Frontier’s first Unlocked livestream of 2025 has unveiled what Planet Coaster 2 players can expect when Updates 3 and 4 roll out over the next couple of months.
Update 3 – expected to go live on 20th March – includes a new tutorial and Act 1 Career levels coming in Sandbox Mode, random rotation and scaling for scenery items, the return of the Vector Inverting Suspended coaster from the original Planet Coaster game, improved staff and guest behaviour, and “a bucket-load of flume improvements”.
That’s not all, either – Update 3 also brings the “highly-requested” return of the Western theme.
As for Update 4? Frontier’s still being coy, but so far it’s revealed players will able to build their own restaurants in which you’ll have to “satisfy multiple guest needs and tolerances”, Frontier Workshop extra features such as a Featured Creators list, alerts, and a What’s Hot list, plus career maps in Sandbox mode in Act 2.
We can also expect stock coasters (part 3), an as-yet-unannounced additional ride, plus “franchise mode improvements” and “ongoing stability and performance enhancements”. Expect more details as we get closer to April.
The theme park sim sequel received its first major free update back in December, alongside its first paid DLC, whilst February introduced new features like custom video billboards, custom speakers, synchronised coasters, and interchangeable coaster cars.
“Planet Coaster 2’s flexible creation tools are as compulsive as ever, but the fun butts up against an exhausting UI, uninspired management gameplay, and conspicuous content gaps that feel like cynical spaces for DLC,” Matt wrote in the Eurogamer Planet Coaster 2 review, awarding it 2 out of 5 stars.