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Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

Released Mar 10, 2015 Developer Colossal Order Publisher Paradox Interactive Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux City BuilderSimulationBuildingManagementStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

93.0%positive275,770 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 103 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 42 found this helpful

“At its core, this is a genuinely strong city building simulation that successfully recaptures the feeling of classic titles like SimCity. There’s a real sense of satisfaction in watching your city grow from a small town into a sprawling urban center, and the foundation is…”

— a player, Steam review · 183 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Great game! Wish I didn't need a mod to turn on infinite money. Frankly I just unlock everything and just build my dream city, I find that to be the most fun way to play! Great for city management and mass-transit, especially with the DLC's. I do wish at least some DLC's were…”

— a player, Steam review · 1,568 hrs played
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“This game has seriously been so important to me. I just absolutely love all the logistics that go into it. I bought a whole laptop specifically to play this game more. I have been playing for almost 10 years and it still is so amazing.”

— a player, Steam review · 555 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:05 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

10,932playing at last check
11,22224-hour peak
57,421all-time peak
0 25k 50k 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 26.2k avg · Mar 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

135achievements
1.6%median completion
0.0%rarest: White Night
74.2% of players 60.5% of players 50.4% of players 42.0% of players 36.7% of players 32.5% of players 20.4% of players 14.4% of players 14.0% of players 10.4% of players 9.3% of players 7.5% of players 6.3% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 4.8% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.1% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 74.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.2%Pioneer — Create your very first city
60.7%Singing In The- — Experience rain
60.5%Foggy Weather — Experience fog
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%White Night — Hidden achievement
0.0%Tour de Metro — Hidden achievement
0.0%Start your engines! — Hidden achievement

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.

$29.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$29.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US29.99 USD
EU27.99 EUR
UK24.99 GBP
Australia42.95 AUD
Canada39.99 CAD
Japan3,990 JPY
Brazil115.99 BRL
China138.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$20 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$33

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 15, 2026
Patch Notes for 1.21.1-f9

We have a very small update for you all today that covers the bugs reported to us over the past week. We think that this will be the last one! This update is very minor and should not affect mods and

Apr 07, 2026
Patch Notes for patch 1.21.1-f8

Race Day 1.21.1-f8 Patch NotesHello Mayors! We have a small patch for Cities: Skylines - Race Day. This patch should have little to no effects on Mods functionality. Here are the Patch Notes: All plat

Mar 17, 2026
Patch Notes for patch 1.21.1-f7

Hi all! We have a small patch today with several fixes listed below. Changelog: All platformsFixed the races and parade event cost to match that shown in the UIFixed Motor Racetrack with Single Curb i

Mar 10, 2026
Race Day, Iconic Brutalism, and Renewed History is live!

The wait is over, mayors. The anniversary content for Cities: Skylines is live now.Starting today, you can hit the streets with Race Day, the brand-new expansion developed by Tantalus Media. Build ded

Mar 09, 2026
Race Day Patch 1.21.1-f4 - State of Mods and Patch 101

On March 10 at 10 AM CET, the latest patch for Cities: Skylines will go live. Along with the new Expansion, there is also the free patch, given to and released to EVERYONE who owns the game.There are

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsCity Builder · Simulation · Building · Management · Strategy · Sandbox · Singleplayer · Moddable · Economy · Resource Management · Mod · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese
Achievements135
Estimated owners10,000,000 – 20,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit Processor: Intel® Core™ I7 930 | AMD® FX 6350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTS 450 (1 GB) | AMD® R7 250 (2 GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 4 GB available space