Comparison

Outlanders vs RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Outlanders

Guide a group of people to build a thriving town, balancing resources and follower happiness. Make tough decisions to overcome unique challenges in distinct levels. Enjoy a charming simulation with light storytelling and a satisfying audio-visual style.

Highlights
  • Town-building simulation
  • Resource management
  • Follower happiness
  • Level-based challenges
  • Decree system
  • Building selection
Features
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Outlanders is a charming town-builder simulation game that lets you play as the leader of a group of regular people building a town together. Some want to survive, while others want to build amazing things. It’s up to you to guide them towards their goal. Take control of the will of a town leader and balance your resources carefully to lead the town to prosperity. Every choice you make directly affects the progress of your town and has an impact on the happiness of your followers. Features: - Play through a series of distinct levels, each with its own unique flavour and set of challenges to overcome, with many more to come soon. - Engaging gameplay with no hand-holding! Carefully manage your resources and keep your followers happy or they might revolt! - Crisp and clean audio-visual style with an atmospheric touch that lingers with you after you put the game down. - Light but rich storytelling follows the tales of different town leaders in their search for a hassle-free natural lifestyle. - A wide selection of buildings to choose from, with specific functions that are vital to the success of your community. - Decree system lets you make the tough decisions, granting you a useful bonus in exchange for a small sacrifice.

About

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+

Design, build, and manage your dream theme park with a vast array of rides, shops, and scenery. Experience classic gameplay enhanced for handheld devices, featuring hundreds of roller coaster and ride types across numerous scenarios.

Highlights
  • Combine best features from RCT 1 & 2
  • Design and build custom roller coasters
  • Create diverse rides, shops, and scenery
  • Manage park finances and staff
  • Play through 95 classic park scenarios
  • Includes Wacky Worlds and Time Twister expansions
Features
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Now on Apple Arcade, RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ is a fresh RCT experience, combining the best features from two of the most successful and beloved RCT games in the series’ history – RollerCoaster Tycoon® and RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2. Create and run amazing parks complete 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® PC Games, now enhanced for handheld devices. 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? The three expansion packs: Wacky Worlds, Time Twister and Toolkit are all included in this Apple Arcade version! Key Features: • The Original RollerCoaster Sim: Experience all the fun from the original RollerCoaster Tycoon® and RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2 games, with a new app 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 characterful 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. Wacky Worlds: Find your passport and pack your bags! Wacky Worlds takes players on the ultimate trip around the globe in 17 new park scenarios! Includes exotic rides, profitable concessions and the most famous landmarks known to man including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, Statue of Liberty, Great Wall of China and more! Each location is packed with opportunities for success, fun and unique challenges. Time Twister: Travel through time with 14 new park scenarios based on historical and fantasy time-themes and build a park that is truly a blast from the past (or future if you like). Play in a Prehistoric amusement park decorated with huge animated T-Rex’s and coasters such as the Raptor Ride, or choose from Mythological times, the Dark Ages, the Rock & Roll crazed ‘50s, the Future or the Roaring Twenties. Toolkit: Park Scenario Editor: Design and build your own amazing parks – Make them as easy or as challenging as you want, using your choice of scenery and rides! Includes a number of Six Flags parks to get you started. Ride Designer: Build, test, fine-tune and theme your own awesome roller coaster designs in the Ride Designer before saving them for use while playing! Import and Export: Share your saved parks, park scenarios and ride designs with friends, and try out their creations too! (Includes the ability to import most saved parks and scenarios created with the original RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 PC game).

Screenshots

Outlanders4 screens
RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ at free against Outlanders's paid. Outlanders's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (4.3K vs 400). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Outlanders holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outlanders has 4.3K ratings behind it against 400, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Outlanders's written reviews are positive against 57% of RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Outlanders ships an update every 2 months, RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Outlanders versus RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOutlandersRollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4.3K ratings) — better4.0 (400 ratings)
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews — better56.7% of reviews
Number of ratings4.3K — better400
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS13.013
Further details — not scored
Size1.3 GB373 MB
Age rating12++4
DeveloperPomelo GamesAtari

Customer experience

Outlanders

All ratings4,313 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral7.4%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews654 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral14.2%
Negative19.6%

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+

All ratings400 ratings
Positive72.0%
Neutral9.3%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews383 reviews
Positive56.7%
Neutral14.1%
Negative29.2%

User reviews

Outlanders

From 4.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Charming and relaxing gameplay
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics and aesthetics
  • 🕰️ Addictive and engaging experience
  • 🧠 Challenging and strategic
  • 🕰️ Suitable for both short and long play sessions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
  • 🕰️ Slow progression and limited content
  • 🤔 Unclear instructions and lack of guidance
  • 🧠 Difficulty balancing resources and managing population

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+

From 400 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎉 Nostalgic game experience
  • 👍 Faithful port of the classic PC game
  • 🚀 Runs well on modern hardware

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Tiny UI elements and text on macOS
  • 🤔 Lack of UI scaling options on macOS

Bugs and requests

Outlanders

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Followers not going to the bonfire or pub as required
  • Stockpiles not functioning properly
  • Population growth capping at around 200 followers
  • Followers not collecting or delivering resources efficiently

Requested features

5 requests
  • Expand sandbox mode with more customization options
  • Add more building types and production chains
  • Introduce animals, transportation, and other new gameplay elements
  • Improve pathfinding and resource management AI
  • Allow for more population growth and expansion

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Cursor not visible on macOS
  • Unresponsive UI on macOS

Requested features

3 requests
  • Support for Vision app and gamepad
  • Apple TV app
  • Language localization options

In-app purchases

None

Outlanders

No in-app purchases

None

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Outlanders free?
Outlanders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ free?
RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Outlanders or RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+?
Outlanders is rated higher. Outlanders averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4.3K ratings, while RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ averages 4.0 from 400 ratings.
Do Outlanders or RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ have ads?
Neither Outlanders nor RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Outlanders or RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+?
Outlanders ships an update every 2 months, and RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ every 5 weeks. Most recently, Outlanders was updated on October 13, 2026 and RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ on October 18, 2026.

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