diff --git a/src/openrct2-ui/windows/InstallTrack.cpp b/src/openrct2-ui/windows/InstallTrack.cpp
index 1acca806f3..10b6949f2a 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-ui/windows/InstallTrack.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2-ui/windows/InstallTrack.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <openrct2/audio/audio.h>
 #include <openrct2/localisation/Localisation.h>
 #include <openrct2/object/ObjectManager.h>
-#include <openrct2/platform/platform.h>
+#include <openrct2/platform/Platform2.h>
 #include <openrct2/ride/TrackDesign.h>
 #include <openrct2/ride/TrackDesignRepository.h>
 #include <openrct2/sprites.h>
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static void window_install_track_design(rct_window* w)
     safe_strcat_path(destPath, _trackName.c_str(), sizeof(destPath));
     path_append_extension(destPath, ".td6", sizeof(destPath));
 
-    if (platform_file_exists(destPath))
+    if (Platform::FileExists(destPath))
     {
         log_info("%s already exists, prompting user for a different track design name", destPath);
         context_show_error(STR_UNABLE_TO_INSTALL_THIS_TRACK_DESIGN, STR_NONE);
diff --git a/src/openrct2-ui/windows/Options.cpp b/src/openrct2-ui/windows/Options.cpp
index 83a3822072..9c40675c00 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-ui/windows/Options.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2-ui/windows/Options.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <openrct2/localisation/LocalisationService.h>
 #include <openrct2/network/network.h>
 #include <openrct2/platform/Platform2.h>
-#include <openrct2/platform/platform.h>
 #include <openrct2/scenario/Scenario.h>
 #include <openrct2/sprites.h>
 #include <openrct2/title/TitleScreen.h>
@@ -1493,7 +1492,7 @@ static void window_options_dropdown(rct_window* w, rct_widgetindex widgetIndex,
                     break;
                 case WIDX_TITLE_MUSIC_DROPDOWN:
                     if ((dropdownIndex == 1 || dropdownIndex == 3)
-                        && !platform_file_exists(context_get_path_legacy(PATH_ID_CSS50)))
+                        && !Platform::FileExists(context_get_path_legacy(PATH_ID_CSS50)))
                     {
                         context_show_error(STR_OPTIONS_MUSIC_ERR_CSS50_NOT_FOUND, STR_OPTIONS_MUSIC_ERR_CSS50_NOT_FOUND_HINT);
                     }
diff --git a/src/openrct2/Game.cpp b/src/openrct2/Game.cpp
index 873e50a434..8b98453b9d 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/Game.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/Game.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "peep/Peep.h"
 #include "peep/Staff.h"
 #include "platform/Platform2.h"
-#include "platform/platform.h"
 #include "rct1/RCT1.h"
 #include "ride/Ride.h"
 #include "ride/RideRatings.h"
@@ -789,7 +788,7 @@ void game_autosave()
     safe_strcat(backupPath, fileExtension, sizeof(backupPath));
     safe_strcat(backupPath, ".bak", sizeof(backupPath));
 
-    if (platform_file_exists(path))
+    if (Platform::FileExists(path))
     {
         platform_file_copy(path, backupPath, true);
     }
diff --git a/src/openrct2/cmdline/BenchSpriteSort.cpp b/src/openrct2/cmdline/BenchSpriteSort.cpp
index 3ace2f7cfc..de851929c4 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/cmdline/BenchSpriteSort.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/cmdline/BenchSpriteSort.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #    include "../interface/Viewport.h"
 #    include "../localisation/Localisation.h"
 #    include "../paint/Paint.h"
-#    include "../platform/platform.h"
+#    include "../platform/Platform2.h"
 #    include "../util/Util.h"
 #    include "../world/Climate.h"
 #    include "../world/Map.h"
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int cmdline_for_bench_sprite_sort(int argc, const char** argv)
     // Extract file names from argument list. If there is no such file, consider it benchmark option.
     for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++)
     {
-        if (platform_file_exists(argv[i]))
+        if (Platform::FileExists(argv[i]))
         {
             // Register benchmark for sv6 if valid
             std::vector<paint_session> sessions = extract_paint_session(argv[i]);
diff --git a/src/openrct2/cmdline/RootCommands.cpp b/src/openrct2/cmdline/RootCommands.cpp
index e9fc2f311d..77f7671fa7 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/cmdline/RootCommands.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/cmdline/RootCommands.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "../object/ObjectRepository.h"
 #include "../platform/Crash.h"
 #include "../platform/Platform2.h"
-#include "../platform/platform.h"
 #include "CommandLine.hpp"
 
