Comparison

Stardew Valley+ 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

Stardew Valley+

Cultivate a new life in this open-ended farming RPG. Build your dream farm, raise animals, grow crops, and explore mysterious caves. Customize your farmer, start a family, and become part of a vibrant community.

Highlights
  • Build and customize your farm
  • Raise animals and grow crops
  • Explore caves and fight monsters
  • Customize farmer and home
  • Settle down and start a family
  • Engage in community events
  • Mobile-specific controls and auto-save
Features
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Move to the countryside, and cultivate a new life in this award-winning open-ended farming RPG! With over 50+ hours of gameplay content and new Mobile-specific features, such as auto-save and multiple controls options. **Winner of the Golden Joysticks' Breakthrough Award** **Nominee of Game of the Year 2017 - BAFTA Games Awards** --- BUILD THE FARM OF YOUR DREAMS: ■ Turn your overgrown fields into a lively and bountiful farm ■ Raise and breed happy animals, grow a variety of seasonal crops and design your farm, your way ■ Customize your farmer and home! With hundreds of options to choose from ■ Settle down and start a family with 12 potential marriage candidates ■ Become part of the community by taking part in seasonal festivals and villager quests ■ Explore vast, mysterious caves, encountering dangerous monsters and valuable treasure ■ Spend a relaxing afternoon at one of the local fishing spots or go crabbing by the seaside ■ Forage, grow crops and produce artisan goods to cook up as a delicious meal ■ Rebuilt for touch-screen gameplay on iOS with mobile-specific features, such as auto-select to toggle quickly between your farming tools and auto-attack to swiftly take down fiendish monsters in the mines ■ Continue farming from where you last left off with auto-save (even if you close the app!) ■ Play the game your way with multiple controls options, such as touch-screen and virtual joystick ■ Newly Updated Single Player Content - Including new town upgrades, dating events, crops, fishing ponds, hats, clothing, and new pets! Plus more to be discovered... --- “The best version of Stardew Valley is the one you have with you … This game is absolutely incredible, and will not disappoint.” - TouchArcade "Stardew Valley beautifully combines farm simulation with RPG elements to create an intriguing, absorbing rural world." - IGN “Far more than just a farming game... filled with seemingly endless content and heart.” Giant Bomb "Village life has never been so accessible and satisfying" - The Telegraph “Stardew Valley has been the most rich and heartwarming experience I’ve had in a game in years.” CG Magazine --- Note: Features new 1.6 update story content, multiplayer functionality not supported. No in-app purchases. *All accolades belong to the App Store version of Stardew Valley, except for the following, which belong to the original title: Golden Joysticks' Breakthrough Award, BAFTA Games Award nomination, and comments by Giant Bomb and the Telegraph.

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

Stardew Valley+4 screens
RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ at free against Stardew Valley+'s paid. Stardew Valley+'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

Stardew Valley+ holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stardew Valley+ has 2.3K ratings behind it against 416, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Stardew Valley+'s written reviews are positive against 57% of RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stardew Valley+ ships an update every 2 weeks, RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stardew Valley+ versus RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStardew Valley+RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (2.3K ratings) — better4.0 (416 ratings)
Positive reviews60.1% of reviews — better56.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2.3K — better416
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.013
Further details — not scored
Size447 MB373 MB
Age rating12++4
DeveloperConcernedApeAtari

Customer experience

Stardew Valley+

All ratings2,208 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews631 reviews
Positive60.1%
Neutral14.7%
Negative25.2%

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+

All ratings400 ratings
Positive72.0%
Neutral9.3%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews384 reviews
Positive56.8%
Neutral14.1%
Negative29.2%

User reviews

Stardew Valley+

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Charming art style
  • 🚀 Relaxing and immersive experience
  • 👍 Enjoyable farming and exploration
  • 🚀 Excellent value for the price

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues on newer devices
  • 🐛 Fishing controls are too sensitive
  • 🐛 Persistent audio glitches
  • 🐛 Progress loss due to crashes

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+

From 416 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

Stardew Valley+

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game crashes when processing geodes
  • Inability to access certain shops
  • Stuck fishing reel sound
  • Freezing during combat encounters
  • Inability to start a new game

Requested features

5 requests
  • Multiplayer support
  • Ability to save progress manually
  • Improved UI optimization for notched devices
  • Controller support
  • Faster updates to match PC version

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

Stardew Valley+

No in-app purchases

None

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stardew Valley+ free?
Stardew Valley+ 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, Stardew Valley+ or RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+?
Stardew Valley+ is rated higher. Stardew Valley+ averages 4.2 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ averages 4.0 from 416 ratings.
Do Stardew Valley+ or RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ have ads?
Neither Stardew Valley+ nor RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stardew Valley+ or RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+?
Stardew Valley+ ships an update every 2 weeks, and RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ every 5 weeks. Most recently, Stardew Valley+ was updated on October 27, 2026 and RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+ on October 23, 2026.

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