11 Relaxing games like Planet Coaster that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Planet Coaster does: a relaxing pace, a sandbox world and single-player focus. To that it adds resource management and 3D presentation. They part company on visuals: this one brings a first-person view.

Same family as Planet Coaster: a casual, approachable feel, a sandbox world and single-player focus. Both also lean on base building and an isometric view. The distance is in progression and world — its own ground is exploration and discovery, and procedural generation.

It comes from the same genre as Planet Coaster and shares a casual, approachable feel, multiplayer gameplay and base building. To that it adds a third-person camera. They part company on world and visuals: this one brings open world exploration and co-op play.

Same family as Planet Coaster: a casual, approachable feel, a sandbox world and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera and base building. The distance is in progression and visuals — its own ground is cozy, relaxing feel and open world exploration.

The thread back to Planet Coaster runs through a casual, approachable feel, a sandbox world and single-player focus. To that it adds base building. Its own ground is cozy, relaxing feel and open world exploration.

What carries over from Planet Coaster is a casual, approachable feel, a sandbox world and single-player focus. Both also lean on resource management and an isometric view. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is pixel art.

What carries over from Planet Coaster is a casual, approachable feel, a sandbox world and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 3D presentation and resource management. Where the two diverge is visuals: puzzle design and procedural generation.

It comes from the same genre as Planet Coaster and shares a casual, approachable feel, a sandbox world and single-player focus. The common ground extends to resource management and 3D presentation. Where the two diverge is visuals and world: procedural generation.

It meets Planet Coaster on a casual, approachable feel, single-player focus and resource management. Both also lean on an isometric view. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is 2D presentation.

Its point of contact with Planet Coaster is a casual, approachable feel, single-player focus and resource management. Where the two diverge is visuals: a top-down view.

On paper it is what Planet Coaster is — a relaxing pace, a sandbox world and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The common ground extends to resource management and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: cozy, relaxing feel and pixel art.