Cities: Skylines

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  1. andygoyap
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Cities: Skylines, everything that SimCity should have been.

    Maximum Buildable Map Size: 36km² - 100km² (Mod): ✓ Full Modding Support: ✓ Map Editor: ✓ Asset Editor: ✓ Steam Workshop Integration: ✓ District & Policies: ✓ Offline Mode: ✓ Real Population: ✓ 1,000,000 Agents: ✓ Working Traffic System: ✓ Power Lines & Water Pipes (SimCity 4 Style): ✓ Hydroelectric Power (Damns):    Cities: Skylines, everything that SimCity should have been.

    Maximum Buildable Map Size: 36km² - 100km² (Mod): ✓
    Full Modding Support: ✓
    Map Editor: ✓
    Asset Editor: ✓
    Steam Workshop Integration: ✓
    District & Policies: ✓
    Offline Mode: ✓
    Real Population: ✓
    1,000,000 Agents: ✓
    Working Traffic System: ✓
    Power Lines & Water Pipes (SimCity 4 Style): ✓
    Hydroelectric Power (Damns): ✓
    Tsunami: ✓
    Natural Resources: ✓
    64-bit Game: ✓
    OS - Linux, Windows, OS X: ✓
    Under $30: ✓    … Expand
  2. Guardian1996
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Truly beautiful game and an experience that is fully appreciated from my point of view. The next Sim City 4 deluxemade by Paradox. Thank you, I am sincerely grateful!
  3. ErwinRuggy
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    I can finally say that we no longer need to play SimCity 4

    The 5 things where this game is outstanding: 1.- The size 2.- Full mod support, there are already hundreds of mods in the workshop. 3.- An in-game asset editor to build custom parks, buildings, etc. 4.- A World editor where importing the geography of real cities is very easy, or just build a volcanic island. 5.- The    I can finally say that we no longer need to play SimCity 4

    The 5 things where this game is outstanding:

    1.- The size
    2.- Full mod support, there are already hundreds of mods in the workshop.
    3.- An in-game asset editor to build custom parks, buildings, etc.
    4.- A World editor where importing the geography of real cities is very easy, or just build a volcanic island.
    5.- The transportation, both advanced roads, and mass transit like subways, buses, trains, ships, airports etc.    … Expand
  4. frlncr799
    Mar 10, 2015
    9
    After 2013’s debacle that was Sim City it was time some new devs stepped to the table. Cities XXL was a huge miss as Focus Interactive did nothing to improve their terrible running and clunky game so the question is, did Colossal Order (a Paradox dev responsible for Cities in Motion) deliver? Yes, oh my god Yes!

    Cities Skylines is another game in the long list of city building and    After 2013’s debacle that was Sim City it was time some new devs stepped to the table. Cities XXL was a huge miss as Focus Interactive did nothing to improve their terrible running and clunky game so the question is, did Colossal Order (a Paradox dev responsible for Cities in Motion) deliver? Yes, oh my god Yes!

    Cities Skylines is another game in the long list of city building and managing simulators that have been trying to succeed in the shoes of what was Sim City 4; released more than 12 years ago. From the dev that created Cities in Motion, Colossal Order does something that no other city sim has done and make a truly great game that brings back the feel of Sim City 4 and my favorite of the series, Sim City 3000. They brought it back to its basics which included zones, different building types like electrical, water, fire, police, medical, fun and even the unique landmark buildings.

    When you start creating your city you start in a small 2km x 2km square that can expand as your city gets bigger and you annex other areas to a possible 25 tile, 100km2 area (with the support of a mod that is already in the steam workshop). The game also locks different building, zones, etc. behind population goals so that it isn’t too overwhelming however there are mods that allow you to unlock everything to start if you wish along with unlimited money. The game will also allow for steam workshop when it releases for people to create their own user content to add to the game which could include more buildings, new modes, user made cities and much more.

    Along with the buildings and zones there are also the financial and policies that make a city sim a true city sim. They are simple enough and not as annoying as was the advisors in sim city 3000 but they change things greatly including outlawing private traffic in certain zones forcing people to take mass transit instead. What those policies and other specific buildings do is increase the happiness of the people in the commercial, residential and industrial zones. As your happiness increases they are more likely to accept higher taxes and recommend more people to move in causing an increase in desire for residential and other financial zones. I can also say that Colossal Order certainly know how to make their transport lines work and work well because every form of transportation was easy to create and maintain.

    That being said the roads themselves were difficult to make sure they were right especially having off ramps connect to highways. When I bought my first annex there was a highway running through it. I thought it would have been easy enough to figure out how to implement a overpass/rounded off ramp to have access to the other side of the highway however I had to do a lot of work to get a new one working. First I had to delete the existing off ramps and highway to make way for a 4 way off ramp. On top of that in order to make sure a one way road/highway continues to go one way, instead of detecting which way automatically the roads go you to build the road in the same direction traffic would flow. Took me about 15 minutes to realize this. Hopefully it’ll be something they patch after release because I can imagine it’ll be something some people will complain about.

    One other complaint, and maybe it is something I’m not used to due to the simplicity of zones in Sim City 3000, I don’t like the way zones sit for “squares” off the road for each road you make. I’m more of a fan of dragging and dropping to make a zone like it was in SC 3000. That is just a personal preference. However all you can do with the roads is quite impressive and though I did play this game quite a bit I wasn’t able to play it enough to truly design a city that looked great.

    Now this game looks quite impressive and the buildings are quite varied enough to make the cities and areas look unique. Mod support and steam workshop is only going to improve the variety of buildings after release. The engine runs smooth, however capped at 60 fps (not that you really need more since this isn’t a action moving game), and looks great. The UI is clean and they actually made a change to it as I was playing my review copy in the last week.

    The sound isn’t anything spectacular, however it is there and does work well with what the game is. If you zoom in to roads you can hear cars going by, if you do the same for various areas you hear what you would expect to hear if you were walking on the street. The ambient music also makes it nice to listen to while you are designing away. So nothing over the top but fits quite well.

    Overall, Cities Skylines, I feel, is truly the best city sim game since Sim City 4 and in fact is better than 4. It has everything that you could want in a city building game; large building areas, variety in design and buildings, unique challenges in building and managing and a great looking engine.    … Expand
  5. alanjuio
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    What SimCity should have been but never was.
    This game is much better than SimCity, with more features.
    I spent hours playing on this and never got bored, and the best part is it's only $30 at launch.
    This could have been easily $70 game like simcity because this game is more polished, less buggy, full mod support, and most importantly so much fun!
  6. Lyrande
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Really a great game, everything we have hoped for since SimCity 4. A shame that it took that many years to have a game resembling the good old city builder times.
  7. FurballHer0
    Mar 10, 2015
    9
    I want to congratulate the Dev team on bringing back the city building experience.

    After the blunder that was Sim City, Cities in motion is exactly what we all wanted from Sim City in the first place.