 #include <ctime>
@@ -368,7 +367,7 @@ static exitcode_t HandleCommandSetRCT2(CommandLineArgEnumerator* enumerator)
     String::Set(pathG1Check, sizeof(pathG1Check), path);
     Path::Append(pathG1Check, sizeof(pathG1Check), "Data");
     Path::Append(pathG1Check, sizeof(pathG1Check), "g1.dat");
-    if (!platform_file_exists(pathG1Check))
+    if (Platform::FileExists(pathG1Check))
     {
         Console::Error::WriteLine("RCT2 path not valid.");
         Console::Error::WriteLine("Unable to find %s.", pathG1Check);
diff --git a/src/openrct2/core/File.cpp b/src/openrct2/core/File.cpp
index 21ff19c8e0..8bfb4a47e5 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/core/File.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/core/File.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #    include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
 
-#include "../platform/platform.h"
+#include "../platform/Platform2.h"
 #include "../util/Util.h"
 #include "File.h"
 #include "FileStream.hpp"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace File
 {
     bool Exists(const std::string& path)
     {
-        return platform_file_exists(path.c_str());
+        return Platform::FileExists(path);
     }
 
     bool Copy(const std::string& srcPath, const std::string& dstPath, bool overwrite)
diff --git a/src/openrct2/interface/Screenshot.cpp b/src/openrct2/interface/Screenshot.cpp
index b6e0775ede..5fc29e9a69 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/interface/Screenshot.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/interface/Screenshot.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include "../drawing/X8DrawingEngine.h"
 #include "../localisation/Localisation.h"
 #include "../platform/Platform2.h"
-#include "../platform/platform.h"
 #include "../util/Util.h"
 #include "../world/Climate.h"
 #include "../world/Map.h"
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ static std::optional<std::string> screenshot_get_next_path()
     for (int tries = 0; tries < 100; tries++)
     {
         auto path = pathComposer(tries);
-        if (!platform_file_exists(path.c_str()))
+        if (!Platform::FileExists(path))
         {
             return path;
         }
diff --git a/src/openrct2/network/Network.cpp b/src/openrct2/network/Network.cpp
index fcb2aad157..2aaf8586a1 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/network/Network.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/network/Network.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "../actions/NetworkModifyGroupAction.hpp"
 #include "../actions/PeepPickupAction.hpp"
 #include "../core/Guard.hpp"
-#include "../platform/platform.h"
+#include "../platform/Platform2.h"
 #include "../scripting/ScriptEngine.h"
 #include "../ui/UiContext.h"
 #include "../ui/WindowManager.h"
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ bool Network::BeginClient(const std::string& host, uint16_t port)
 
     utf8 keyPath[MAX_PATH];
     network_get_private_key_path(keyPath, sizeof(keyPath), gConfigNetwork.player_name);
-    if (!platform_file_exists(keyPath))
+    if (!Platform::FileExists(keyPath))
     {
         Console::WriteLine("Generating key... This may take a while");
         Console::WriteLine("Need to collect enough entropy from the system");
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ void Network::LoadGroups()
     safe_strcat_path(path, "groups.json", sizeof(path));
 
