RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic is the definitive way to experience the legendary park management sim on modern devices. Atari and Chris Sawyer have done an incredible job combining the best of RCT 1 and 2 into a single, cohesive package. The isometric graphics are just as charming as they were in 1999, but the interface has been intelligently reworked for touchscreens. Building a coaster piece-by-piece feels tactile and rewarding, and the depth of management—from staff wages to the price of umbrellas—is still industry-leading.
With 95 scenarios included, the amount of content here is staggering. Whether you're trying to turn around the struggling 'Megaworld Park' or building from scratch in 'Forest Frontiers,' every scenario feels like a unique puzzle. The inclusion of expansion packs like 'Wacky Worlds' and 'Time Twister' as optional DLC ensures that veteran players have even more landmarks and themes to play with. This isn't just a nostalgia trip; it’s a masterclass in game design that remains as addictive today as it was twenty years ago.
Version 1.2.435Mon Jun 30 2025
Fixed an issue that could cause freezing on loading and saving screens.
Fixed graphics stretching on some devices.
Fixed some cut off UI in certain scenes on specific aspect ratios.
Various other minor bug fixes and improvements.
RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic is a new RCT experience, combining the best features from two of the most successful and beloved RCT games in the series’ history – RollerCoaster Tycoon® and RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2.
Create and run amazing parks complete with the most outrageous rides imaginable. RCT Classic includes a mixture of authentic playability, depth of gameplay and unique graphical style of Chris Sawyer’s original best-selling RollerCoaster Tycoon® PC Games, now enhanced for handheld devices.
Packed with content, players can enjoy designing and building roller coasters and rides, landscaping parks and managing the staff and finances to keep their guests happy and the money flowing in.
Can you become the next RollerCoaster Tycoon?
PLEASE NOTE: Additional content for RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic is available via In-App Purchase, specifically the three expansion packs: Wacky Worlds, Time Twister and Toolkit. The expansion packs are the ONLY content that require an In-App Purchase and In-App Purchases are not used anywhere else in the game.
Key Features:
•The Original RollerCoaster Sim: Experience all the fun from the original RollerCoaster Tycoon® and RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2 games, with a new app that combines the best elements of both classic titles.
•Coaster Construction: Create incredible roller coasters – Quickly build a pre-made design or use the intuitive piece-by-piece building tools to design and theme your own unique rides.
•Park Designer: Keep your guests happy by building gentle or wild rides, food and drink stalls, water rides, and even transport rides to take them around the park; Customize your park by building scenery, fine-tuning the landscape, and routing the footpaths.
•Park Management: Run your park’s marketing and finances to make a profit while attracting more guests; Organize your staff to keep the park running well and looking its best.
•Exciting Environments: Build the ultimate theme park in a variety of challenging environments, from the tranquility of Forest Frontiers to the bustling commerce of Megaworld Park.
•Park Scenarios: Progress through 95 classic park scenarios from RollerCoaster Tycoon® and RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2.
• Authentic Gameplay: Classic-style characterful isometric graphics and original amusement park music and sound effects.
• Packed with Content: Includes hundreds of types of roller coasters and rides, and dozens of different shops, stalls, and facilities.
Additional Content Available with In-App Purchases:
1)Wacky Worlds Expansion Pack:
Find your passport and pack your bags! Wacky Worlds takes players on the ultimate trip around the globe in 17 new park scenarios! Includes exotic rides, profitable concessions and the most famous landmarks known to man including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Statue of Liberty, Great Wall of China and more! Each location is packed with opportunities for success, fun and unique challenges.
2)Time Twister Expansion Pack:
Travel through time with 14 new park scenarios based on historical and fantasy time-themes and build a park that is truly a blast from the past (or future if you like). Play in a Prehistoric amusement park decorated with huge animated T-Rex’s and coasters such as the Raptor Ride, or choose from Mythological times, the Dark Ages, the Rock & Roll crazed ‘50s, the Future or the Roaring Twenties.
3)Toolkit:
Park Scenario Editor: Design and build your own amazing parks – Make them as easy or as challenging as you want, using your choice of scenery and rides! Includes a number of Six Flags parks to get you started.
Ride Designer: Build, test, fine-tune and theme your own awesome roller coaster designs in the Ride Designer before saving them for use while playing!
Import and Export: Share your saved parks, park scenarios and ride designs with friends, and try out their creations too! (Includes the ability to import most saved parks and scenarios created with the original RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 PC game).
Requires iOS 13 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic is a new RCT experience, combining the best features from two of the most successful and beloved RCT games in the series’ history – RollerCoaster Tycoon® and RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2.
Create and run amazing parks complete with the most outrageous rides imaginable. RCT Classic includes a mixture of authentic playability, depth of gameplay and unique graphical style of Chris Sawyer’s original best-selling RollerCoaster Tycoon® PC Games, now enhanced for handheld devices.
Packed with content, players can enjoy designing and building roller coasters and rides, landscaping parks and managing the staff and finances to keep their guests happy and the money flowing in.