    Losing 1 point due to no Multi-Player.
  8. Nadz_
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    At last a city builder worth my time. Cityskylines has a huge amount to offer in creativity, simulation and scale. With details ranging from individual citizens walking their dog as part of there persistent simulation all the way up to gigantic traffic systems and death epidemics.

    There may be some rough edges (if you go looking) or certain elements some may dislike, But the best thing    At last a city builder worth my time. Cityskylines has a huge amount to offer in creativity, simulation and scale. With details ranging from individual citizens walking their dog as part of there persistent simulation all the way up to gigantic traffic systems and death epidemics.

    There may be some rough edges (if you go looking) or certain elements some may dislike, But the best thing this game offers has the potential to resolve all issues.. It has been built to support Mods! Mods give a game the potential to not only fix or tailor elements of the game to the players liking but can also provide more content! I am yet to see the scope available in terms of how deep mods can go but the fact that certain options like 'unlimited money' and 'all unlock's are included as packed in mods, it certainly seems like modding has been on the developers mind for quite some time.    … Expand
  9. NotBanMePLZ
    Nov 22, 2018
    9
    Лучшая стратегия в своем роде. Лучший городостроитель который вообще существует. Убивает SimCity даже не стреляя. Как же круто дополняет игру даже такая мелочь как переименование улиц, зданий и т.д., с этим можно очень весело побаловаться. Например улица (Фамилия вашего бест френда) или "улица разбитых фонарей". Крч веселая игрушка, всем рекомендую)Лучшая стратегия в своем роде. Лучший городостроитель который вообще существует. Убивает SimCity даже не стреляя. Как же круто дополняет игру даже такая мелочь как переименование улиц, зданий и т.д., с этим можно очень весело побаловаться. Например улица (Фамилия вашего бест френда) или "улица разбитых фонарей". Крч веселая игрушка, всем рекомендую)
  10. kveldby
    May 7, 2019
    8
    игра класс, но оптимизации нет, и аи не очень
  11. RomanGor
    Nov 7, 2019
    8
    Лучший градостроительный симулятор как по мне. Проще, чем последний сим сити, но в то же время более увлекательный.
  12. Fallconex
    Dec 17, 2020
    9
    The best strategy of its kind. The best city-builder there is. Brought so many new mechanics to the lovers of this genre
  13. HansSigmaringen
    Dec 29, 2020
    8
    Good game. Give it a try it has nice graphics and mod community is very big.
  14. LQSNIXT
    Jan 23, 2021
    10
    This game is milestone! I played this game +500h and only after so much time I got bored, but this is more because after exceeding 650 000 people in city it started to hang a bit and work slowly on my gaming computer. But despite this, I highly recommend the game, it develops creative thinking and the concept of world, thanks to mods you can upload cool buildings and vehicles and extendThis game is milestone! I played this game +500h and only after so much time I got bored, but this is more because after exceeding 650 000 people in city it started to hang a bit and work slowly on my gaming computer. But despite this, I highly recommend the game, it develops creative thinking and the concept of world, thanks to mods you can upload cool buildings and vehicles and extend the city to the entire map. I don't regret wasting all hours in this game. If we want extend city so much you will have at least i5 9400F and 16gb of ram, but it is worth. Recommend it to everyone… Expand
  15. omwair
    Feb 14, 2021
    9
    Great game, even better with mods. Almost everything missing in the game can be fixed with mods.
  16. fridayy
    Jan 30, 2022
    10
    Loads of stuff to do, and i like how it comes with an unlimited money mod for sandbox!
  17. dadum
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    This is just everything you would want for a city-building game. Full modding support and already a thriving modding community even though the game just got released. I just have no words, this truly feels like a spiritual successor of Sim City 4. Good job Colossal Order and Paradox!
  18. Arniedadrink
    Mar 11, 2015
    9
    Very good city manager, does not seem as easy as other city games that have come out, which is great as they can get boring quite quickly. With only 5 hours under my belt so far I still have a lot to see and learn but this is looking very promising.

    Road management is a little tricky at first but as you learn to use it, it is a fairly powerful tool, especially compared to the    Very good city manager, does not seem as easy as other city games that have come out, which is great as they can get boring quite quickly. With only 5 hours under my belt so far I still have a lot to see and learn but this is looking very promising.

    Road management is a little tricky at first but as you learn to use it, it is a fairly powerful tool, especially compared to the competition.

    I also love the way they are approaching modding so hopefully they can concentrate on interesting features for DLC in the future and not wasting time on pretty hats.    … Expand
  19. ollyhinge11
    Apr 5, 2018
    9
    Absolutely superb game, I've racked up nearly 2000 hours on this. One criticism I do have is the traffic. So stubborn and will only ever use one lane, which without mods causes endless traffic problems. Thankfully, due to the 100% support and encouragement of mods by the devs, this can easily be changed. Thank you for such a wonderful game.
  20. WilliamReviews
    Oct 28, 2018
    9
    This game is fantastic and is what Simcity (2015) Should have been. Some Examples:
    1. A good map size
    2: Residents have ONE house, they go to ONE job and they come home to that same house

    Minus one point due to DLC
  21. citizen-ychoux
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    TL; DR version: Cities Skylines is the best city builder game ever made since Sim City 4. It is everything a great city builder game is supposed to be: broad, realistic, detailed, complicated, fun. It is a definite must have for anyone who likes building things.

    Long version: With the catastrophic release of Sim City 5 in 2013, I have felt being left alone, betrayed, frustrated.    TL; DR version: Cities Skylines is the best city builder game ever made since Sim City 4. It is everything a great city builder game is supposed to be: broad, realistic, detailed, complicated, fun. It is a definite must have for anyone who likes building things.

    Long version:

    With the catastrophic release of Sim City 5 in 2013, I have felt being left alone, betrayed, frustrated. Maxis and EA destroyed the Sim City licence, and got all the panning it deserved. Other developpers tried to fill the void, but without achieving greatness.

    Now meet Cities: Skylines.

    From a graphic point of view, this title has a real appeal. It looks like a toyesque feeling about buildings, vehicles and people. Some may dislike it, I personnaly love it.

    Speaking about lenght, Cities Skylines is a City builder. You can actually build BIG cities. Not towns. You start with a small area, but you can extend to other land tiles as your city grows. Up to 9 2*2km tiles, creating cities up to 1'000'000 inhabitants. Yeah, that big.

    What about the simulation side. Well, in the contrary wih Sim City, the RCI system does work, as in you actually need all of them to make your city work. You have to balance, and can't just build parks to make your citizens happy. Water, energy, crimes, health, education, amusement, everything is covered, and feels realistic.

    Complicated, this game can be. Especially when it comes to traffic management. And it is difficult to have your goods and people flow in a packed city center. Much like in any real big city around the world. But you are not without tools to achieve it. Roundabouts, highways, metros, train, buses, you can basically use everything you can to make it happen.

