RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic confirms physical release on Nintendo Switch

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.

RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic just launched digitally earlier in the month. This one combines the best features from two of the original games in the series: RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2.

Below is an official overview:

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 successful and beloved RCT games in the series’ history – RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic also comes complete with the Toolkit, Wacky Worlds, and Time Twister expansion packs! Create and run amazing parks filled 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® Games. 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?

Key Features:

• The Original RollerCoaster Sim: Experience all the fun from the original RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 games, with a new sim 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 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.

Ethan Stearns, VP of Games Publishing at Atari, said of today’s news: “The new Nintendo Switch version of RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic deserves a physical release and I am glad our team could make it happen. The RollerCoaster Tycoon franchise just keeps getting stronger and stronger, and fans can only expect more in the coming year.”

Pre-orders for the RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic Nintendo Switch boxed copy are already open at VGP here. We have more coverage of the game here.