Cities: Skylines
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
- Price:$29.99
- Release Date:3/10/2015
- Developer:Colossal Order Ltd.
- Publisher:Paradox Interactive
- Last Updated:9/18/2024
- Steam App Id:255710
Cities: Skylines
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Cities: Skylines has 8,035 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 77% lower than its previous all-time peak of 34,609 players achieved on 9/17/2023.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Cities: Skylines. It has received a total of 260,375 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 92 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Cities: Skylines and its growth over time. It currently has 788,590 followers on its community page.
Cities: Skylines Price
Cities: Skylines costs $29.99 in the Steam store as of 9/18/2024. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like Paradox Discovery Bundle, Cities: Skylines - The Classics Bundle, Cities: Skylines Collection, Cities: Skylines - New Player Bundle, Cities: Skylines - Mayors Favorites, or Paradox Build It Bundle which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Cities: Skylines.
About Cities: Skylines
Cities: Skylines is a Simulation, and Strategy game developed by Colossal Order Ltd. On 3/10/2015, it was released on the Steam Store by Paradox Interactive.
Players have rated Cities: Skylines as "Very Positive" out of 260,375 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 242,869 positive reviews and 17,506 negative reviews — an overall 93% positive review rating. Additionally, Cities: Skylines has earned a metascore of 85 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Cities: Skylines on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
It also supports 9 languanges in-game including English, French, German, Spanish (Spain), and Polish. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Cities: Skylines supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Includes level editor
- Partial Controller Support
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Cities: Skylines has been tagged with the following user tags:
- City Builder
- Economy
- Management
- Great Soundtrack
- Modern
- Sandbox
- Realistic
- Replay Value
- Simulation
- Real-Time with Pause
- Family Friendly
- Resource Management
- Funny
- Strategy
- Mod
- Casual
- Action
- Moddable
- Singleplayer
- Building
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Cities: Skylines and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Cities: Skylines is referenced by 62 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cities: Skylines - After Dark | DLC | 9/24/2015 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - Content Creator Pack: Art Deco | DLC | 9/1/2016 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - Content Creator Pack: University City | DLC | 5/21/2019 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - Content Creator Pack: Modern City Center | DLC | 11/7/2019 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - 80's Downtown Beat | DLC | 11/15/2022 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - Calm The Mind Radio | DLC | 1/25/2022 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - Snowfall | DLC | 2/18/2016 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - Content Creator Pack: Seaside Resorts | DLC | 9/14/2022 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - Content Creator Pack: Train Stations | DLC | 5/21/2021 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - Content Creator Pack: Skyscrapers | DLC | 11/15/2022 | View |
Related Bundles
Cities: Skylines is included in 6 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Paradox Discovery Bundle | 3 | 4 | $49.45 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - The Classics Bundle | 6 | 6 | $80.74 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines Collection | 59 | 59 | $377.97 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - New Player Bundle | 4 | 4 | $65.66 | View |
 | Cities: Skylines - Mayors Favorites | 9 | 9 | $95.11 | View |
 | Paradox Build It Bundle | 5 | 5 | $111.95 | View |
Related Packages
Cities: Skylines is referenced by 5 packages in the Steam Store.
Supported Languages
Cities: Skylines is available in 9 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Polish | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Cities: Skylines data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, September 18). Cities: Skylines on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/255710
- Valve Corporation. (2024, September 18). Cities: Skylines. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/255710
- Metacritic. (2024, September 18). Cities: Skylines for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/cities-skylines