    I could go on for hours talking about all the good things, I'll just list some cherries on the cake: areas management, policies, and mods. Yes, real, free, endless mods. Not lousy DLCs.

    Is the game perfect? No, it's not. It lacks some endgame challenge (money is really easy to come by) and randomness events (climate calamities for example) to make it the best game ever.

    But for now, it's a deserved 10. Go get it.    … Expand
  22. Mistafreeze3
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    This is what Sim City was supposed to be. The game is beautiful, runs smooth, and is easy to mod.

    Sim City 4 can finally be retired after 12 years of loyal service, it's successor is here.
  23. justinxfan
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    This game is simply wonderful in every aspect! There are some features such as day/night cycles that people complain about, but they'll probably be added by mods. The core game is well furnished and I encountered very few, if none, bugs. Overall, the dev team has finally made a way for me to stop playing SimCity 4!
  24. xannepan
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Ever since simcity-4, city simulation has become more a hobby for me than just occasional game play. Over the years I have created many custom buildings (mainly Paris and medieval themes) and mods (amongst other the Jupiter (weather) and the Aurora mods) for simcity-4. Simcity 2013 was a major disappointment on all accounts.

    I have been fortunate to have been invited to test Cities    Ever since simcity-4, city simulation has become more a hobby for me than just occasional game play. Over the years I have created many custom buildings (mainly Paris and medieval themes) and mods (amongst other the Jupiter (weather) and the Aurora mods) for simcity-4. Simcity 2013 was a major disappointment on all accounts.

    I have been fortunate to have been invited to test Cities Skylines' modding tools during the beta phase for the past couple of months. And during that time I have also been able to play the game. Cities Skylines exceeds my expectations. The potential that can be unlocked by the community and by DLCs provided by CO is unbelievable. I am absolutely overwhelmed by how great this game is.

    Additionally, I have gained the utmost respect for CO. It is unbelievable what a small team of creative people can do. Aside from developing a fantastic game, CO actually listens to the community to the best of their abilities.

    Bound by an NDA, it has been challenging for me not being able to respond to all the comments, questions, critisicm, (sometimes unjust) speculation on the forums. And I kept thinking if only you could get to play the game for half an hour and - like me - become captivated by studying the little CIMS in their daily routine, or laying out the most amazing road interchanges. Finally a game I can enjoy again without having to shoot someone.

    Off course some I do share some of the criticism that also has been shared on the forums. I could even create a list of a dozen or more features that I would like to see changed or improved. But all that is driven by my enthusiasm for this game, and there is a time a place for everything. So for now I am just giving this game a 10/10.    … Expand
  25. napalm
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    By Far the best modern day city builder on the Market. This is what SC 2013 should have been, or wished it was. Great game and it is recommended to any people that like city builders
  26. zane411
    Mar 12, 2015
    9
    Everything about this game works exactly the way you want it to, though I can list a few features I feel are missing that would bring this from a 9 to a 10.

    1. Circle roads tool
    2. Ability to 'paint' trees like you paint much everything else
    3. A brief tutorial would have been appreciated
  27. EvilTerrorizer
    Mar 25, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Expanded city twice, loving the free-design. I like the upgrade tool for roads, makes it easy to just build and upgrade later if traffic gets bad. The progressive unlock mechanism for everything is also making it easy for me to learn the game. The unlock steps are not far in-between so I find the pace descent.

    Creating your own districts (with a paint-brush) and specializing the industry there and cherry-picking specific laws that only affect that district is great. In fact it's something I've never seen in city builders but now that I use it in this game is seems so obvious... Cool idea.

    City mechanics like traffic, pollution, cash, jobs, services etc. are working well so far. I'll update later if I get the chance with more info once the game progresses.

    Update:

    After playing the game a bit there's two major comments I'd like to make.
    1. The steam workshop mods are great, and expand the game nicely
    2. The game is a bit too easy, and I find myself not really challenged at this point.    … Expand
  28. OfekA
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Excellent game! The developers has listened to the community on every front and has delivered a game that is incredibly hard to imagine only 9 people worked on, astonishing success!
  29. PopTarts
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    Fantasitically solid. Look forward to what they could add on to make the very end game (20-50+ hours in one city) interesting. There's a ton of potential on top of the base of this game.
  30. Spaceweird
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Absolute win. After gamers taking the one-two sucker punch of Simcity and then Cities XXL to the jaw FINALLY a real city builder emerges again. Smooth, responsive, full featured, modable, large maps and it WORKS. It works on day one. That, in my book is what we've been waiting for and deserve.
  31. trimitri
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Sim city is dead, long live Cities skylines !
    What SimCity should have been but never was.
    Excellent game! The developers has listened to the community.
  32. CriseComics
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Bro: WHAT A GAME
    Really! It has everything that any city building game should have
    Fantastic game! Everything works as it should, for real, you should buy this NOW
    The best game on 2015 so far.
  33. ScorpiaBoost
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Cities Skylines takes the best things from SimCity, improves them and adds some really good new features.
    Releating to the improvement (as an example): Although you start with a 2km x 2km field you can buy during the game 9 more pieces. So at the end you have a really huge city. Just beautiful ;)
  34. MysticMTL
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    You can tell when a game is created by passionate artists and developers. This could be the SimCity 4 successor that we have been waiting all these years for. Everything that SC2k13 did wrong, Colossal Order tried to make right. City sizes are 9x bigger, and easily modded to 25x bigger than SC2k13. They didn't only make things better, they also introduced many new features such asYou can tell when a game is created by passionate artists and developers. This could be the SimCity 4 successor that we have been waiting all these years for. Everything that SC2k13 did wrong, Colossal Order tried to make right. City sizes are 9x bigger, and easily modded to 25x bigger than SC2k13. They didn't only make things better, they also introduced many new features such as districts, specialized industrial zones and dynamic water movement. Modding support is also a huge feature that is offered. The Steam Workshop has over 1000 mods, models and maps already online less than 24 hours after the release. There are a handful of requests for features that didn't make it to release, but the devs promised that they would continue working on this game to include as many new features as possible. (Such as road & highway tunnels, disasters and day/night cycles).

    This is only the first day of the launch, and the game is already extremely stable, and looks beautiful.
    I look forward to seeing what the devs and the mod community comes up with in the future!

    This game was created by a small indie development team and look at what they produced. I highly recommend this game to anyone who felt disappointed with SimCity and wants to play a genuine city simulator that has the fun of previous versions, but the new features that modern gamers want to play.    … Expand
  35. Avadon
    Mar 11, 2015
    8
    A very solid base that the community, as well as the developers, can build on.

    Negatives: No day/night cycle. No form of multiplayer. Traffic is iffy. Not a whole lot of variety in buildings. Sometimes lacks information about what is causing your city to fall apart. All those things are fixable though. With a couple of patches, DLC, as well as community mods, I am confident that    A very solid base that the community, as well as the developers, can build on.

