Cities: Skylines

Buy93%

Very Positive · 292k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Colossal Order · City Builder · Mar 10, 2015

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
135
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio0 of 10
Subtitles10 of 10

Should I buy Cities: Skylines?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Performance: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Monetization: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 292k player reviews · updated

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
33% of themes are praise11% are divided56% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
it takes a WHILE to get used to the game, and creating poorly optimized layouts is common (and expected) while you're getting the hang of it. however, learning all of the systems is super rewarding, and even the vanilla game offers loads of customization options to make your city to your liking.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The visuals are clean and appealing, and there’s a nice level of detail when zooming into your city.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Runs good on Steam Deck (30 Fps) would need some graphic and controller settings changed first though.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay41 reviews
Graphics14 reviews
Performance11 reviews
Divided opinion
Optimization
86% still recommend
Players complain
Monetization
41% still recommend
Difficulty
73% still recommend
Crashes
50% still recommend
Interface
40% still recommend
Bugs
20% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Includes level editor
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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