku Australia pointed out that OpenRCT2 allows RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 to run on modern systems "just fine", and features multiplayer support, weakening the incentive to purchase the later released RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic. PC Gamer praised the increased scope for creativity with the new toolset, adding: "you can build the park of your dreams with coasters that no sane person who values their intestines would think about riding. The song was comissioned by the YouTuber Deurklink, who stated the song was paid for by his Patreon subscribers, which made it a community-funded effort. In May 2023, Allister Brimble, who had created the themes for the first two games in the RollerCoaster Tycoon series, composed a new theme song for OpenRCT2. Ī major update in 2022 allowed the game to use RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic (an official port of the original games) as a base install path. In 2019, the game was brought to custom firmware Nintendo Switch systems by modder rsn8887 as a homebrew game, including touchscreen support. Optional early victory conditions, should goals be met before time runs out.ĭevelopment of the game was started on April 2, 2014, by Ted "IntelOrca" John, and was continued by 250 other contributors.Options to exceed or tweak restrictions such as height clearance.Increased previous software limits on parks, such as scenery availability.Support for content from the original RollerCoaster Tycoon, such as scenarios.Support for high-definition resolutions.However, the re-implementation features a number of changes:

The gameplay of OpenRCT2 is, by nature of the project, very similar to the original RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game upon which it is based. See also: RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 § Gameplay