    Negatives:
    No day/night cycle.
    No form of multiplayer.
    Traffic is iffy.
    Not a whole lot of variety in buildings.
    Sometimes lacks information about what is causing your city to fall apart.

    All those things are fixable though. With a couple of patches, DLC, as well as community mods, I am confident that a year from now this will be the best citybuilder ever released. Is it worth it RIGHT now though? If it was full price, I'd suggest you wait just a bit. But at 30$, it's a steal. Go for it.    … Expand
  36. Underpants158
    Mar 30, 2015
    9
    What is this game?!: A city building game. You have four demands that keep you ever expanding your city and those are: residential zone demand, industrial zone demand, business zone demand, and services demand (being schools, hospitals, police, electricity, water, etc.)

    Pros: -The game does a good job at encouraging expansion. You never stagnant because there is always something to    What is this game?!: A city building game. You have four demands that keep you ever expanding your city and those are: residential zone demand, industrial zone demand, business zone demand, and services demand (being schools, hospitals, police, electricity, water, etc.)

    Pros:
    -The game does a good job at encouraging expansion. You never stagnant because there is always something to build. You can take out loans so if you don't have money saved but demands for zones or services you don't have to wait.
    -Roads Roads Roads Roads Roads. Everything revolves around round. Everything must border a road to be built. You also have traffic. Creating a blueprint for your city is 90% deciding what roads to build and how to connect everything so traffic doesn't get congested. If you are like me when you are driving in a city and curse at the city planner for nonsensical/impractical design you will be humbled by this game when you realize these little simulated folks are cursing your name just as vehemently.
    -You have population milestones that expand your technologies and give you a sizable monetary bonus.

    Cons:
    -When you zoom in the graphics look blurry. Like an out of focus photo but it's not really a big deal.
    -Some buildings require a certain population level in order to unlock/build. Like a forestry industrial zone. Why do I need a certain population to cut down trees? Thankfully you can turn this feature off and be able to build everything right from the beginning so even that is hardly a negative.

    Conclusion: The best at doing what is does plus you just know we are going to get expansion packs. it's a game worth playing.    … Expand
  37. wow4201
    Mar 11, 2015
    8
    Simcity successor, though still has its limitations. They didn't cut corners on this game. It's the best city builder, but just a good game. City builders are fun for the first few hours, then you know. When you've built one city you've built them all.
  38. Hailong
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Betten than Simcity 2013, mods day one, is beautiful and nice experience. But i want day/night cycle. Good job Colossal Order and Paradox. I will spend hours and hours.
  39. fingfrenchy
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Had to leave a review for this one. Paradox did an amazing job. I've been playing off and on all day and it really has that classic SimCity feel. This is the TRUE spiritual successor to SimCity 3000 and SimCity 4, hands down.
  40. Inq
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    I usually don't get mad easily - but upon reading the (fortunately few) negative reviews of this game I personally got worked up. There is obviously some room for interpretation in a game, but to give a 1/10 or even a 2/10 to a game that is obviously the best in its genre is (regardless of whether you like it) quite simply a sign that you're mentally challenged. Stay tuned for anI usually don't get mad easily - but upon reading the (fortunately few) negative reviews of this game I personally got worked up. There is obviously some room for interpretation in a game, but to give a 1/10 or even a 2/10 to a game that is obviously the best in its genre is (regardless of whether you like it) quite simply a sign that you're mentally challenged. Stay tuned for an explanation of my stance -

    If you like city builders, chances are you played SC4 - this game has been the go-to game for city building enthusiasts for a little more than a decade. Some people tried to bask in its glory (Cities (X)XL i'm looking at you) and there's even been a sequel - and we all know how those worked out.

    Cities Skylines takes all of the great features of SC4, does NOT dumb them down (this is a plus if your IQ is higher than that of a potato) and expands upon them (See traffic, Colossal Order has had lots of practice with traffic-based games and this one delivers too). In my 20 hours of gameplay so far I only noticed ONE bug, there is no always-online DRM **** and the graphics, while outdated, aren't something that sticks out as a bad thing. With the huge map sizes (up to about 25 times the space you had in SC5), decent amount of features and wonderfully bugfree engine you'll have lots of fun with this.

    Anyway, to the low score reviewers: You might not like this game, this is fine - give it a 6 or 7, but if you go ahead and give a 1 or 2 to a game that is clearly the the market leader in its genre you obviously are mentally challenged. As for that matter, I'd even call people stupid who rate the newest instance of Call of Duty 1 or 2 stupid - the publisher might be greedy and the game might be ultimately the same as the last 5, but 1/10 - really? Gain some perspective.    … Expand
  41. neekz0r
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Wow.

    This game is beyond great. The attention to detail is astounding. Example? If you place a sewer line on a street, a manhole cover appears. Streets that don't have a sewer line don't get manhole covers. Game progression feels natural and unforced, you won't be spinning your wheels waiting for something to happen. Given that there are provided mods to enable a full sandbox, it's a    Wow.

    This game is beyond great. The attention to detail is astounding. Example? If you place a sewer line on a street, a manhole cover appears. Streets that don't have a sewer line don't get manhole covers. Game progression feels natural and unforced, you won't be spinning your wheels waiting for something to happen. Given that there are provided mods to enable a full sandbox, it's a done deal.

    I'm a veteran of the sim game, and this game doesn't feel crippled in anyway to me. I can look at pretty graphs and statistics. I can do whatever the hell I want. Yet, it also looks to be pretty accessible to the beginner and doesn't overwhelm them. I have NO idea how they managed to strike the perfect balance between myself and the newbie, but they did.

    There are very few bugs -- that's saying something since as of the time of this writing, it's day 1 of release. This is a good thing, because I played for five hours without realizing that I hadn't saved yet. No crashes -- and I'm on linux so their QA did their job really really well.

    The developer is going to add in some DLC, the game already feels "complete" and there is more than enough content to keep you occupied. I actually look forward to the next DLC to see what they add.

