About
Cities: Skylines came out on March 10, 2015 for Linux, Mac and PC, then for Google Stadia on May 17, 2022. On Steam, 89% of 228,557 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 9,693 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 12,527 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 16 hours, doing everything about 56 hours. It was nominated for 2 awards.
Cities: Skylines is a single-player city-building simulation game. Players manage all aspects of a growing city including zoning residential, commercial, and industrial areas, constructing infrastructure such as roads, public transit, and utilities, and balancing budgets through taxation and services. The game features a transport system, modding support through the Steam Workshop, and a progression system that unlocks new buildings and services as the city's population grows.
What is happening now
Cities: Skylines is a city-building simulator that has remained a popular strategy title since its 2015 release across PC, Mac, Linux, and cloud platforms. The franchise is expanding in unexpected directions - Paradox and Iceflake Studios announced Lego Skylines at Gamescom, a standalone city-builder that reimagines the core simulation with Lego's aesthetic and customization focus. The collaboration positions itself as a playful departure from the original's approach while retaining genuine city-building mechanics, arriving on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch 2. Coverage suggests the Lego integration offers meaningful depth rather than serving as a superficial reskin, particularly through expanded creative options for players building their cities.
How long to beat Cities: Skylines
from 4 playersMain storyrushing through the story
16 h
Main + extrasstory plus side content
88 h
Completionisteverything the game has
56 h
More in the Cities series
All 7 games in order
Games like Cities: Skylines
same kind of game, other series
Cast and crew
1 creditsCrew
Awards
0 won, 2 more nominationsOther awards 2017
Other awards 2016
Media
Releases
Platform
Date
March 10, 2015
March 10, 2015
March 10, 2015
May 17, 2022
Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.
PC and Steam Deck
Steam store pageSteam Deck: Playable runs, but may need some tweaks
Minimum
Recommended
OS
Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
Windows® 10 Home 64 bit
Processor
Intel® Core™ I7 930 | AMD® FX 6350
Intel® Core™ I7 2700K | AMD® Ryzen 7 2700X
Memory
8 GB RAM
16 GB RAM
Graphics
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTS 450 (1 GB) | AMD® R7 250 (2 GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake)
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 (1.5 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 560 (4 GB)
DirectX
Version 9.0c
Version 11
Network
Broadband Internet connection
Broadband Internet connection
Storage
4 GB available space
4 GB available space
Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 28, 2026.
Cities: Skylines player count
concurrent players on Steam9,693playing now14m ago
9,693peak today
12,52730-day peak
12,527highest we have seenOct 25, 2026
Oct 23daily peak, last 11 daystoday
Players counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.
Cities: Skylines achievements
135 achievements on SteamRarest
Grand Circuit Pro
0%
I Run This City
0%
Tour de Metro
0%
Foot Traffic
0%
White Night
0%
He Did What in This Cup?
0%
All 135 achievements by how many players unlocked them
Grande Parade
0%
Start your engines!
0.1%
Garbage Collection Issues Have 5 garbage service points reach their capacity limit.
0.2%
The Sweetest City Build 10 ice cream stand plazas in one pedestrian area.
0.2%
Very Focused Have one pedestrian area focused on residential, one in commercial, and one in workplace zones.
0.3%
Creator Create 10 scenarios
0.4%
We Have A Winner! Win 10 scenarios
0.4%
The Underdog Lose 10 scenarios
0.4%
Education Nation Have 15 000 students studying on campuses at the same time
0.4%
Higher Learning Build all Campus Area types with all of their respective campus buildings and faculties
0.4%
Multidisciplinary Transport Tycoon Build one of each of the following transport hubs: Underground Metro-Intercity Bus Hub, Bus-Intercity Bus Hub, Train-Metro Hub, Metropolitan Airport, Bus-Metro Hub
0.4%
All In Have at least ₡1 000 000 in cash. Put all of your available cash into investments, then don't sell any investments for one month.
0.4%
Cash Flow Have a bank building get flooded.
