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Cities XXL

Cities XXL

Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.

Released Feb 5, 2015 Developer Focus Entertainment Platforms Windows City BuilderSimulationBuildingEconomyStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (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.

39.8%positive2,323 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Game itself is good. What brings it down is the stability issues and lack of polish( the game is rough as they come) and obviously it will never be patched nor updated ever again. BUT! I like the feel of it, cant put my finger on it but it is much nicer gamplay for me then city…”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“7/10, gave this a thumb up and that score due to this made me able to play Cities XL again. In my opinion, nothing much changed in XXL, they just added new maps, map editor, and modding ability. Not like this is a complete overhaul from XL with, I don't know, sewage system, much…”

— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Not worth it.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:57 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

12playing at last check
2324-hour peak
2,092all-time peak
0 500 1k 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 500 avg · Feb 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.

27achievements
19.8%median completion
0.8%rarest: Bus (Gold)
65.1% of players 56.3% of players 53.3% of players 52.8% of players 52.6% of players 43.8% of players 42.9% of players 40.5% of players 32.9% of players 31.8% of players 30.8% of players 29.8% of players 26.4% of players 19.8% of players 18.7% of players 12.0% of players 10.1% of players 8.5% of players 7.7% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 5.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.1% of players 3.3% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 65.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
65.1%Let's ride! (Bronze) — Own 10 kilometers of roads.
56.3%Environment (Bronze) — Environment satisfaction is higher than 70% for 1 000 citizens. (requires a positive balance).
53.3%Income (Bronze) — Income is higher than 1 000.
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Bus (Gold) — Own 50 bus routes (requires a positive balance).
0.9%Total population (Gold) — Reach 10 000 000 citizens.
3.3%Bus (Silver) — Own 10 bus routes (requires a positive balance).

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.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$1.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK8.99 GBP
Australia14.95 AUD
Canada13.99 CAD
Japan1,680 JPY
Brazil34.90 BRL
China39.00 CNY

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

China≈$5.8 Brazil Canada US Japan Australia EU UK≈$12

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

$0 $10 $20 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.

Mar 19, 2015
Cities XXL: Patch #4

Hello everyone, The patch #4 for Cities XXL is now automatically available on Steam. Patch #4 release notes (19/03/2015): General - Fixed different types of crash. - Added camera sensitivity in Option

Mar 19, 2015
Cities XXL: Patch #4

Hello everyone, The patch #4 for Cities XXL is now automatically available on Steam. Patch #4 release notes (19/03/2015): General - Fixed different types of crash. - Added camera sensitivity in Option

Feb 26, 2015
Cities XXL: Patch #3

Hello everyone, The patch #3 for Cities XXL is now automatically available on Steam. Patch #3 release notes (26/02/2015): General - Fixed different types of crash. - Fixed camera collision with the gr

Feb 26, 2015
Cities XXL: Patch #3

Hello everyone, The patch #3 for Cities XXL is now automatically available on Steam. Patch #3 release notes (26/02/2015): General - Fixed different types of crash. - Fixed camera collision with the gr

Feb 18, 2015
Cities XXL: Patch #2

Hello everyone, The patch #2 for Cities XXL is now automatically available on Steam. Patch #2 release notes (18/02/2015): General - Fixed stretched UI (information and zoning panel). - Fixed the "Remo

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresSimulation
Player tagsCity Builder · Simulation · Building · Economy · Strategy · Management · Sandbox · Realistic · Moddable · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSteam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese
Achievements27
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.focus-home.com/games/cities-xxl
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: WINDOWS VISTA/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8 Processor: AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.5 GHZ Memory: 3072 MB RAM Graphics: 768 MB 100% DIRECTX 10 AND SHADERS 4.0 COMPATIBLE ATI RADEON HD 5670/NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 260 OR HIGHER Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DIRECTX COMPATIBLE Additional Notes: INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR THE GAME ACTIVATION, WINDOWS XP NON SUPPORTED