diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openrct2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openrct2/package.nix
index 96713155bebd..793a766a5e48 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openrct2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openrct2/package.nix
@@ -32,40 +32,22 @@
   speexdsp,
   versionCheckHook,
   zlib,
+  zstd,
 
   withDiscordRpc ? false,
+  verifyAssets ? true,
   # Paths to RCT1 and RCT2 installs can be specified to have them added as a wrapped argument
   rct1Path ? null,
   rct2Path ? null,
 }:
 
-let
-  objects-version = "1.7.10";
-  openmusic-version = "1.6.1";
-  opensfx-version = "1.0.6";
-  title-sequences-version = "0.4.26";
-
-  objects = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/objects/releases/download/v${objects-version}/objects.zip";
-    hash = "sha256-9IO+Jm3CIHe6hRe78y/+OIw1Q7LuWF4K+9QQLbRSgCE=";
-  };
-  openmusic = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenMusic/releases/download/v${openmusic-version}/openmusic.zip";
-    hash = "sha256-mUs1DTsYDuHLlhn+J/frrjoaUjKEDEvUeonzP6id4aE=";
-  };
-  opensfx = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenSoundEffects/releases/download/v${opensfx-version}/opensound.zip";
-    hash = "sha256-BrkPPhnCFnUt9EHVUbJqnj4bp3Vb3SECUEtzv5k2CL4=";
-  };
-  title-sequences = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/title-sequences/releases/download/v${title-sequences-version}/title-sequences.zip";
-    hash = "sha256-2ruXh7FXY0L8pN2fZLP4z6BKfmzpwruWEPR7dikFyFg=";
-  };
-in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "openrct2";
   version = "0.5.3";
 
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "OpenRCT2";
     repo = "OpenRCT2";
@@ -73,6 +55,34 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-my7fPBD5N0bO1yPaxwHUFqw6TvayQs10kcAX/NqPpIg=";
   };
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = ./update.sh;
+
+    objects-version = "1.7.10";
+    openmusic-version = "1.6.1";
+    opensfx-version = "1.0.6";
+    title-sequences-version = "0.4.26";
+
+    assets = {
+      objects = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/objects/releases/download/v${finalAttrs.passthru.objects-version}/objects.zip";
+        hash = "sha256-9IO+Jm3CIHe6hRe78y/+OIw1Q7LuWF4K+9QQLbRSgCE=";
+      };
+      openmusic = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenMusic/releases/download/v${finalAttrs.passthru.openmusic-version}/openmusic.zip";
+        hash = "sha256-mUs1DTsYDuHLlhn+J/frrjoaUjKEDEvUeonzP6id4aE=";
+      };
+      opensfx = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenSoundEffects/releases/download/v${finalAttrs.passthru.opensfx-version}/opensound.zip";
+        hash = "sha256-BrkPPhnCFnUt9EHVUbJqnj4bp3Vb3SECUEtzv5k2CL4=";
+      };
+      title-sequences = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/title-sequences/releases/download/v${finalAttrs.passthru.title-sequences-version}/title-sequences.zip";
+        hash = "sha256-2ruXh7FXY0L8pN2fZLP4z6BKfmzpwruWEPR7dikFyFg=";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config
@@ -104,6 +114,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     openssl
     speexdsp
     zlib
+    zstd
   ]
   ++ lib.optional withDiscordRpc discord-rpc;
 
@@ -117,31 +128,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   postUnpack = ''
     mkdir -p $sourceRoot/data/{object,sequence}
-    unzip -o ${objects} -d $sourceRoot/data/object
-    unzip -o ${openmusic} -d $sourceRoot/data
-    unzip -o ${opensfx} -d $sourceRoot/data
-    unzip -o ${title-sequences} -d $sourceRoot/data/sequence
-  '';
-
-  # Fix blank changelog & contributors screen. See https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/issues/16988
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Linux.cpp \
-      --replace-fail "/usr/share/doc/openrct2" "$out/share/doc/openrct2"
+    unzip -o ${finalAttrs.passthru.assets.objects} -d $sourceRoot/data/object
+    unzip -o ${finalAttrs.passthru.assets.openmusic} -d $sourceRoot/data
+    unzip -o ${finalAttrs.passthru.assets.opensfx} -d $sourceRoot/data
+    unzip -o ${finalAttrs.passthru.assets.title-sequences} -d $sourceRoot/data/sequence
   '';
 
   preConfigure =
     # Verify that the correct version of each third party repository is used.
-    (
-      let
-        versionCheck = assetKey: url: ''
-          grep -qF '"${url}"' assets.json \
-            || (echo "${assetKey} differs from expected version!"; exit 1)
-        '';
-      in
-      (versionCheck "objects" objects.url)
-      + (versionCheck "openmusic" openmusic.url)
-      + (versionCheck "opensfx" opensfx.url)
-      + (versionCheck "title-sequences" title-sequences.url)
+    lib.optionalString verifyAssets (
+      lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+        lib.mapAttrsToList (assetName: asset: ''
+          grep -qF '"${asset.url}"' assets.json \
+            || (echo "${assetName} differs from expected version!"; exit 1)
+        '') finalAttrs.passthru.assets
+      )
     );
 
   doInstallCheck = true;
@@ -152,8 +153,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       ${lib.optionalString (rct2Path != null) "--add-flags '--rct2-data-path=\"${rct2Path}\"'"}
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
-
   meta = {
     description = "Open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2";
     longDescription = ''