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Cities: Skylines II
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
42 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Had a very rough start, like “why did I even download this” type rough — but now with the new devs stepping in, I can actually say I’ve got hope for this game. I’m a little over 330 hours deep and somehow still enjoying…”
“Been Playing Cities Skylines 2 since launch. It was a rough beginning for the game. But as of 2026 and the new developer team behind the Game (IceFlake Studios) the Game is in a much better state now with many more…”
“this game is so poorly ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ optimized, which really is a shame because this games core idea is great but the frame rate is hot garbage. im getting 9 fps with every setting because this game simulates 100,000 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥…”
26 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Had a very rough start, like “why did I even download this” type rough — but now with the new devs stepping in, I can actually say I’ve got hope for this game. I’m a little over 330 hours deep and somehow still enjoying…”
“Been Playing Cities Skylines 2 since launch. It was a rough beginning for the game. But as of 2026 and the new developer team behind the Game (IceFlake Studios) the Game is in a much better state now with many more…”
“I pre ordered this game and am only now reviewing it 2 and a half years later. This game truly had a rough start that didn't get better for years, and it still isn't perfect. However, with the new dev team Iceflake…”
11 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“After all this time, I am still struggling to recommend this game. Graphics are next level compared to the original, but performance is still an absolute nightmare even on the lowest settings. My PC isnt a beast but…”
“this game is beautiful, if you can get it to run. i have a monster pc with all the best goodies and it runs at a PS3 frame rate. Hopefully this new dev can fix all of the bugs, and deliver on the promises made by CO…”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
10 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Cities Skylines 2 was promised to be a huge step forward for the community when the trailer came out, but since those days the game has been nothing short of an embarrassment. Way to complexly modeled cims, poorly…”
“This game started off in a really bad spot. However, as they slowly push out more updates, the game is slowly getting better. The fps issues are being resolved and the game is finally playable. My first game of this…”
“Still my favorite city builder. Noticeable upgrade from the original, but familiar enough to be able to jump right in and get building. Can play at max settings with no problem, seems like most of the early issues have…”
8 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Been Playing Cities Skylines 2 since launch. It was a rough beginning for the game. But as of 2026 and the new developer team behind the Game (IceFlake Studios) the Game is in a much better state now with many more…”
“I pre ordered this game and am only now reviewing it 2 and a half years later. This game truly had a rough start that didn't get better for years, and it still isn't perfect. However, with the new dev team Iceflake…”
“I'll keep it very short. It's been years since release. Many features that didn't work when the half finished game was "released" have been fixed. That's good. Sadly the good news ends here. There is still plenty of…”
44 of the 105 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“this game is so poorly ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ optimized, which really is a shame because this games core idea is great but the frame rate is hot garbage. im getting 9 fps with every setting because this game simulates 100,000 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥…”
“I wanted to give Cities: Skylines II a chance after 2,5 years. The games performance is so bad, that even a empty map is barely reaching three digit framerates which just feels bad at higher refresh rates and is…”
“i would love to say that i love the game, but unfortunately, it's unplayable. Game crash all the time. devs allowing us to get mods via paradox directly in the game, but a lot of them are not good or make the experience…”
26 of the 105 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I'll keep it very short. It's been years since release. Many features that didn't work when the half finished game was "released" have been fixed. That's good. Sadly the good news ends here. There is still plenty of…”
“Welp, I bought it believing it would be a worthy sucessor to Cities 1 and it was not. They said they'd fix the issues and present the game the community asked for and deserve. They even hired another dev studio to make…”
“i would love to say that i love the game, but unfortunately, it's unplayable. Game crash all the time. devs allowing us to get mods via paradox directly in the game, but a lot of them are not good or make the experience…”
26 of the 105 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“I really was so unbelievably excited for this game, and I can't even stomach playing it. It's just so, so much worse than Cities 1. Why wouldn't I just play that? Why did I buy this?”
“I'll keep it very short. It's been years since release. Many features that didn't work when the half finished game was "released" have been fixed. That's good. Sadly the good news ends here. There is still plenty of…”
“I really want to like this game, but honestly, even after several updates, the game still feels rough and frustrating to play. Main issues: Traffic feels worse than CS1 in many situations. Pathfinding is messy, and cars…”
12 of the 105 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“I'll keep it very short. It's been years since release. Many features that didn't work when the half finished game was "released" have been fixed. That's good. Sadly the good news ends here. There is still plenty of…”
“Cities Skylines 2 was promised to be a huge step forward for the community when the trailer came out, but since those days the game has been nothing short of an embarrassment. Way to complexly modeled cims, poorly…”
“I know that people have given this game a lot of grief because it wasn't exactly like it's predecessor upon launch and I sympathize with that. I spent hours and hours in CS1 getting things laid out and modded so that…”
12 of the 105 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I'll keep it very short. It's been years since release. Many features that didn't work when the half finished game was "released" have been fixed. That's good. Sadly the good news ends here. There is still plenty of…”
“Never got the game to be stable and lord have it tried... launch was abysmal and as they scramble to fix it post launch they repeatedly broke it worse, now nickel and diming every piece of content so by 2027 the…”
“The marketing is completely misleading. This is basically a fake simulation where the game constantly cheats in your favor instead of offering any real challenge or depth. The performance is absolutely terrible, with…”
Counted across 105 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 55.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“complacency, lazyness and undiscipline nearly killed this game and franchise, but now with a new dev studio that also contains ex colossal order staff, under new management that actually cares the future looks brighter than the past. Not everythings is fixed yet, some mistakes…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“I've played this game for over a year now, and there's a huge difference between the state of the game when Colossal Order was still over its development and when Iceflake took over. The game runs much better, there have been so many QOL improvements made, and I am overall more…”
— a player, Steam review · 398 hrs played“This game has reached a point where the developers are selling DLCs with content and features that should have been part of the base game from the beginning. These elements should have been included at launch. Instead, it has turned into a business model focused on pushing…”
— a player, Steam review · 68 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Official Q&A Thread | 2026
Our official Q&A Thread is now open in the Paradox Forums ! Whether you're looking for answers or want to ask a new question, this thread is the place to be! Whatever it might be, feel free to hop in
City Corner #12 - Collected Questions
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Greetings, Mayors! Our next update is on its way, and in this City Corner, we will take a closer look at some of the changes coming with the upcoming patch. We will go through a number of gameplay adj
City Corner #10 - Expanding the Modding Tools
Hello Mayors! It’s time for another City Corner, and this time, we will be talking about an aspect in Cities: Skylines II that hasn’t really been touched upon in our previous updates: the Asset Editor
City Corner #9 - Happy Six Months!
Hello Mayors! Six months ago, we at Iceflake Studios took the mantle of development of Cities: Skylines II. Since then, our primary goals have been to improve the game, address long-standing issues, a
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Simulation |
| Player tags | City Builder · Simulation · Building · Sandbox · Singleplayer · Management · Economy · Strategy · Realistic · Moddable · Relaxing · Resource Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 44 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-6700K | AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2600X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 970 (4 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 480 (8 GB) Storage: 60 GB available space