Explore We Love It

Cities: Skylines View on Steam

We Love It's Guide to…

Cities: Skylines

You take the role of a mayor starting with a piece of land and a limited budget. Plan and expand a city where residents live and work, and where your decisions shape how it develops. Lay roads and zones, provide water and electricity, and fund services such as education, healthcare, police, and fire protection. Manage the city’s economy and traffic, including how residents travel between homes, jobs, and services. As the city grows, milestones unlock more options. You can designate districts and apply policies, while the day-night cycle changes residents’ schedules and the efficiency of some zones. Modding support lets players create, share, and download maps and structures.

As mayor, build a city from open land by planning roads, services, districts, and budgets while responding to its changing needs.

Released 10 Mar 2015

93%positive of
291k player reviews
$29.99
View on Steam
1

Design Roads And Transit

2

Manage Water And Power

3

Balance City Services

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.

Developed by Colossal Order · Published by Paradox Interactive

Cities: Skylines screenshot 1Cities: Skylines screenshot 2Cities: Skylines screenshot 3Cities: Skylines screenshot 4Cities: Skylines screenshot 5Cities: Skylines screenshot 6Cities: Skylines screenshot 7Cities: Skylines screenshot 8Cities: Skylines screenshot 9

Common Player Critiques

  1. Expensive DLC
  2. Forced Data Collection
  3. Mod-Breaking Updates
  4. Steep Learning Curve
93%
positive of 291k player reviews
85/100
Metacritic

Awards & Kudos

Cities: Skylines award

Back of the Box

Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements 135
Age ratings
  • ESRB E
  • PEGI 3
  • USK 0
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 14
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 3
  • Steam (Germany) 12
Controller required No
DLC / extras 76 listed on Steam
DRM / EULA
  • Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Cities: Skylines EULA
Content notices
  • Interactive Elements
  • Users Interact
  • Age rating for: ESRB
Metacritic 85/100 View on Metacritic

Games similar to Cities: Skylines

Is Cities: Skylines free?▾
Cities: Skylines is currently listed at $29.99. Get it on Steam here.
Who made Cities: Skylines, and when did it come out?▾
It was developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive, released on March 10, 2015.
What should I play if I like Cities: Skylines?▾
Our closest match is SimAirport, and you can see more games like Cities: Skylines here.