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Cities: Skylines II

Single-player city builder with economies, seasons, and citizen life paths

Iceflake Studios, Colossal Order · Published by Paradox Interactive · Released Oct 24, 2023

Simulation

Reviews trending up: 72% positive in the last 30 days vs 55% overall

Reviews
Mixed
55% of 70K
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
72% of 659 in 30 days
Players
8,328
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
1 month ago
Sep 15, 2026
Minimum PC
GTX 970
8 GB RAM · 60 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Cities: Skylines II?

A single-player city-building simulation where you choose a map and lay roads, infrastructure, and public systems while managing districts, trade, industry, citizen needs, and the budget. Cities change through day-night cycles, weather, seasons, pollution, and economic shifts.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy open-ended city planning and economic management
  • +you prefer single-player sandboxes built around gradual growth
  • +you want to follow citizens through changing seasons

Not for you if...

  • −you want multiplayer rather than a solo city sandbox
  • −you dislike balancing infrastructure, budgets, and citizen needs

What players say

55% of 69,613 reviews are positive · 72% of 659 in the last 30 days

Players praise recent updates for improving performance, stability, traffic behavior, quality-of-life tools, and mod and asset support. Common complaints say bugs and poor optimization remain, the base game still feels thin compared with the original, and some expected bridge content has been placed in paid DLC.

Players over time

▼ -5% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 11,671 players on Sep 21, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 20268,328
Nov 6, 20265,700
Nov 5, 20265,769
Nov 4, 20265,799
Nov 3, 20266,224
Nov 2, 20265,981
Nov 1, 20269,615
Oct 31, 20268,643
Oct 30, 20265,836
Oct 29, 20265,734
Oct 28, 20265,816
Oct 27, 20265,973
Oct 26, 20266,302
Oct 25, 20268,824
Oct 24, 20267,685
Oct 23, 20266,190
Oct 22, 20265,987
Oct 21, 20266,026
Oct 20, 20266,272
Oct 18, 20268,518
Oct 17, 20267,632
Oct 16, 20266,053
Oct 15, 20266,041
Oct 14, 20266,196
Oct 13, 20266,636
Oct 11, 20268,747
Oct 10, 20267,622
Oct 9, 20266,616
Oct 8, 20266,330
Oct 7, 20267,092
Oct 6, 20266,986
Oct 4, 20268,613
Oct 3, 20267,807
Oct 2, 20266,600
Oct 1, 20266,694
Sep 30, 20266,500
Sep 29, 20266,879
Sep 27, 20269,329
Sep 26, 20268,752
Sep 25, 20267,686
Sep 24, 20267,031
Sep 23, 20268,955
Sep 23, 20267,248
Sep 22, 20267,401
Sep 21, 202611,671

Screenshots and trailer

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Cities: Skylines II system requirements

Minimum: GTX 970, 8 GB RAM, 60 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-6700K | AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2600X
Graphics
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 970 (4 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 480 (8 GB)
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
60 GB available space

Recommended

OS
Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit | Windows® 11
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-12600K | AMD® Ryzen™ 7 5800X
Graphics
Nvidia® GeForce™ RTX 3080 (10 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 6800 XT (16 GB)
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
60 GB available space

Does Cities: Skylines II have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does Cities: Skylines II run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
44
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain.

Does Cities: Skylines II 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

30 DLC available.

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