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SimulationStrategyCity BuilderBuildingManagementSandboxSingleplayer

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.

Developer
Colossal Order
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Franchise
Cities: Skylines
Release date
Mar 10, 2015
Store page updated
Sep 14, 2026
Price
$29.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

74.8/ 100

Based on 402 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 89% of 926
All time 😄 Very Positive 93% of 292,310
“reviewer enjoyed building and managing their dream city”
Построила город мечты, не придумала ничего лучше, чем выкопать огромную яму для отводе канализации и забыла о ней, пробки просто душили. В какой-то момент город затопило говном, но благодаря этому пробок стало меньше. Меньше жителей - меньше пробок

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+1.08
Freedom +3.71
“built dream Beijing city with mods, freedom to create personal vision” (56)
我是新疆人 从未去过北京 入手了这游戏 希望建成我心中的素未谋面的北京 下了许多mod 地图 从小镇到都市 不知北京的真面目 只好在缝隙中依印象还原 那城市愈来愈大 有了天安门 故宫 它成了我最自豪的作品 我心目中的北京 是否还原已不重要了 这个游戏圆了我的梦

🔒 5 more indicators

Story & World
+1.82

Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.

World +3.15
“immersive world makes you forget real-world problems” (16)
Когда играешь, начинаешь понимать что 2 часа в пробке это еще ничего страшного, здесь люди годами стоят в пробке на работу

🔒 2 more indicators

Content Volume
+2.13
Volume +2.95
“best city builder ever with deep economy gameplay and extensive DLC content” (14)

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Visuals & Sound
+1.79
Visuals +2.09
“realistic simulation of river evaporation and city building” (18)

🔒 1 more indicators

Multiplayer
+3.69

Not enough data — only 7% of reviews mention this.

Community +2.70

🔒 1 more indicators

Fairness
-3.12
Monetization -3.32
“72 DLC costing $453, predatory monetization with subscription model” (92)

🔒 3 more indicators

Tech & Ops
-3.15
Developer support -2.92
“mod-breaking update 2 years post-release disrespects modding community” (15)

🔒 3 more indicators

Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update DLC
70%80%90%100%
Mar 2015Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 908 reviews, peak 53/day
050100
Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 402 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English39%
  • Russian15%
  • Chinese13%
  • Portuguese8%
  • Spanish5%
  • German4%
  • Other14%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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