Planet Coaster is the new daddy of the park building genre. It looks and sounds fantastic, and has some of the richest and most ludicrously in-depth customisation I've yet seen in a game. You can fiddle with everything from the colour of your rides, to the placement of individual bushes, and, if you're feeling particularly malevolent, even the charge for using the toilets.

The only place the game falls a bit short is when it comes to park management. If you love getting into the minutae of managing day-to-day logistical problems, you might be disappointed to discover that these aspects are rather perfunctory in comparison to games like Rollercoaster Tycoon. You can adjust prices, place staff such as janitors, mechanics and security guards, but not much else. There are no park inspectors, no other parks to compete against and little in the way of guest demographics, resulting in no real sense of strategy to management.

Performance-wise, Planet Coaster won't be winning any awards, either. It's a considerably demanding game that's heavy on both CPU and GPU - particularly after a dozen or so hours when you've plopped down quite a few rides and amassed several thousand park guests.

In the end, though, Planet Coaster is still a delightful experience. You can easily get lost for hours building hilariously impractical roller coasters that in reality would get neither the budget nor the approval from the health and safety committee. Continued free updates and robust Steam Workshop support means that the flow of content is virtually endless, too.

If you're a fan of the genre or crave a true creative sandbox, Planet Coaster is worth every penny.