Ten hours in, and Pinnacle Park now has a hedge maze and the frame of an inverted dark ride. The Spooktacular Pack is the one I have been waiting for ever since the Spooky theme stayed behind in the first Planet Coaster – so does it live up to the hype? 👻
What you get
For 18.99 € you get seven rides – two of them returning – plus walkthrough attractions as a completely new kind of attraction. On top of that comes the new Spooktacular theme and the original Spooky theme, back from the grave. Together that's over 750 scenery pieces, and there are three entertainers including a freshly redesigned King Ghoster. All the details are in my Update 12 news post.
Walkthrough attractions: my first hedge maze
The first thing I built was a hedge maze in Pinnacle Park. The tools feel familiar right away: you lay out the sections with the path tool, place Reaction Points and dress everything with scenery – which the game rates just like it does around rides. What takes a moment to click is how that scenery shapes the atmosphere. Scary, funny, exciting or interesting – the mix decides how your guests feel inside.
Two things I noticed. Guests react to Reaction Points a little sluggishly, so the scare sometimes lands a beat too late – I'm pretty sure Frontier will tune that. And once guests got a proper fright, quite a few of them simply sprinted through the rest of the maze and bolted out of the exit. Honestly? Fair. I would do the same.
I haven't kept a maze open for long yet, so I haven't run into the bug where guests get stuck inside. Frontier lists it as a known issue, though: close the attraction before you change its path.
The rides: Spectre steals the show
My favorite, no contest: Spectre. A coaster with a multi-track turntable and an effect jump track – I genuinely didn't think that jumping track would make it into the game. Watching a train roll onto a piece of track that just moved is pure Halloween-night magic. 🎢
Right behind it is the Rumpus Room, the madhouse. Every classic theme park needs one, even if the illusion isn't perfectly realistic.
Two small letdowns. The Inverted Dark Ride has no option for different speeds along the track, which limits how you can pace your scenes – I'm building one right now, the frame stands, the theme is still open. And Horror Heights still supports only one car and behaves like a flat ride. To be fair, I expected that.
Scenery: the industrial surprise
The scenery is where this pack really shines. The returning Spooky pieces combined with the new Spooktacular set make for a huge library. My personal highlight is the industrial look in the Spooktacular theme – rusty, gritty, very Walking Dead. And it works far beyond Halloween builds.
What I'm missing: off-grid wall pieces in the Spooky theme and a few more wall parts to complete the wall set. If you build facades piece by piece, you feel those gaps quickly.
The good
- + Over 750 scenery pieces – the new Spooktacular set plus the returning Spooky theme
- + Three entertainers (!)
- + Seven rides, including two returning ones
- + Walkthrough attractions bring guest interaction beyond rides
The not so good
- – A few bugs that still get in the way
- – Rumpus Room and Horror Heights aren't very realistic
- – The Spooky wall set isn't complete
8.5/10
A must-have for every spooky fan and every classic theme park – and the industrial pieces work far beyond Halloween.
Who should buy it?
If you love spooky builds or want that industrial style in your park: don't wait for a sale. The pieces and the rides alone are worth the 18.99 €, small bugs and all. And if you are building a classic theme park, there is something in here for you, whatever you have in mind.
Get the Spooktacular Pack on Steam 18.99 € · Update 12 required
Have you built your first walkthrough yet – and did your guests run away screaming, too? Show me on Discord! 👇