     json_t* json = nullptr;
-    if (platform_file_exists(path))
+    if (Platform::FileExists(path))
     {
         try
         {
@@ -2356,7 +2356,7 @@ void Network::Client_Handle_TOKEN(NetworkConnection& connection, NetworkPacket&
 {
     utf8 keyPath[MAX_PATH];
     network_get_private_key_path(keyPath, sizeof(keyPath), gConfigNetwork.player_name);
-    if (!platform_file_exists(keyPath))
+    if (!Platform::FileExists(keyPath))
     {
         log_error("Key file (%s) was not found. Restart client to re-generate it.", keyPath);
         return;
@@ -4031,7 +4031,7 @@ void network_send_password(const std::string& password)
 {
     utf8 keyPath[MAX_PATH];
     network_get_private_key_path(keyPath, sizeof(keyPath), gConfigNetwork.player_name);
-    if (!platform_file_exists(keyPath))
+    if (!Platform::FileExists(keyPath))
     {
         log_error("Private key %s missing! Restart the game to generate it.", keyPath);
         return;
diff --git a/src/openrct2/network/NetworkUser.cpp b/src/openrct2/network/NetworkUser.cpp
index 9e0cb664f6..9d27043fce 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/network/NetworkUser.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/network/NetworkUser.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #    include "../core/Json.hpp"
 #    include "../core/Path.hpp"
 #    include "../core/String.hpp"
-#    include "../platform/platform.h"
+#    include "../platform/Platform2.h"
 
 #    include <unordered_set>
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void NetworkUserManager::Load()
     utf8 path[MAX_PATH];
     GetStorePath(path, sizeof(path));
 
-    if (platform_file_exists(path))
+    if (Platform::FileExists(path))
     {
         DisposeUsers();
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void NetworkUserManager::Save()
     json_t* jsonUsers = nullptr;
     try
     {
-        if (platform_file_exists(path))
+        if (Platform::FileExists(path))
         {
             jsonUsers = Json::ReadFromFile(path);
         }
diff --git a/src/openrct2/network/ServerList.cpp b/src/openrct2/network/ServerList.cpp
index bc7c400554..4d472c050e 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/network/ServerList.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/network/ServerList.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #    include "../core/Memory.hpp"
 #    include "../core/Path.hpp"
 #    include "../core/String.hpp"
-#    include "../platform/platform.h"
+#    include "../platform/Platform2.h"
 #    include "Socket.h"
 #    include "network.h"
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ std::vector<ServerListEntry> ServerList::ReadFavourites() const
     {
         auto env = GetContext()->GetPlatformEnvironment();
         auto path = env->GetFilePath(PATHID::NETWORK_SERVERS);
-        if (platform_file_exists(path.c_str()))
+        if (Platform::FileExists(path))
         {
             auto fs = FileStream(path, FILE_MODE_OPEN);
             auto numEntries = fs.ReadValue<uint32_t>();
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
index 67f81d5723..fb5f565f5e 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform2.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace Platform
     std::string GetInstallPath();
     std::string GetDocsPath();
     std::string GetCurrentExecutablePath();
+    bool FileExists(const std::string path);
     rct2_time GetTimeLocal();
     rct2_date GetDateLocal();
 
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Posix.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Posix.cpp
index 65f16cfe3d..20e47ce732 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Posix.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Posix.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #    include "../localisation/Date.h"
 #    include "../localisation/Language.h"
 #    include "../util/Util.h"
-#    include "platform.h"
+#    include "Platform2.h"
 
 #    include <libgen.h>
 #    include <locale.h>
@@ -71,13 +71,6 @@ void platform_get_time_utc(rct2_time* out_time)
     out_time->hour = timeinfo->tm_hour;
 }
 
