Cities XXL
City-building simulation with traffic planning and intercity resource trading
Focus Entertainment · Released Feb 5, 2015
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 41% of 2,364
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 12
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 11 years ago
- Mar 19, 2015
Metacritic: 47/100 (critic reviews)
What is Cities XXL?
Cities XXL is a city-building simulation where you place homes, businesses, roads, and public transit across varied maps. You manage traffic, pollution, residents' happiness, and the economy, including resource trades between your cities.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning roads and balancing different industries
- +you like building cities across varied landscapes
Not for you if...
- −you dislike managing traffic, pollution, and city finances
- −you prefer guided objectives to open-ended city planning
What players say
41% of 2,364 reviews are positive
Players praise the freedom to build and shape cities. They report awkward road placement and menus, along with lag and stability problems.
Screenshots and trailer
Cities XXL system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- WINDOWS VISTA/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8
- Processor
- AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.5 GHZ
- Graphics
- 768 MB 100% DIRECTX 10 AND SHADERS 4.0 COMPATIBLE ATI RADEON HD 5670/NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 260 OR HIGHER
- Memory
- 3072 MB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
- Notes
- INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR THE GAME ACTIVATION, WINDOWS XP NON SUPPORTED
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 27
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
No multiplayer information available.
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- City Builder
- Simulation
- Building
- Economy
- Strategy
- Management
- Sandbox
- Realistic
- Moddable
- Singleplayer
- Multiplayer
- Atmospheric
- Resource Management
Recent updates
- Mar 19, 2015 · Cities XXL: Patch #4
- Mar 19, 2015 · Cities XXL: Patch #4
- Feb 26, 2015 · Cities XXL: Patch #3
- Feb 26, 2015 · Cities XXL: Patch #3
- Feb 18, 2015 · Cities XXL: Patch #2
1 DLC available.
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