diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Android.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Android.cpp
index 9927056dcb..e6bc6e444f 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Android.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Android.cpp
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ namespace Platform
 
     std::string GetSteamPath()
     {
-        return "";
+        return {};
     }
 
 #    ifndef NO_TTF
     std::string GetFontPath(const TTFFontDescriptor& font)
     {
         STUB();
-        return "";
+        return {};
     }
 #    endif
 
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Linux.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Linux.cpp
index 4f69f37462..f70db58095 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Linux.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Linux.cpp
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ namespace Platform
         const char* homeDir = getpwuid(getuid())->pw_dir;
         if (homeDir == nullptr)
         {
-            return "";
+            return {};
         }
 
         auto steamPath = Path::Combine(homeDir, ".local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steamapps/content");
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ namespace Platform
             return steamPath;
         }
 
-        return "";
+        return {};
     }
 
     std::string GetFontPath(const TTFFontDescriptor& font)
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ namespace Platform
         {
             log_error("Failed to initialize FontConfig library");
             FcFini();
-            return "";
+            return {};
         }
 
         FcPattern* pat = FcNameParse(reinterpret_cast<const FcChar8*>(font.font_name));
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
index 4cae076866..02a39ca464 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.Win32.cpp
@@ -831,13 +831,13 @@ namespace Platform
         LRESULT result;
 
         if (RegOpenKeyW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, L"Software\\Valve\\Steam", &hKey) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
-            return "";
+            return {};
 
         // Get the size of the path first
         if (RegQueryValueExW(hKey, L"SteamPath", nullptr, &type, nullptr, &size) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
         {
             RegCloseKey(hKey);
-            return "";
+            return {};
         }
 
         std::string outPath = "";
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ namespace Platform
             return Path::Combine(outPathTemp, font.filename);
         }
 
-        return "";
+        return {};
 #    else
         log_warning("Compatibility hack: falling back to C:\\Windows\\Fonts");
         return Path::Combine("C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\", font.filename);
diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.macOS.mm b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.macOS.mm
index ec31c5a99c..cb419662eb 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.macOS.mm
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.macOS.mm
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ namespace Platform
         const char* homeDir = getpwuid(getuid())->pw_dir;
         if (homeDir == nullptr)
         {
-            return "";
+            return {};
         }
 
         auto steamPath = Path::Combine(
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ namespace Platform
             return steamPath;
         }
 
-        return "";
+        return {};
     }
 
     std::string GetFontPath(const TTFFontDescriptor& font)
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ namespace Platform
             }
             else
             {
-                return "";
+                return {};
             }
         }
     }