0.4%
No risk, no fun! Take a loan in order to make an investment.
0.4%
Peak Season Organize three hotel events.
0.4%
Fully Booked! Have the maximum possible number of guests stay at any 5 star hotel with at least 100 rooms.
0.4%
What the...? Experience a special disaster
0.5%
Ferry Faerie Have 15 ferry lines
0.5%
Put Some Blimp In Your Blimp Have 10 blimp lines
0.5%
Totally In Motion Win all three Mass Transit scenarios
0.5%
Sights To Be Seen Have 15 Sightseeing Bus lines
0.5%
Serial Investor Build 10 Industry Areas
0.5%
Academic Scholar Create 100 academic works
0.5%
For For-Profit Education! Cover one campus area upkeep cost entirely with tuition fees paid by students in a campus area with more than 5000 students
0.5%
Can't Buy Me Love Earn ₡5,000,000 through investments.
0.5%
Combo Breaker! Have one Ferry and Bus Exchange Stop, Metro-Monorail-Train Hub, Monorail-Bus Hub and Multiplatform Train Station
0.6%
Centurion Name 100 roads
0.6%
Naturally Have a park with all Nature Reserve buildings built in it
0.6%
Prison Break Have 15 Prisons in the city
0.7%
Not So Mono Have 10 monorail lines
0.7%
Parking Not Forbidden Have 10 parks made with Park Tool
0.7%
Ambulare Have 5 pedestrian Walking Tour lines
0.7%
Offshore Assets Build five Oil Rigs
0.7%
High-cost-carrier Set the airline ticket price slider to the maximum price.
0.7%
Tough City Have the city survive a crime rate of over 40% for 2 years
0.8%
Brrr! Create a winter map in map editor
0.8%
Z00 Have a park with all zoo buildings built in it
0.8%
World of Rotorcraft Transport 15 000 amount of citizens in passenger helicopters.
0.8%
Come Fly With Me! Have 60 tourists visit the Aviation Club during one week.
0.8%
Very Accommodating Have total of 500 weekly guests to stay at hotels.
0.8%
Varsity Sports Patron Build all five varsity sports arenas on one campus in one city
0.9%
Trolleyface Transport 35 000 amount of citizens in trolleybuses.
0.9%
I Love Trams! Have 10 tram lines active
1%
Blimp? Blimp. Have 3 blimp lines
1%
So Much Cash! Transport ₡2,000,000 using cash transport vans in one week.
1%
Distroy Have more than 10 districts with unique policies
1.1%
Maintain That Park Have a Park Maintenance Service and a Zoo, Nature Reserve and Amusement Park in your city
1.1%
Industry Tycoon Build all Unique Factories
1.1%
1001 Nights Experience 1001 nights in the game
1.2%
The Plowmaster Have snowplows collect 2000000 units of snow
1.2%
Aquaculture Farm 7 500 000 units of fish and sea plants.
1.2%
Just Tolling Build one of each road Toll Booth buildings
1.3%
Student Housing Project Have total number of 10 Dormitories
1.3%
Distinguished Academics Have one campus reach "Prestigious" in reputation
1.3%
Rejoice And Be Ferry Have 3 ferry lines
1.4%
Organistic Have all commercial zone in your city be specialized Organic and Local Produce
1.4%
Coaster Tycoon Have a park with all Amusement Park buildings built in it
1.4%
Make Them Pay Have both residential tax rates over 5% higher than industry for one year
1.5%
Super Self-Sufficient Have all residential zone in your city be specialized Self-Sufficient Housing
1.5%
Fisher King Catch 10 000 000 units of fish.
1.5%
Airline Tycoon Have an airport area reach level 3.
1.5%
Cables Galore Transport 20 000 passengers with Cable Cars
1.6%
It's Called Steve Name a road "Steve"
1.6%
Power to the People Have the industry tax rate over 5% higher than either residential tax rate for one year
1.7%
City in Motion 2 Have 50 transport lines
1.8%
Airlifter Have 10 000 total passengers travel through an airport area.
