| Efteling Tycoon | |
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| Developer(s) | Dartmoor Softworks, HexArts Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Atari Benelux |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | Windows
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| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Efteling Tycoon is a 2008 video game developed by Dartmoor Softworks and HexArts Entertainment and published by Atari Benelux. In Efteling Tycoon, players can build attractions from the Efteling park in a similar way as in the Rollercoaster Tycoon series.
Efteling Tycoon was planned to be released 12 October 2007, [1] but was delayed until February 2008 to improve the game. [2] Even this deadline was not met and thus the game was released 28 March 2008 and was only released for PC. [3]
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