Cities: Skylines overview

Overview

Cities: Skylines comes from Colossal Order and is published by Paradox Interactive. It arrived on Steam on Mar 10, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Cities: Skylines's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 7,812 players at 13 September 2026 - 02:49:16 UTC, with a tracked peak near 57,421. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 93% positive across 288,422 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Cities: Skylines is available in 10 languages including:

6 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, usk, dejus, and steam germany

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Cities: Skylines has sold up to 13,200,000 units and has 220,362 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $238,500,000. On Twitch, 4 streamers are live with around 47 total watchers.

Cities: Skylines overview details

Cities: Skylines combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Starter Deluxe Edition Set up your city building experience for success with the Starter Deluxe Edition . This package gives you the most popular starter DLCs as a groundwork for a thriving metropolis. And not to forget, with some good vibes in the background. The Deluxe Edition Upgrade Pack: Included in the Deluxe Edition are 5 In-game historical monuments from around the world, the games original soundtrack as well as a digital art book. Five in-game items include: Statue of Liberty Eiffel Tower Brandenburg Gate Arc de Triomphe Grand central terminal Original Soundtrack: This Original Soundtrack includes 14 unique tracks mixed from the ambient music of the game, allowing you to enjoy the wonderful music whenever you want. Digital Art book: See the concepts behind the buildings! The book features almost a 32 hand drawn concepts of the game various buildings and the story behind each. Industries Expansion: In one of the most in-depth expansions in Cities: Skylines, Industry becomes a larger and more meaningful part of the game with this expansion. Players can customize their industrial areas with supply chains for the four different resource types and unique factories. Well managed industry areas will level up and become more efficient. Aside from production chains, there is a new city service for handling mail and the cargo airport eases import and export of factory goods. There are five new maps, new policies, new city services, new buildings (including resource extractors, manufacturers, warehouses and unique factories) and more. Mass Transit Expansion: Cities:…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Cities: Skylines is listed as a game with $29.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Simulation and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 7,812 players at 13 September 2026 - 02:49:16 UTC, a tracked peak of 57,421, and 93% positive reviews.

Overview tags

City BuilderSimulationBuildingManagementStrategySandboxSingleplayerModdableEconomyResource ManagementModRealisticReplay ValueCasualModern

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