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Some of my fondest childhood memories revolve around management simulation games like RollerCoaster Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon.

When Planet Coaster andPlanet Zoolaunched, I got to feel like a little kid again.

Planet Coaster 2 art showing parkgoers aboard a light blue and purple roller coaster in action, their hands in the air

I quickly found myself wrangling with the game’s pool-building tools while trying to complete objectives.

I went for the quirkier ones because, well, flumes!

As for flumes, there are a few slides to choose from ranging from body bowls to raft flumes.

Planet Coaster 2

I’ll be honest.

I’m aware that this particular flavor of realism is important to other players, and I get it.

I could’ve played this way for hours, and the first-person toggle only drew me in more.

Planet Coaster 2

Scenery brushes, y’all.

Need even more to look forward to?

Here arenew gamescoming this year and beyond.

Two Point Museum screenshot of a dinosaur skeleton on display in a museum next to decorative dinosaur footprints

in Monster Train 2

Screenshots of towns in Endzone 2

Cropped key art for Revenge of the Savage Planet showing two player characters running away from lots of green goo, flanked by various googly-eyed wildlife

A thumnail crop of Splitgate 2 key art showing orange and blue portals and teams of shooters running between them

South of Midnight Big Preview hero image showing Hazel looking out across a vast landscape with the Benji tree drawing central focus

Baldur�s Village Stardew Valley Baldur�s Gate 3 mod

Stardew Valley

Michi, Pinky, and the rest of the Promise Mascot Agency standing in front of Kaso-Machi in key art for the game

Nintendogs 2005

Hollywood Animal screenshot of the script department menu screen

Cars pass in front of a roadside Bigfoot exhibit in American Truck Simulator

Oblivion Remastered at night

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle screenshot of Indiana dressed as priest, looking over a book

Days Gone Remastered protagonist Deacon running from hundreds of zombies in the rain

PS5 Pro reveal from trailer

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 screenshot of the Paintress painting the number 33 onto a distant pillar while Gustave and Sophie watch from the harbor port, framed by a circle of light

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2