OpenRCT2

OpenRCT2 0.5.6

Modernize Your RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 Experience with OpenRCT2

  • By OpenRCT2
  • Open Source
  • Updated Oct 10, 2026
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About OpenRCT2

An open-source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, a construction and management simulation video game that simulates amusement park management.

What's new in 0.5.6

  • Feature: [#16014] Land surfaces and edges can now be recoloured.
  • Feature: [#26894] Added 18 additional colours, including 5 from the base version of RCT1 (which were removed in later versions).
  • Feature: [#27153] [Plugin] Add guestsEntertained to Entertainer interface.
  • Feature: [#27184] [Plugin] Double limit of miscellaneous entities (e.g. crash particles, steam plumes and balloons) to 6400.
  • Feature: [#27254] New title sequence (see https://github.com/OpenRCT2/title-sequences/releases/tag/v0.5.6 for credits).
  • Feature: [objects#447] Track designer grid can now be used outside the Track Designer.
  • Improved: [#21400] The selector for setting staff patrol areas is now drawn on the water as well as on the surface under water.
  • Improved: [#22933] You can now toggle between long and short base flat-to-steep pieces if the ride has both available.
  • Improved: [#26947] Rain is now drawn next to the bottom info panels (in RCT2 style).
  • Improved: [#27097] On Linux, Flatpak Steam RCTC/RCT2 paths are now auto-detected.
  • Improved: [#27110] The option to automatically open shops after construction now also closes them before construction.
  • Change: [#27071] The gamepad deadzone has been raised from 11% to 25% by default to compensate for stick drift.
  • Change: [#27100] Negative G-forces no longer turn red in the stats window and graph when below -2.50.
  • Fix: [#1514] Wrong capitalisation for strings in the Guest List window.
  • Fix: [#12516] Sprites past 65,536 pixels are drawn in the wrong place by the software renderer, most visibly in long scenario lists.
  • Fix: [#15423] Crash when a guest or handyman uses a bin whose path addition object is not loaded.
  • Fix: [#17409] When reading system settings, non-US dollar currencies are not recognised correctly.
  • Fix: [#18151] Park value and company value are out of date after loading a save.
  • Fix: [#19754, #27109] Some rides in RCT1 saves have a wrong number of cars per train.
  • Fix: [#19755, #21320] RCT1 allows more cars per train on some rides than OpenRCT2.
  • Fix: [#20882] When setting rides with preservation status in the Scenario Editor, some rides are not shown.
  • Fix: [#21576] RCT1 Wooden wild mouse track designs with 2-car trains are not imported correctly.
  • Fix: [#22298] [Plugin] Crash when changing a large scenery element whose object is not loaded.
  • Fix: [#24457] Yellow is always rendered as third remap in Ride window. …

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Technical details

PublisherOpenRCT2
Version0.5.6
Release date2026-10-10
LicenseGPL-3.0
Installer typenullsoft
Architecturex86, x64, arm64
Package IDOpenRCT2.OpenRCT2

Links & install command

Install OpenRCT2 from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=OpenRCT2.OpenRCT2 -e

gamegamingrollercoaster-tycoon

Older versions

  • 0.5.5
  • 0.5.4
  • 0.5.3
  • 0.5.2
  • 0.5.1
  • 0.5.0
  • 0.4.32
  • 0.4.31
  • 0.4.30