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.
“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
+1.86
Freedom+3.71· Room to explore, build, and play your own way
“built dream Beijing city with mods, freedom to create personal vision” (56)
Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.
World+3.15· Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
“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
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Content Volume
+1.96
Volume+2.95· How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
“best city builder ever with deep economy gameplay and extensive DLC content” (14)
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Visuals & Sound
+1.87
Visuals+2.09· Graphics, art style, and animation
“realistic simulation of river evaporation and city building” (18)
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Multiplayer
+2.65
Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.
Community+2.70· Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
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Pricing & Fairness
-3.25
Pricing-3.32· Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
“72 DLC costing $453, predatory monetization with subscription model” (92)
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Tech & Support
-2.31
Developer support-2.92· Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
“mod-breaking update 2 years post-release disrespects modding community” (15)
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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
Mar 2015Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 884 reviews, peak 53/day
Aug 21Sep 18
per month · 3,141 reviews, peak 1,069/month
Jun 2026Aug 2026
per month · 7,734 reviews, peak 2,586/month
Mar 2026Aug 2026
per month · 13,061 reviews, peak 2,586/month
Sep 2025Aug 2026
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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