Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines

Steam Deck Playable

Colossal Order · City Builder · Mar 10, 2015

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $8.99.

93%
Very Positive
291k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story and characters: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 291k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
40% of themes are praise30% are divided30% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This game is fun for a while until you see the cracks in the gameplay and the system.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
there are many aspects you could get hooked onto. i love management games, and i spend most of my time organizing the multiple types of transit. i could spend a whole afternoon neglecting the visuals of my city, opting to hyperfixate on how my busses and metros connect. but if you wanted to perfect every detail, down to every bush, park bench, and fence post, the game gives you the tools to play to your liking.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
I have some mode to help me got some fps but it kind of useless
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
But, Paradox obliges, you are fastly limited if you don't buy DLC or sub to workshops items, the vanilla game rapidly shows its limits unfortunately, and CS2 is far from getting optimized, so i would recommend this game instead, the graphisms are not cutting edge, but they haven't olden that much since 2015.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay27 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Performance11 reviews
Optimization11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Monetization34 reviews
38%
Interface6 reviews
33%
Difficulty6 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes10 reviews
50%
Bugs7 reviews
29%
Story and characters7 reviews
57%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
135
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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