Planet Coaster 2
After several underwhelming releases and a major shift in company strategy, Planet Coaster 2 is arguably one of the most important titles to come out of UK-based Frontier Developments. The studio is once again firmly focused on the management simulation genre.
When Planet Coaster was released on PC in November 2016, Frontier Developments was delighted to see a million-seller - and that theme park building games still sell well, much like the successful RollerCoaster Tycoon franchise, of which Frontier Developments had developed the third instalment, although Atari has since bought all rights to the franchise. Four years later, Frontier released Planet Coaster: Console Edition, and by the end of 2020 the base game had sold over three million copies across all platforms. However, Jurassic World Evolution and Elite Dangerous were more successful. Planet Zoo also proved to be a successful title which, like the other, relied more on a shallow economic system but embraced the creative construction and building possibilities in a sandbox style with vibrant parks/zoos.