-bool platform_file_exists(const utf8* path)
-{
-    bool exists = access(path, F_OK) != -1;
-    log_verbose("file '%s' exists = %i", path, exists);
-    return exists;
-}
-
 bool platform_directory_exists(const utf8* path)
 {
     struct stat dirinfo;
@@ -92,7 +85,7 @@ bool platform_original_game_data_exists(const utf8* path)
     safe_strcpy(checkPath, path, MAX_PATH);
     safe_strcat_path(checkPath, "Data", MAX_PATH);
     safe_strcat_path(checkPath, "g1.dat", MAX_PATH);
-    return platform_file_exists(checkPath);
+    return Platform::FileExists(checkPath);
 }
 
 // Implement our own version of getumask(), as it is documented being
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Shared.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Shared.cpp
index aa289c1e48..358709a283 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Shared.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Shared.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "../Game.h"
 #include "../OpenRCT2.h"
 #include "../config/Config.h"
+#include "../core/FileSystem.hpp"
 #include "../drawing/Drawing.h"
 #include "../drawing/LightFX.h"
 #include "../localisation/Currency.h"
@@ -90,6 +91,12 @@ namespace Platform
         outTime.second = localTime->tm_sec;
         return outTime;
     }
+
+    bool FileExists(const std::string path)
+    {
+        fs::path file = path;
+        return fs::exists(file);
+    }
 } // namespace Platform
 
 using update_palette_func = void (*)(const uint8_t*, int32_t, int32_t);
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Windows.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Windows.cpp
index 9aeede6826..bba464bf0e 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Windows.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Windows.cpp
@@ -55,14 +55,6 @@
 #        define swprintf_s(a, b, c, d, ...) swprintf(a, b, c, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #    endif
 
-bool platform_file_exists(const utf8* path)
-{
-    auto wPath = String::ToWideChar(path);
-    DWORD result = GetFileAttributesW(wPath.c_str());
-    DWORD error = GetLastError();
-    return !(result == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && (error == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND || error == ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND));
-}
-
 bool platform_directory_exists(const utf8* path)
 {
     auto wPath = String::ToWideChar(path);
@@ -76,7 +68,7 @@ bool platform_original_game_data_exists(const utf8* path)
     safe_strcpy(checkPath, path, MAX_PATH);
     safe_strcat_path(checkPath, "Data", MAX_PATH);
     safe_strcat_path(checkPath, "g1.dat", MAX_PATH);
-    return platform_file_exists(checkPath);
+    return Platform::FileExists(checkPath);
 }
 
 bool platform_ensure_directory_exists(const utf8* path)
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/platform.h b/src/openrct2/platform/platform.h
index 80e951095a..acdab3d3ec 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/platform.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/platform.h
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ void platform_get_date_utc(rct2_date* out_date);
 void platform_get_time_utc(rct2_time* out_time);
 
 // Platform specific definitions
-bool platform_file_exists(const utf8* path);
 bool platform_directory_exists(const utf8* path);
 bool platform_original_game_data_exists(const utf8* path);
 time_t platform_file_get_modified_time(const utf8* path);
diff --git a/src/openrct2/scenario/ScenarioRepository.cpp b/src/openrct2/scenario/ScenarioRepository.cpp
index addc41c9bf..b9f295df65 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/scenario/ScenarioRepository.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/scenario/ScenarioRepository.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "../localisation/Language.h"
 #include "../localisation/Localisation.h"
 #include "../localisation/LocalisationService.h"
-#include "../platform/platform.h"
+#include "../platform/Platform2.h"
 #include "../rct12/SawyerChunkReader.h"
 #include "Scenario.h"
 #include "ScenarioSources.h"
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ private:
     void LoadScores()
     {
         std::string path = _env->GetFilePath(PATHID::SCORES);
-        if (!platform_file_exists(path.c_str()))
+        if (!Platform::FileExists(path))
         {
             return;
         }
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ private:
 
     void LoadLegacyScores(const std::string& path)
     {
-        if (!platform_file_exists(path.c_str()))
+        if (!Platform::FileExists(path))
         {
             return;
         }