    EA can forcibly insert **** up their rectum. This game is the true successor of the franchise.    … Expand
  42. ChampionH
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    After 10 years of waiting for a good city builder, it has finally come. And it's only $30.
    All I can say is buy it. I've been playing for 12 hours straight now, and I just can't stop.
    It's my new drug.
    Care to do some Cities: Skylines with me?
  43. correiajoao
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    You like SimCity4? Time to get a New game, because this one is the "next" game the gamers wanted! Buy it! And enjoy! I was wanting for this game since they announced it!
  44. kraenk
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Finally...the game that Sim City should be. Well done Paradox! No need for a new Sim City anymore since vulture EA just closed Maxis anyway. Now I just need more time
  45. Tinnesa
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Compared to Simcity this is legendary. I'm giving this a 10 user score simply because of the fact that this is how corporations SHOULD make games.
    1) Perfectly prized
    2) Awesome customer feedback + Even a personal twitch stream to promote the game
    3) Day 1 DLC isn't anything important at all or holding the game back.
    4) ???
    5) PROFIT
  46. IamDavej
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    This is what Simcity5 and Cities XXL faild to be. Much World, Such City, Wow.
    You can even build your own buildings, citizens, cars, roadmodules, and more. Amazing.
    I am one of the few who actually liked Simcity 5. But this is so much better.
  47. jakiegame
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    It lets people make custom building and MODS! Way more freedom than the other city games before. Basically this reminds me of the way PC games used to be... where they cared about the consumers and made sure to provide fun.
  48. NZ_Simplicity
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Well what can I say, Colossal Order have done what EA could never do, they have returned the "true" city builder to the fans.
    The Features, Graphics, Playability and, Smoothness along with the modders tools make this the best out of them all. :)
  49. dk3d
    Mar 11, 2015
    9
    I can't in all fairness give this game a perfect score but it comes close. SimCity2013 wasn't really even a playable game, I lost interest with SC2k13 in 15 minutes and found the graphics outdated and dull (can't understand how people thought they were great). Skylines is very very playable so far although there are a few annoyances like clicking the school icon both (a) shows the overlayI can't in all fairness give this game a perfect score but it comes close. SimCity2013 wasn't really even a playable game, I lost interest with SC2k13 in 15 minutes and found the graphics outdated and dull (can't understand how people thought they were great). Skylines is very very playable so far although there are a few annoyances like clicking the school icon both (a) shows the overlay on the map of school coverage, but (b) also picks up a school building as if to build it. So because of (b), I cannot actually click on a school to get info about it in this mode until I back out to regular map viewing mode. Kinda weird. But nothing to get upset about.

    Graphically, maybe it's me, but from a sheer "graphic" quality standpoint, Cities XL (or that series) is still the best, cleanest, Nicest AA and textures, game of the bunch. That game sucked, but that's not my point. Graphically, it was the best of these 3 with C:S coming in second. I find the lack of AA (even with it turned on) a bit rough around the edges. Moving around is just not a clean feeling, pixels in the distance flickering around, even at details maxed out. But from a "scale" and feeling like you are in fact looking at a big city with big distances, C:S gets the feeling across well.

    Despite both SC2k13 and this game using 2km grids, maybe it's the scale of the buildings of something but there is waaaay more space in THIS 2km grid than SimCity. In SC you felt your elbows bumping within 5 or 10 minutes. In This, playing several hours, I've yet to feel the need to expand yet beyond the first 2km grid although I do own another 2 to use.

    If my review sounds like I'm nitpicking, well I am because I'm giving it a 9, closer to 9.5, and basically I think by now everyone knows the good points. The "bad" points are few and mostly related to the visual presentation.

    My system is a desktop i5 with 16Gb of RAM, an Nvidia GTX 750ti, running at 1920x1080 and everything is silky smooth as far as FPS. Even Far Cry 4 with everything on runs like butter on this setup (40-50fps). But unlike FarCry, I think this game will tax both GPU and CPU equally especially more the CPU as the population grows. I can see that a laptop with onboard GPU might not be up to it.    … Expand
  50. karmanaut
    Mar 24, 2015
    9
    Isolate yourself from society for hundreds of hours building the perfect little digital society. You'll learn more things about traffic control from this game than from any other source you've ever known.
  51. ShottyMonster
    Mar 12, 2015
    8
    Great game, really optimized (smooth as silk), huge cities, real infrastrucure. It's a true successor to SC4.

    HOWEVER it's far too easy (even with hard mode mod)
  52. Iconium
    Mar 28, 2015
    9
    There is not much to be said than what people and critics already said. The game is good, solid, and have zero breaking bugs, just minor bugs.
    This is what was supposed to be Simcity 5. The game has all features and full 3D rendering to be the truly successor of Simcity 4. With great mod support, and seamless integration into steam workshop, it will easily be much more moddable than    There is not much to be said than what people and critics already said. The game is good, solid, and have zero breaking bugs, just minor bugs.
    This is what was supposed to be Simcity 5. The game has all features and full 3D rendering to be the truly successor of Simcity 4. With great mod support, and seamless integration into steam workshop, it will easily be much more moddable than SimCity 4 and will grown much more, much faster.
    You have basically what we wanted for Simcity 5: same ideas and mechanics of Simcity 4, with 3D graphics, improved simulation and huge plots.

    Things that i dont like much is the current low variety on buildings, but this should be soon fixed by modding community. The fact you can change several game rules by mods, enhance graphics like added SSAO and god rays is just like the final touch. Where also cities XL failed, this game will probably be the gold standard of the genre for years.    … Expand
  53. rubencristiano9
    Sep 6, 2015
    8
    Note: I have played the first version that includes no real patches for the game, so I might be listing problems that aren't there anymore because they have been fixed.

    Great graphics for a city builder, looks like a game from a triple AAA team although you can see the holes from them not being one at the time of creation, the major flaw being the lack of buildings or maps in the game.    Note: I have played the first version that includes no real patches for the game, so I might be listing problems that aren't there anymore because they have been fixed.

    Great graphics for a city builder, looks like a game from a triple AAA team although you can see the holes from them not being one at the time of creation, the major flaw being the lack of buildings or maps in the game.

    Enjoyed it for a solid 15-20 hours but ended up with a great amount of cash and the only real thing you were doing is just expanding, sounds like a weired criticism but I think were I'm trying to get to here is that it could of done with a bit more challenge in it or some events that changed the theme a bit.

    Also there was no real tutorial whatsoever and had to figure stuff out by yourself, most of it was pretty intuitive but I feel they could of tried to explain or at least have a text in the options or help section for the public transport which can get pretty complex and results in trial and error most of the time.

    You feel a bit lonely in the game because you never really hear anything from anyone, no objectives to do no nothing, only a stupid little bird on top that you couldn't remove till a future patch.

    It's ok I guess, I feel that if it wasn't for the major downfall of the Simcity game back in 2013 this game wouldn't of received half of the critical acclaim it had and still is receiving.

    Hopefully with the money they get they can create an even better game in the future and give some competitivness in the market for the genre which I will receive open handed.    … Expand
  54. crishy
    Aug 19, 2017
    9
    By far the best city builder of this generation and since SimCity 4.

    Great graphics, fully 3d engine, and runs smoothly and with few glitches. The traffic/public transport simulation is one of the most addicting aspects of the game, it has a lot of depth and it is addicting spending time building and altering transit lines and building roads (that can be easily curved or    By far the best city builder of this generation and since SimCity 4.

    Great graphics, fully 3d engine, and runs smoothly and with few glitches. The traffic/public transport simulation is one of the most addicting aspects of the game, it has a lot of depth and it is addicting spending time building and altering transit lines and building roads (that can be easily curved or elevated/tunneled) in order to increase traffic flow.

