RollerCoaster Tycoon World
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How do players who really played RollerCoaster Tycoon World rate it? TrueGG Rating 29.0%

Release date: Nov 16, 2016 Data as of 2026-10-17 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it higher than Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks.

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
29.0%
▲ +3.8 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 5+ hours (all time) · 3,337 reviews

TrueGG, all time
29.0%
Steam overall
25.1%
Japanese, all time
—

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 23.0% of all reviews. Their positive share is 13.6%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (5h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 5 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h10%7931–2 h18%5652–5 h27%1,2155–10 h28%1,16710–20 h30%1,05120–50 h27%74550–100 h26%245100–200 h40%90200+ h38%39Positive share by playtime0–1 h79310%1–2 h56518%2–5 h1,21527%5–10 h1,16728%10–20 h1,05130%20–50 h74527%50–100 h24526%100–200 h9040%200+ h3938%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (all time). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h10.3%0.0%793
1–2 h18.2%—565
2–5 h27.3%0.0%1,215
5–10 h28.4%0.0%1,167
10–20 h30.3%0.0%1,051
20–50 h27.4%0.0%745
50–100 h25.7%50.0%245
100–200 h40.0%—90
200+ h38.5%—39

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 5+ hours. 19% had 20+ hours and 2% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

RollerCoaster Tycoon World has a TrueGG Rating of 29.0%, based on all-time reviews from players with 5+ hours (3,337 reviews) because recent reviews are few. Steam's overall rating is 25.1%.

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 23% of the total, with 14% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention crashes and bugs and pacing. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (23.8% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-17.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on technical quality (Crashes & bugs). These can be fixed, so check recent reviews too. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Crashes & bugs43% of negative reviews (16% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · 6 positive reviews say it improved
  • Movement & pacing7% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel31% of positive reviews (9% of negative)
＋ awesome＋ cool＋ own＋ easy＋ use＋ love＋ fun＋ yes− literally− trash− glitchy− constantly− waste− broken− doing− mess

Counted from 312 recent negative and 301 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating25.1%All time, all languages · 5,899 reviews
Adjusted rating23.8%Weighted by trust (95% range 23.0%–24.6%), −1.3pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews7.7%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−17.4pt vs overall) · 13 reviews · Few reviews; indicative only
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review10%24%
Very short text40%16%
Key activated outside Steam44%39%
Received for free4%1%
Owns very few games22%23%
Over 100 reviews written5%4%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.660.71

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 13.4 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-17