1.8%
Airfield Expertise Build an airport area with an area of 25000 cells.
1.8%
Clark Cable Transport 5 000 passengers with Cable Cars
1.9%
I to the T Have all office zone in your city be specialized IT-Cluster
2%
Scaling Up Build 10 Warehouse buildings
2%
Triorail Have 3 monorail lines
2.1%
Airport Architect Build an airport area with a terminal, a runway and an aircraft stand.
2.1%
Frenetic Player Click on a police building 100 times in a row
2.2%
Eternal City Have ten disasters hit the same city
2.2%
Run, Bambi! Experience a forest fire
2.5%
Medic! Build the Medical Center Monument
2.6%
Happy Town Have more than 95% city happiness for 5 years
2.7%
Leisure Suites Have 1000 squares of leisure specialized commercial zone
2.7%
Playing With The Boys Have 1000 squares of beach specialized commercial zone
2.7%
New Eden Build the Eden Project Monument
2.8%
A Huge Hadron Build the Hadron Collider Monument
2.9%
Short Fuse Build the Fusion Power Plant Monument
2.9%
We need snorkels! Experience a tsunami
3.1%
The Park To Rule All Parks Have a maximum level park made with Park Tool
3.1%
I Want It All Unlock every single building in the game
3.2%
Friendly Teaching Build one of each eco-friendly schools: Community School, Institute of Creative Arts and Modern Technology Institute
3.3%
Get Your Snowshoes Ready! Experience snowfall
3.4%
It's Wintertime! Change Chirper to a winter look
3.4%
Thunder and Lightning Experience a thunderstorm
3.8%
It's heading right for us! Experience a meteor strike
3.9%
Drop the Base Experience a sinkhole
3.9%
Twist and shout Experience a tornado
4%
Here's A Tram Have one tram line active
4.1%
Shake It Up! Experience an earthquake
4.1%
Decorator Use the Asset Editor to make your very own asset
4.4%
The Waters of Our Lives Treat 20 000 000 m3 of waste water using the Inland Water Treatment Plants.
4.5%
Beam Me Up Build the Space Elevator Monument
4.6%
Terraformer Create a map
4.7%
Postman Deliver 1 000 000 units of Mail
4.9%
Higher Education Have over 70% of citizens highly educated in a city of over 10,000 people
5.1%
Are They Naked In There? Have a Sauna in the city
5.3%
Speed up! Boost 100 km of streets with Road maintenance service
5.3%
Full Capacity Level up an Industry Area up to Level 5
5.3%
Metropolis Have a population of 100,000 in your city
5.7%
Professional Dumper Fill five landfill sites
6.3%
Earthloving City No water or ground pollution in a city of over 10,000 residents
7%
City in Motion Have 20 transport lines
7.5%
Reporting! Check a route of a citizen
8.1%
Heavenly City Unlock Monuments
9.3%
The Safest Town Have 5 Police Headquarters
9.6%
Nomen Est Omen Name a road
10.5%
Greenest City Have no polluting industry in your city, only Office Zone and specialized zones
10.5%
Fire Watch Have 5 Fire Stations
14%
SIMulated City Have an area the size of nine map tiles
14.3%
Well Informed Have a look at all the different info-view panels
14.4%
With Canals You Can! Build one canal
16.1%
Quay-King Build one quay
20.4%
Lawmaker Apply a policy to a district you created
22.2%
Does My Bum Look Big In This? Change Chirper look
32.4%
Safe City Keep the crime rate under 10% for 4 years straight
33.5%
City Planner Use the district tool to draw 3 districts
36.7%
Climbing the Social Ladder Have a Citizen educated to level 3 from 0
38.4%
Rolling in Dough Earn 15,000 per week
42%
Unpopular Mayor Have 15% happiness
46.8%
Power at Your Fingertips Unlock all city services
50.4%
Green Energy Produce all electricity without using raw materials
57.7%
Foggy Weather Experience fog
60.6%
Singing In The- Experience rain
60.8%
Pioneer Create your very first city
74.2%
Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.
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