RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (OpenRCT2)
Game: RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (Windows, 2002)
OpenRCT2: an open-source reimplementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, the game Chris Sawyer wrote in x86 assembly. It aims to provide everything in the original as faithfully as possible and extends it with an improved interface, better guest and staff behavior, more editing tools, higher limits, uncapped frame rates, and cooperative multiplayer with groups and permissions. It also brings back mechanics from the first RollerCoaster Tycoon that the sequel dropped, such as the in-game mountain tool, the “have fun” objective, and launched coasters that don’t pass through the station, and with the first game’s files and its expansions it can load that game’s scenarios. It supports plugins written in JavaScript, and there are builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux, plus a launcher that keeps it up to date. Version 0.5.6 (October 10) lets you recolor terrain surfaces and edges, adds 18 colors, five of them from the original release of RollerCoaster Tycoon, and introduces a new title sequence. One of its more than 30,000 commits, from July 20, lists the Cursor agent as a co-author.
You needThe files from your own copy of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, from the original disc or the GOG or Steam release; RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic works too. The first game’s scenarios also need your copy of RollerCoaster Tycoon with its expansions. Plus Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.13 or later, or Linux, on a little-endian architecture.
- How it gets to PC
- Fan reimplementation
- Console
- Microsoft Windows
- Original studio
- Chris Sawyer
- Year
- 2002
- Author
- OpenRCT2
- Stars
- 16.6k
- Last activity
- 2026-11-11 · today
- Latest version
- v0.5.7 · 2026-11-01
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Language
- C++
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