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 200 400 600 2015-10: +40 / −72 2015-11: +14 / −28 2016-01: +0 / −1 2016-03: +76 / −291 2016-04: +180 / −365 2016-05: +36 / −65 2016-06: +31 / −60 2016-07: +15 / −34 2016-08: +14 / −61 2016-09: +12 / −32 2016-10: +7 / −28 2016-11: +28 / −153 2016-12: +21 / −64 2017-01: +10 / −45 2017-02: +4 / −32 2017-03: +5 / −28 2017-04: +3 / −21 2017-05: +7 / −27 2017-06: +20 / −57 2017-07: +12 / −59 2017-08: +10 / −33 2017-09: +3 / −25 2017-10: +4 / −33 2017-11: +16 / −37 2017-12: +9 / −27 2018-01: +7 / −23 2018-02: +3 / −19 2018-03: +2 / −19 2018-04: +2 / −12 2018-05: +2 / −13 2018-06: +4 / −14 2018-07: +3 / −16 2018-08: +3 / −17 2018-09: +5 / −12 2018-10: +4 / −6 2018-11: +3 / −10 2018-12: +1 / −11 2019-01: +2 / −9 2019-02: +0 / −14 2019-03: +3 / −9 2019-04: +3 / −9 2019-05: +3 / −12 2019-06: +1 / −10 2019-07: +3 / −11 2019-08: +2 / −7 2019-09: +3 / −12 2019-10: +3 / −9 2019-11: +10 / −7 2019-12: +10 / −16 2020-01: +6 / −10 2020-02: +4 / −9 2020-03: +6 / −20 2020-04: +19 / −33 2020-05: +7 / −19 2020-06: +5 / −15 2020-07: +10 / −23 2020-08: +3 / −8 2020-09: +5 / −14 2020-10: +3 / −7 2020-11: +2 / −8 2020-12: +6 / −12 2021-01: +1 / −6 2021-02: +1 / −5 2021-03: +2 / −11 2021-04: +3 / −8 2021-05: +2 / −7 2021-06: +6 / −7 2021-07: +5 / −5 2021-08: +2 / −6 2021-09: +3 / −7 2021-10: +6 / −6 2021-11: +3 / −5 2021-12: +2 / −7 2022-01: +4 / −5 2022-02: +1 / −6 2022-03: +2 / −5 2022-04: +1 / −2 2022-05: +2 / −4 2022-06: +1 / −5 2022-07: +5 / −6 2022-08: +5 / −5 2022-09: +4 / −5 2022-10: +2 / −5 2022-11: +1 / −3 2022-12: +1 / −2 2023-01: +3 / −2 2023-02: +2 / −1 2023-03: +2 / −4 2023-04: +1 / −7 2023-05: +0 / −0 2023-06: +1 / −8 2023-07: +1 / −6 2023-08: +1 / −4 2023-09: +1 / −3 2023-10: +2 / −6 2023-11: +3 / −5 2023-12: +1 / −2 2024-01: +1 / −5 2024-02: +2 / −2 2024-03: +2 / −2 2024-04: +4 / −17 2024-05: +4 / −7 2024-06: +7 / −4 2024-07: +2 / −10 2024-08: +2 / −3 2024-09: +2 / −5 2024-10: +4 / −2 2024-11: +1 / −1 2024-12: +4 / −4 2025-01: +1 / −2 2025-02: +2 / −2 2025-03: +3 / −2 2025-04: +3 / −2 2025-05: +2 / −5 2025-06: +0 / −5 2025-07: +3 / −4 2025-08: +0 / −2 2025-09: +3 / −7 2025-10: +1 / −3 2025-11: +1 / −6 2025-12: +3 / −1 2026-01: +1 / −4 2026-02: +2 / −6 2026-03: +2 / −10 2026-04: +1 / −5 2026-05: +1 / −5 2026-06: +4 / −5 2026-07: +1 / −7 2026-08: +1 / −2 2026-09: +1 / −3 2026-10: +1 / −1 2015/102016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 26.4% 2015-10: 35.7%2015-11: 33.3%2016-03: 20.7%2016-04: 33.0%2016-05: 35.6%2016-06: 34.1%2016-07: 30.6%2016-08: 18.7%2016-09: 27.3%2016-10: 20.0%2016-11: 15.5%2016-12: 24.7%2017-01: 18.2%2017-02: 11.1%2017-03: 15.2%2017-05: 20.6%2017-06: 26.0%2017-07: 16.9%2017-08: 23.3%2017-10: 10.8%2017-11: 30.2%2017-12: 25.0%2018-01: 23.3%2020-04: 36.5%2020-07: 30.3% 2015/102016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 0.5 1 2026-09-16: +0 / −0 2026-09-17: +0 / −0 2026-09-18: +0 / −0 2026-09-19: +0 / −0 2026-09-20: +0 / −0 2026-09-21: +0 / −0 2026-09-22: +0 / −0 2026-09-23: +0 / −0 2026-09-24: +0 / −0 2026-09-25: +0 / −0 2026-09-26: +0 / −0 2026-09-27: +0 / −0 2026-09-28: +0 / −0 2026-09-29: +0 / −0 2026-09-30: +0 / −0 2026-10-01: +0 / −0 2026-10-02: +0 / −0 2026-10-03: +1 / −0 2026-10-04: +0 / −0 2026-10-05: +0 / −0 2026-10-06: +0 / −0 2026-10-07: +0 / −0 2026-10-08: +0 / −0 2026-10-09: +0 / −0 2026-10-10: +0 / −0 2026-10-11: +0 / −0 2026-10-12: +0 / −0 2026-10-13: +0 / −0 2026-10-14: +0 / −0 2026-10-15: +0 / −1 09/1609/2309/3010/0710/14
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2015-10407235.7%
2015-11142833.3%
2016-01010.0%
2016-037629120.7%
2016-0418036533.0%
2016-05366535.6%
2016-06316034.1%
2016-07153430.6%
2016-08146118.7%
2016-09123227.3%
2016-1072820.0%
2016-112815315.5%
2016-12216424.7%
2017-01104518.2%
2017-0243211.1%
2017-0352815.2%
2017-0432112.5%
2017-0572720.6%
2017-06205726.0%
2017-07125916.9%
2017-08103323.3%
2017-0932510.7%
2017-1043310.8%
2017-11163730.2%
2017-1292725.0%
2018-0172323.3%
2018-0231913.6%
2018-032199.5%
2018-0421214.3%
2018-0521313.3%
2018-0641422.2%
2018-0731615.8%
2018-0831715.0%
2018-0951229.4%
2018-104640.0%
2018-1131023.1%
2018-121118.3%
2019-012918.2%
2019-020140.0%
2019-033925.0%
2019-043925.0%
2019-0531220.0%
2019-061109.1%
2019-0731121.4%
2019-082722.2%
2019-0931220.0%
2019-103925.0%
2019-1110758.8%
2019-12101638.5%
2020-0161037.5%
2020-024930.8%
2020-0362023.1%
2020-04193336.5%
2020-0571926.9%
2020-0651525.0%
2020-07102330.3%
2020-083827.3%
2020-0951426.3%
2020-103730.0%
2020-112820.0%
2020-1261233.3%
2021-011614.3%
2021-021516.7%
2021-0321115.4%
2021-043827.3%
2021-052722.2%
2021-066746.2%
2021-075550.0%
2021-082625.0%
2021-093730.0%
2021-106650.0%
2021-113537.5%
2021-122722.2%
2022-014544.4%
2022-021614.3%
2022-032528.6%
2022-041233.3%
2022-052433.3%
2022-061516.7%
2022-075645.5%
2022-085550.0%
2022-094544.4%
2022-102528.6%
2022-111325.0%
2022-121233.3%
2023-013260.0%
2023-022166.7%
2023-032433.3%
2023-041712.5%
2023-0500—
2023-061811.1%
2023-071614.3%
2023-081420.0%
2023-091325.0%
2023-102625.0%
2023-113537.5%
2023-121233.3%
2024-011516.7%
2024-022250.0%
2024-032250.0%
2024-0441719.0%
2024-054736.4%
2024-067463.6%
2024-0721016.7%
2024-082340.0%
2024-092528.6%
2024-104266.7%
2024-111150.0%
2024-124450.0%
2025-011233.3%
2025-022250.0%
2025-033260.0%
2025-043260.0%
2025-052528.6%
2025-06050.0%
2025-073442.9%
2025-08020.0%
2025-093730.0%
2025-101325.0%
2025-111614.3%
2025-123175.0%
2026-011420.0%
2026-022625.0%
2026-0321016.7%
2026-041516.7%
2026-051516.7%
2026-064544.4%
2026-071712.5%
2026-081233.3%
2026-091325.0%
2026-101150.0%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days25.0%4
Last 180 days29.2%48
All time25.1%5,899
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