An empty park, a mouse, and suddenly three hours gone without warning.

When the community picks on instinct, RollerCoaster Tycoon edges ahead of just over half the games, no more. But look at the criteria and the picture lights up. Attachment, near the very top, ahead of 94% of titles. Fun right behind, ahead of 93%. This is a game you keep tucked in your heart and boot up for five minutes before losing the whole evening. It would happily come to a desert island too. Where it dips is the visuals and above all the sound, both near the bottom, which is no shock for a 1999 title judged with today's ears.

Against modern management games, prettier and deeper, it holds on through something else: clarity, immediacy, that simple joy of building and watching the crowds pour in.

So who's it for? For you if you love management games that hook you without drowning you in menus, if the pixelated park stirs some nostalgia. Much less if you judge a game first by its art direction and its soundtrack, because on that ground it shows its age.