Cities XL Platinum
City-building simulation with multiple cities linked by trade networks
Focus Entertainment · Released Feb 6, 2013
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 58% of 1,146
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 7
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
What is Cities XL Platinum?
Cities XL Platinum is a single-player city-building simulation set across maps on a shared planet. You place buildings, manage housing, jobs, services, energy, and transportation, and link specialized cities through trade.
For you if...
- +you enjoy managing services across multiple linked cities
- +you like building cities on varied maps
Not for you if...
- −you dislike balancing housing, jobs, energy, and transportation
- −you want to build cities with other players
What players say
58% of 1,146 reviews are positive
Some players say it runs well on modest hardware, while others report lag or instability.
Screenshots and trailer
Cities XL Platinum system requirements
Minimum: HD 3850, 2 GB RAM, 9 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Cities XL Platinum?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- WINDOWS XP SP3/WINDOWS VISTA SP1/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8
- Processor
- AMD/INTEL 2.5 GHZ
- Graphics
- 512 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE ATI RADEON HD 3850/NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 OR HIGHER
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 9 GB HD space
Does Cities XL Platinum have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Cities XL Platinum run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish.
Does Cities XL Platinum use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