Can you become the next RollerCoaster Tycoon?
PLEASE NOTE: Additional content for RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic is available via In-App Purchase, specifically the three expansion packs: Wacky Worlds, Time Twister and Toolkit. The expansion packs are the ONLY content that require an In-App Purchase and In-App Purchases are not used anywhere else in the game.
Key Features:
•The Original RollerCoaster Sim: Experience all the fun from the original RollerCoaster Tycoon® and RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2 games, with a new app that combines the best elements of both classic titles.
•Coaster Construction: Create incredible roller coasters – Quickly build a pre-made design or use the intuitive piece-by-piece building tools to design and theme your own unique rides.
•Park Designer: Keep your guests happy by building gentle or wild rides, food and drink stalls, water rides, and even transport rides to take them around the park; Customize your park by building scenery, fine-tuning the landscape, and routing the footpaths.
•Park Management: Run your park’s marketing and finances to make a profit while attracting more guests; Organize your staff to keep the park running well and looking its best.
•Exciting Environments: Build the ultimate theme park in a variety of challenging environments, from the tranquility of Forest Frontiers to the bustling commerce of Megaworld Park.
•Park Scenarios: Progress through 95 classic park scenarios from RollerCoaster Tycoon® and RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2.
• Authentic Gameplay: Classic-style characterful isometric graphics and original amusement park music and sound effects.
• Packed with Content: Includes hundreds of types of roller coasters and rides, and dozens of different shops, stalls, and facilities.
Additional Content Available with In-App Purchases:
1)Wacky Worlds Expansion Pack:
Find your passport and pack your bags! Wacky Worlds takes players on the ultimate trip around the globe in 17 new park scenarios! Includes exotic rides, profitable concessions and the most famous landmarks known to man including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Statue of Liberty, Great Wall of China and more! Each location is packed with opportunities for success, fun and unique challenges.
2)Time Twister Expansion Pack:
Travel through time with 14 new park scenarios based on historical and fantasy time-themes and build a park that is truly a blast from the past (or future if you like). Play in a Prehistoric amusement park decorated with huge animated T-Rex’s and coasters such as the Raptor Ride, or choose from Mythological times, the Dark Ages, the Rock & Roll crazed ‘50s, the Future or the Roaring Twenties.
3)Toolkit:
Park Scenario Editor: Design and build your own amazing parks – Make them as easy or as challenging as you want, using your choice of scenery and rides! Includes a number of Six Flags parks to get you started.
Ride Designer: Build, test, fine-tune and theme your own awesome roller coaster designs in the Ride Designer before saving them for use while playing!
Import and Export: Share your saved parks, park scenarios and ride designs with friends, and try out their creations too! (Includes the ability to import most saved parks and scenarios created with the original RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 PC game).










RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic is an authentic park management experience enhanced for handheld devices. Combine the depth and graphical style of the original PC best-sellers to build the ultimate theme park. Design complex roller coasters, landscape beautiful parks, and manage finances to become a tycoon. Includes 95 classic scenarios and intuitive touch-based building tools.
When building a custom coaster, pay close attention to the Intensity and Nausea ratings. Too many high-speed turns will make guests sick, while too few will make the ride boring.
Atari has released a physical edition of RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic on Nintendo Switch. The definitive edition of the park building sim.
GoNintendo Thu May 29 2025
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic is a new RCT experience, remastered in 2017 by franchise creator Chris Sawyer to combine the best features from two of the most...
VICE Sun Dec 29 2024
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic will be available on Nintendo Switch on December 5, bringing the fan-favorite theme park sim to current gen consoles for the first...
Gaming Age Sun Dec 29 2024
Atari has heard the desire for touch controls and there's a "hope" to add it down the line. We'll consider that a win.
Nintendo Life Wed Jan 29 2025
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic for Nintendo Switch is a classic for a reason: when the original amusement park simulation game launched,...
Digitally Downloaded Sat Mar 01 2025
Atari shared the news today that it will produce a physical release for RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic on Nintendo Switch. It will be available on April 25, 2025.
Nintendo Everything Wed Jan 29 2025
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic, a collection combining the “best features” of RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, is officially coming to Nintendo...
GamesHub Sun Dec 29 2024
RollerCoaster Tycoon, an all-time great PC game, is now available on Nintendo Switch with RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic.
Pixelkin Wed Jan 29 2025
Atari confirmed they will release a phsyical edition of RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic for Nintendo Switch, as it arrives in April.
Bleeding Cool News Wed Jan 29 2025
RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic is heading to Switch at the start of next month. As announced by Atari, the theme park sim will arrive on 5th December.
Eurogamer Sun Dec 29 2024
Hire handymen to keep paths clean and mechanics to fix rides. Set your prices strategically to maximize profit without driving away guests.
The base game includes 95 scenarios. The Wacky Worlds, Time Twister, and Toolkit expansions are available as in-app purchases.