Cities: Skylines: Steam reviews, players & page score
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Cities: Skylines at a glance
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.
- Price
- $29.99
- Release
- Mar 10, 2015
- Steam reviews
- 228,677 reviews, 76% positive recently
- Playing now
- 10,272 players
- Followers
- 877,669
- Demo
- No
- Developer
- Colossal Order
- Languages
- 10 (English, French, German, Spanish - Spain…)
Games like Cities: Skylines
Similar games: screenshots 92/255 · 2 trailers · 13 languages
Cities: SkylinesColossal Order · 20 tags · 10 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
Compare with the best pages in its genre: Simulation & Management · Strategy · Open World & Sandbox
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lowNo Discord link+4 pts
No Discord link found on the store page.
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lowFewer trailers than similar games+3 pts
1 trailer; similar games have 2.
Add a short gameplay-only trailer.
mediumContrast could be stronger+1 pts
Brightness spread 45.
Increase separation between subject and background.
mediumBroad tags rank above your real genre+1 pts
Top five tags include Simulation, Strategy.
Encourage players to tag your real genre, and use your developer tags on the specific ones.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 138/255, contrast 45, colorfulness 77, 2% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 75 · long 92
Short description · 266 / 300Cities: 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.
Opens with the game's name. Starts "Cities: Skylines is a…", which wastes the first words.
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Screenshot audit measured brightness, store order
Steam shows 4 to 5 thumbnails before the arrow. Red = near-black (under 30/255), amber = dark (under 45).
First five screenshots vs the games Steam shows next to you average brightness, 0–255
Trailer, tags and setup
- warn1 trailer; the games Steam shows next to you have 2.
- warn76% positive recent reviews.
- warnTop five tags include Simulation, Strategy.
- warnOnly X linked.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- ok10 languages.
- ok8 GIFs or clips in the long description.
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1.3% of impressions become visits. Below 2% usually means the capsule doesn't read at small size.
What's working
- ✓ All 20 tag slots used
- ✓ 8 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 266 of 300 characters
- ✓ Capsule stands out at small size
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- ✓ Description draft
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- ✓ No tracking
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- ✓ White-label PDF
- ✓ Read-only API
- ✓ 8 jury tests a month
YouTubers & streamers who play Cities: Skylines
12 YouTube channels named Cities: Skylines in a video title in the last few months. Making a game like this? These creators already have an audience for it.
- RTGame YouTube · 3M subscribers“I Made A Needlessly Cruel Hell City in Cities Skylines 2” · Oct 14, 2026
- Real Civil Engineer YouTube · 2.9M subscribers“I let people decide their own fate in Cities Skylines 2!” · Nov 5, 2026
- ハヤトの野望 YouTube · 1.6M subscribers“１０万人が汚水だけで暮らす最強にエコな街をつくる『 Cities Skylines / シティーズスカイライン 』” · Nov 6, 2026
- City Planner Plays YouTube · 941K subscribers“I Built a Ski Resort on IMPOSSIBLE Terrain! | Cities Skylines 2” · Nov 4, 2026
- Biffa Plays Indie Games YouTube · 747K subscribers“I Replaced a Toxic Waterfront With Luxury Homes in Cities Skylines 2!” · Oct 31, 2026
- SeniacTWO YouTube · 219K subscribers“Building a NEW AIRPORT - Cities Skylines 2 RockTown #50” · Nov 6, 2026
- UrbanLoon YouTube · 117K subscribers“Starting a PERFECT New City in Cities Skylines 2” · Nov 5, 2026
- JumboPixel YouTube · 114K subscribers“Wait... Is Cities Skylines 2 Worth It After Three Years?” · Oct 30, 2026
- Timeister YouTube · 106K subscribers“Building the ULTIMATE Retail District in Cities Skylines 2” · Nov 2, 2026
- SkilzBuildz YouTube · 57K subscribers“The Best Builds Start with Challenging Terrain | Cities Skylines 2” · Nov 1, 2026
- Palm'sTime YouTube · 50K subscribers“Driving from the Countryside into the Megacity | Cities Skylines 2 - Merlion Bay Road Tour” · Nov 7, 2026
- Piccana YouTube · 28K subscribers“I Built a NEW Capital of The Netherlands | Cities Skylines 2” · Oct 30, 2026
From the YouTube Data API and Twitch API. Only videos whose title names the game, or streams filed under its Twitch category, are counted. StoreCheck isn't affiliated with YouTube, Twitch or Valve.
Cities: Skylines: common questions
Is Cities: Skylines on Steam?
Yes. Cities: Skylines is on Steam (app ID 255710) at store.steampowered.com/app/255710.
When did Cities: Skylines come out?
Cities: Skylines was released on Steam on Mar 10, 2015.
How much does Cities: Skylines cost on Steam?
Cities: Skylines costs $29.99 on Steam in the US. Regional prices differ.
Are Cities: Skylines's Steam reviews good?
Cities: Skylines has 228,677 Steam reviews and 76% of recent reviews are positive (Mostly Positive).
Does Cities: Skylines have a demo?
There was no demo on Cities: Skylines's Steam page when we last checked.
Who made Cities: Skylines?
Cities: Skylines is made by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive.
What kind of game is Cities: Skylines?
Steam players tag it City Builder, Simulation, Building, Management, Strategy. 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.
Which YouTubers and streamers play Cities: Skylines?
Recent Cities: Skylines videos and streams include RTGame (YouTube), Real Civil Engineer (YouTube), ハヤトの野望 (YouTube), City Planner Plays (YouTube), Biffa Plays Indie Games (YouTube). StoreCheck lists 12 of them on this page, with subscriber counts and their latest Cities: Skylines video.
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