    The variety of included buildings is decent, and there is a great variety of mods and assets - that are continuously created and updated - that drastically increase gameplay options and provide a much more personalized and enjoyable gaming experience. It is also remarkably easy to install and update them - just a matter of subscribing to them once online. No need to manually download and unpack files. Definitively a key core component of the game.

    Unfortunately I cannot give the game a perfect score because it suffers from a big, big drawback: size limitations. Yes, the allowed build-able area is much larger than SC2013, but that is really not saying much. The default 9 obtainable tiles add up to only 36 km squares, only a little more than two large SC4 (which allows for almost unlimited number of tiles at the cost of a shallower game simulation) tiles side by side.

    Now, there are mods that increase the maximum allowed number of obtainable tiles from 9 to 25 or even all 81 tiles, but then chances are (especially with the latter) that you will run into hard-coded limitations, such as 65k agents, a one million population limit, and most notably, around 32k road segments and nodes, that will halt to a stop any further growth in your city, very early on, unless you are playing in maps with lots of water and/or mountains. These limits have been imposed by the developers to maintain smooth performance across a wide range of PC configurations, with, sadly, no option for people with PCs that can handle the load to increase said limits. Because of the difficulty (or impossibility) in doing so, no mods have been released dealing with these limits, other than one increasing the number of trees. So caveat emptor.

    Also, lack of medium residential density and farming zoning - you must use ordinances to ban growth of skyscrapers or allow farms in industrial zones, tedious at best, Farming is also affected by the fact that zoning is limited to four squares deep (making them look totally out of scale, more than other things in-game other than the airports, which, for that matter, do almost nothing) beyond a road and best done in fertile areas only - basically, needlessly making it a much more complicated affair than in SC4, even with mods, as with these one is forced to manually plop/paint and decorate fields to visually simulate said farms.

    Many other minor complaints in vanilla (i.e. deathwaves, must build roadside first, etc.) that are easily fixable with mods.

    For the price, 30$ at launch, you cannot beat it though. It is a great bargain. As for the DLCs, I believe all of them are worth as well, except the disasters pack, which I do not own and cannot comment as I never cared for them in any city simulator game. But you do not require them to have an enjoyable experience, or to use user created content, for that matter (other than ones created specifically for content introduced in these DLCs).    … Expand
  55. noelanz
    Nov 16, 2018
    9
    This is easily the greatest game I've played in a few years! It definitely has a way of wasting your time so efficiently. The workshop on steam really helps immersion.
  56. Verence
    Dec 8, 2019
    10
    The God/Goddes of City Builder Games.
    Its awesome to create and manage a City that looks full of life. The Game gave the freedom to build huge cities in sandbox Style or you can lost in real micro managing to create the perfect traffic system, education or whatever . A huge modder community supports you with cool mods amazing buildings and many more. But only with official dlc its massive.
  57. cardigait
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    A 12 developer team made a 30€ game that kicks all competitions in the nuts.
    It's not perfect, but just made a almost bug-free launch and has already many custom content developed through Steam Workshop.
    When the worst thing about a simulation you can say is that it's too serious and that the music is boring, well... you have a winner. Great game, great price, greatest approach to    A 12 developer team made a 30€ game that kicks all competitions in the nuts.
    It's not perfect, but just made a almost bug-free launch and has already many custom content developed through Steam Workshop.
    When the worst thing about a simulation you can say is that it's too serious and that the music is boring, well... you have a winner.

    Great game, great price, greatest approach to customer requests and feedback.    … Expand
  58. djnicey
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Its 3:30AM and I don't know where the hours since 7PM have gone, I'd still be playing until the morning if I hadn't forced myself to save and quit.

    This game is fantastic, every bit as good as SimCity 4 but more polished. It took me about 30-60 minutes to get used to the interface and since then it has been a joy to play. I'm still just getting started, my little town has grown to a    Its 3:30AM and I don't know where the hours since 7PM have gone, I'd still be playing until the morning if I hadn't forced myself to save and quit.

    This game is fantastic, every bit as good as SimCity 4 but more polished. It took me about 30-60 minutes to get used to the interface and since then it has been a joy to play. I'm still just getting started, my little town has grown to a huge city and I've only just filled 1 2km square, I've just scratched the surface so far and haven't even looked at the huge number of mods available on Steam Workshop.

    The developers have done a great job with this game and I only paid £14.99 for it which IMO is an absolute bargain. If you like city building sims you will love this game, I highly recommend it.    … Expand
  59. ND3G
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    This is what SimCity should have been before EA turned it into a steaming pile of sh*t.

    Cities is just a better game. Buy it already, you will not regret it.
  60. scrap104
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Hate SimCity 2013? You'll love Cities: Skylines. Love SimCity 2013? You'll love Cities: Skylines a lot better. Lots to do and so much potential for future development like mods and DLC. There's a learning curve so don't expect things to work just because it worked in SimCtiy. You need a decent spec laptop or desktop to fully enjoy the game.
  61. BalzakMorgan
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    this city builder is colossal

    you can plant trees, a lot of trees
    you can releax and enjoy the view

    from small city to very large one
    from small area to very big one

    mods (assets, maps etc...), check
    graphic, check
    performence, check
    price, check

    10/10
  62. shelter
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    I hate to do the obvious comparison here but Cities: Skylines is everything SimCity 2013 wasn't, it's just so much more!
    Thank you good sirs and madams at Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive, this is how you do a game release!
  63. jesusblack
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    Cities: Skylines is easily the best city-builder since Sim-City 4. It beats sim-city 5 in almost every-way, despite being made by a development team the fraction of the size of Maxis, and it's playable on launch.
  64. thewizardmac
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Cities skylines is definetely recommended, even with a few hours of gameplay. It is obvious from the start that its a deep and big game. If you like city builder games you will love this one. During my first 3 hours of the game i didnt even manage to fill one tile of land. Anyone who has played SimSh!tty 2013 will know what i mean. Buy the game now and support the devs for the good work!
  65. vunacar
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    Great game. Keeps all the cool, established features of SimCity series but delivers where Maxis failed, and adds new features like a very cool dynamic water system (I flooded half of my city thanks to a poorly placed hydro plant) and district system, and land purchase system that slaps SimCity's small maps. Basically you start on a map the size of SimCity map, and then dynamically buyGreat game. Keeps all the cool, established features of SimCity series but delivers where Maxis failed, and adds new features like a very cool dynamic water system (I flooded half of my city thanks to a poorly placed hydro plant) and district system, and land purchase system that slaps SimCity's small maps. Basically you start on a map the size of SimCity map, and then dynamically buy surrounding areas as your city grows. I bought 8 SimCity sized areas that are integrated into a single map, and I haven't passed 50 000 residents, so I have no idea how large you can go. The game also has a very cool elevation system for roads and tracks, which means you can twist and turn them on several layers across each other, it's very cool.

