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Cities: Skylines

Single-player city builder about growth, budgets, traffic, and public services

Colossal Order · Published by Paradox Interactive · Released Mar 10, 2015

SimulationStrategy

Reviews trending down: 75% positive in the last 30 days vs 89% overall

Reviews
Very Positive
89% of 240K
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
75% of 803 in 30 days
Players
6,941
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
6 months ago
Apr 15, 2026
Minimum PC
R7 250
8 GB RAM · 4 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)

What is Cities: Skylines?

A single-player city-building simulation where you develop a city from the ground up. You manage its economy, traffic, utilities, public services, districts, and policies as it expands through a day-and-night cycle.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy open-ended city planning and economic management
  • +you like solving traffic and public-service problems
  • +you want support for custom maps and buildings

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer guided campaigns over sandbox building
  • −you dislike balancing budgets, traffic, and city services
  • −you want multiplayer city building

What players say

89% of 240,298 reviews are positive · 75% of 803 in the last 30 days

Players praise the city-growth simulation, traffic planning, economic management, and scope for detailed construction. They frequently criticize the amount and cost of DLC. Recent reviewers also object to data-collection consent they say is required to play, while mod users report that updates can break mods and saves.

Players over time

▼ -10% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 7,217 players on Sep 21, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 20266,941
Nov 6, 20265,386
Nov 5, 20260
Nov 4, 20265,465
Nov 3, 20265,858
Nov 2, 20265,864
Nov 1, 20267,115
Oct 31, 20266,817
Oct 30, 20265,392
Oct 29, 20265,342
Oct 28, 20265,392
Oct 27, 20265,272
Oct 26, 20265,665
Oct 25, 20267,198
Oct 24, 20265,779
Oct 23, 20264,790
Oct 22, 20264,898
Oct 21, 20264,892
Oct 20, 20265,142
Oct 19, 20265,367
Oct 18, 20266,630
Oct 17, 20266,112
Oct 16, 20265,054
Oct 15, 20264,890
Oct 14, 20265,150
Oct 13, 20265,528
Oct 12, 20265,976
Oct 11, 20266,616
Oct 10, 20265,998
Oct 9, 20265,343
Oct 8, 20265,126
Oct 7, 20265,501
Oct 6, 20265,624
Oct 5, 20266,195
Oct 4, 20266,799
Oct 3, 20266,145
Oct 2, 20265,378
Oct 1, 20265,290
Sep 30, 20265,094
Sep 29, 20265,094
Sep 28, 20265,585
Sep 27, 20266,372
Sep 26, 20266,054
Sep 25, 20265,520
Sep 24, 20264,944
Sep 23, 20266,362
Sep 23, 20264,824
Sep 22, 20264,787
Sep 21, 20267,217

Screenshots and trailer

Cities: Skylines screenshot 1

Cities: Skylines system requirements

Minimum: R7 250, 8 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
Processor
Intel® Core™ I7 930 | AMD® FX 6350
Graphics
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTS 450 (1 GB) | AMD® R7 250 (2 GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake)
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0c

Recommended

OS
Windows® 10 Home 64 bit
Processor
Intel® Core™ I7 2700K | AMD® Ryzen 7 2700X
Graphics
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 (1.5 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 560 (4 GB)
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Does Cities: Skylines have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Cities: Skylines run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
135
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese.

Does Cities: Skylines 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 Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

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