    Overall, I think this is the best city builder that I have ever played. It's very well optimized and stable, and for now I feel I actually need help in keeping me away from my computer as I have a tendency to play it for more hours that I probably should, and ignore my commitments...    … Expand
  66. dohgeh
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    Do not get confused by the disliking of the other Cities games. This one feels like it is non related to those games. I don't know how they stepped their game up so fast, but this is the best city builder game out there.

    Cities XXL was nothing new from the meh Cities XL. Cities Skylines is a massive improvement. It's the city building game everyone has wanted for years. Sim City 2013    Do not get confused by the disliking of the other Cities games. This one feels like it is non related to those games. I don't know how they stepped their game up so fast, but this is the best city builder game out there.

    Cities XXL was nothing new from the meh Cities XL. Cities Skylines is a massive improvement. It's the city building game everyone has wanted for years. Sim City 2013 was a HUGE disappointment and Cities XXL was a money grabber. Cities Skylines is well worth the 30 dollars, even if it was priced at sixty it still is a great deal! This is the best city building game since Simcity 4.

    There is so much content in this game to keep you busy for a long time. I know people who have put 30 hours into this game and are still playing. Did I mention that it has mod support? There are over a 100 mods on the Steam Workshop already. Cool. You don't even need mods. I do recommend them though, as they add a lot to this game.

    The only thing wrong with this game is the tutorials. It doesn't explain anything very well, but I can't think of a city builder that does. A few bugs here and there. Nothing major or gamebreaking.

    Please buy this game and tell Paradox that this is what we expect next time! Do not screw us again with the Cities XXL crap!    … Expand
  67. EarlGreyDrinker
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    I played this the other day. I have some minor problems with the roads system sometimes not being perfectly straight and causing a decrease in some RCI zoning space, but it's very minor.

    For the price, this game is worth it. Bye bye SimCity and EA. I hope the community from SimCity 4 will hop over and here and populate the Steam Workshop.
  68. digitalnomad
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    Well done Paradox Interactive, well done. This is not some game still in beta wrapped with fancy packaging - it is the real deal. The Steam Workshop is already filled with awesome mods on the first day. I am very excited to see what the community creates for this awesome game.
  69. ARMORIOS
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    I have small wish list for cities skylines: day/night loop, trams, tunnels, above road trains (like in Chicago), double level roads, culture policies ( paying money for saving commercial/apartment/industrial building in it's actual state, more terrains. Maybe some more disaster especially earthquake.

    After it will be done for me Cities Skylines will be super-mega perfect city building    I have small wish list for cities skylines: day/night loop, trams, tunnels, above road trains (like in Chicago), double level roads, culture policies ( paying money for saving commercial/apartment/industrial building in it's actual state, more terrains. Maybe some more disaster especially earthquake.

    After it will be done for me Cities Skylines will be super-mega perfect city building game, right now it is just perfect.    … Expand
  70. Benjamin99
    Mar 16, 2015
    10
    Amazing game. The clear successor to Sim city. I haven't had so much fun since back in the sim city 4 days. I spend so many hours in this game already and I just cant stop. The best thing is they dont try to reinvent the wheel. The developers are clearly fan and former players of Sim City and it shows. Well done a must buy for any Sim city 4 fan.
  71. nitrojuice
    Mar 13, 2015
    10
    Best game of 2015 so far!
    Best $30 spent in 2015 so far!
    Well, need i say more?

    EA, lean from small devs about how o make great games, simple yet effective!!!
  72. DwarvenKing
    Mar 15, 2015
    10
    This game, this game redefines the city building genre, i mean SimCity should've been this, if it wasn't for Electronic A**holes maybe it would've been something, but we got this i swear this is the best city builder I've ever played.10/10 no h8
  73. Joped
    Mar 12, 2015
    10
    This is the game I have been searching for since Simcity 4. Good city builders are very hard to come by. Sure, there are some minor annoyances in how traffic is currently being simulated. It is however substantially better than the options in Simcity 5.

    The maps are a great size, 9 tiles is so awesome to play with. Plus mods to make it up to 25 if your system can handle it! With    This is the game I have been searching for since Simcity 4. Good city builders are very hard to come by. Sure, there are some minor annoyances in how traffic is currently being simulated. It is however substantially better than the options in Simcity 5.

    The maps are a great size, 9 tiles is so awesome to play with. Plus mods to make it up to 25 if your system can handle it!

    With the mods support and commitment from the company to fully support moders I believe this game will be around for the long haul.    … Expand
  74. deb0
    Mar 19, 2015
    10
    As a lifetime City builder fan, Cities: Skylines completely caught me by surprise. It's basically everything that SimCity has failed to be. Cities is stable, looks great, and has deep gameplay to keep you building cities for a long time. This is the best city builder game out, period, no contest.
  75. CorruptPersona
    Mar 11, 2015
    9
    A great game that could truly suck up all your free time without you even knowing it. There is plenty to do, and really renovates the city building genre the way it should be done. There a lot of micro management involved, lots to think about including pre-planning, road layouts, districts, utilities and a lot more. If you are looking to build a city quickly you better know what you'reA great game that could truly suck up all your free time without you even knowing it. There is plenty to do, and really renovates the city building genre the way it should be done. There a lot of micro management involved, lots to think about including pre-planning, road layouts, districts, utilities and a lot more. If you are looking to build a city quickly you better know what you're doing, because things can get out of hand quickly, so Cities: Skylines does take a little patience, but it's certainly worth the effort!

    Great game!    … Expand
  76. Nivius
    Mar 10, 2015
    9
    Awesome game! finally we get a working good "sim city" style game. the landmass you can build on is huge and they promote eco energy in a good way. the game is truly what most people write here. it's amazing. there is steam workshop integration that will make this game even more amazing. i am sure there is loads of people out there now making awesome maps to play on, building new housesAwesome game! finally we get a working good "sim city" style game. the landmass you can build on is huge and they promote eco energy in a good way. the game is truly what most people write here. it's amazing. there is steam workshop integration that will make this game even more amazing. i am sure there is loads of people out there now making awesome maps to play on, building new houses and parks, and modding the game (there is already a mod out that enables the use of 25 2km^2 squares instead of the default max of 9!

    only problem i find is that it's not always obvious what's wrong with a city or why something don't work. also, freeways annoy me as they need to be built in a special way for the road to go the right way!

    still a great game i will spend many, many hours in! all for 27.99€... its a bargain!
    Double the game, for half the price!    … Expand
  77. FogCityRoller
    Mar 11, 2015
    9
    This is the quintessential city builder and the most incredible addition to the simulator genre since my childhood days of "reticulating splines..." It's no secret that the more recent installations from Maxis were underwhelming at best. Paradox has more than delivered with this gem. I found it to be extremely intuitive, immediately captivating, and regrettably addictive. You need to paceThis is the quintessential city builder and the most incredible addition to the simulator genre since my childhood days of "reticulating splines..." It's no secret that the more recent installations from Maxis were underwhelming at best. Paradox has more than delivered with this gem. I found it to be extremely intuitive, immediately captivating, and regrettably addictive. You need to pace yourself with this puppy because it is easy to lose hours of your life building up the next metropolis. My only slight peeve, and the reason this fell short of a perfect 10, is that the population requirements for some features seem a bit egregious. Certain, shall we say, basic necessities are withheld in the beginning of the game and an unseasoned player can get the feeling that it takes FOREVER to obtain solutions for issues that can become problematic very quickly.… Expand
  78. juaner
    Mar 11, 2015
    9
    Well I being waiting this game since 1 of February, I was reading and looking after everything they upload to the internet, videos everything! I was rely HYPE for this game. Since the 3rd of March I was seeing day after day streamers playing this game I couldn't wait to play it!

    And yeah the game is awesome, some mistakes from the traffic AI and missing something’s they promised to put    Well I being waiting this game since 1 of February, I was reading and looking after everything they upload to the internet, videos everything! I was rely HYPE for this game. Since the 3rd of March I was seeing day after day streamers playing this game I couldn't wait to play it!

    And yeah the game is awesome, some mistakes from the traffic AI and missing something’s they promised to put in time. (Like tunnels)

    I feel the game have a lot of potential, is rely good at this point! But is missing something, like missions and the feeling that you can specialize your city, like a gamble city or a tourism city.

    Traffic is like the most important thing to figure out; well they are the Dev of cities in motion... but please fix the AI problem fast!

    Missing also way to destroy your city. And weather.

    But in general 9/10

    The Steam work shop is the best idea of this game!    … Expand
  79. Ninja-Puffs
    Mar 17, 2015
    10
    I have to admit, this is the next Sim city. Skylines makes Sim city look outdated. Skylines is everything that Sim city cannot be. It is a beautifully crafted game with low resource required to run the game which allows to be run ultra high on settings. I was surprised that the game only needed less than 2GB to install the game onto your computer. This is amazing!
  80. noobratingames
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    An amazing entry into an emaciated genre. I can't remember the last time I spent an 8 hour sitting in a city building game, nevertheless making a review for one. Excellent launch product along with much more to come thanks to modding and long term dev support.

    Even more amazing than the game is that it was created by a team of 13 people! Congrats go out to everyone at Colossal Order.    An amazing entry into an emaciated genre. I can't remember the last time I spent an 8 hour sitting in a city building game, nevertheless making a review for one. Excellent launch product along with much more to come thanks to modding and long term dev support.

    Even more amazing than the game is that it was created by a team of 13 people! Congrats go out to everyone at Colossal Order. Ridiculous and inspiring that they pulled off what a giant and over budget (also dead as of a couple of days ago...rip Maxis) team at EA could not.    … Expand
  81. Hestia23
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    The creators of SimCity can learn a lot from Cities: Skylines. A well deserved, highly recommended, highly rated city building simulation game. A transport system that actually works, people take the fastest road towards their destination (unlike SimCity 2013!), bigger maps that make you feel like you're creating an actual city, purchase additional city plots next to your own city and ohThe creators of SimCity can learn a lot from Cities: Skylines. A well deserved, highly recommended, highly rated city building simulation game. A transport system that actually works, people take the fastest road towards their destination (unlike SimCity 2013!), bigger maps that make you feel like you're creating an actual city, purchase additional city plots next to your own city and oh so much more.

    You can even save your game within the steam cloud. How awesome is that? Plus! You don't need to be online all the time to play the game. If you've read my review this far and still have doubts, check out Skye Storm's YouTube channel for excellent gameplay videos.    … Expand
  82. thegadfly44
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    Usually when I see 10s on Metacritic I assume their **** This isn't **** You can look at my reviews and see I'm harsh on games for the most part. This game is **** PHENOMENAL and everything that SimCity should have been. I was reserving judgement for awhile, but the moment I unlocked more territory for city expansion I was SOLD. This is a MUST HAVE for anybody who likes building cities.
  83. Sawt00th
    Mar 12, 2015
    10
    Boom!! What a game, at last. Great little studio that has lovingly crafted a beautiful and breathing city builder. Progression is quick and fluid. Could do with some balancing in terms of the large bank roll you acquire quickly and the number of service buildings required based on the road map. But outside of that it is perfectly well executed. Graphics could do with a little polish, not aBoom!! What a game, at last. Great little studio that has lovingly crafted a beautiful and breathing city builder. Progression is quick and fluid. Could do with some balancing in terms of the large bank roll you acquire quickly and the number of service buildings required based on the road map. But outside of that it is perfectly well executed. Graphics could do with a little polish, not a big fan of the grainy textures. One tip: Plan your artery roads very very well!!!!!… Expand
  84. treeface
    Mar 14, 2015
    10
    This game is really by far the most balanced city sim I've ever played. The only immediate negative I have to say about it is that all roundabouts need to be built from other road types (i.e. one lane road curved into a circle). This unfortunately adds some extra land cost to getting the benefits of a roundabout, where most modern roundabouts can fit into an area about the same size as aThis game is really by far the most balanced city sim I've ever played. The only immediate negative I have to say about it is that all roundabouts need to be built from other road types (i.e. one lane road curved into a circle). This unfortunately adds some extra land cost to getting the benefits of a roundabout, where most modern roundabouts can fit into an area about the same size as a normal traffic light intersection.… Expand
  85. BermudaDaze
    Mar 16, 2015
    10
    This is the best city building game in the last 10 years. Super fun, super addictive. If you've been looking for a next gen city building game done perfectly then look no further.
    Kudos to the team that made this gem of a game!
  86. Linkraa
    Mar 12, 2015
    10
    One of the best city builders I've ever played. The level of detail in the game is mind boggling.

    So far I've spent 10-12 hours playing this game, my population is at 18 thousand, the map is ENORMOUS and there are so many things to do. From highways onramps, to train routes, to bus lines, to metro stations, to high densities to zoning districts, this game is fascinating. I spent    One of the best city builders I've ever played. The level of detail in the game is mind boggling.

    So far I've spent 10-12 hours playing this game, my population is at 18 thousand, the map is ENORMOUS and there are so many things to do.

    From highways onramps, to train routes, to bus lines, to metro stations, to high densities to zoning districts, this game is fascinating.

    I spent 10 minutes following a tourist on my bus routes to the parks she visited to renaming industry to funny names. This game is honestly one of the best, if not the best city builder I've ever played and I AM a huge SimCity 2000 and SimCity 4 fanatic.

    You won't regret spending your money on this game, I can't recommend it enough!    … Expand
  87. 2CleverUsername
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    Absolutely amazing. A breath of fresh air after SimCity and Cities XL managed to both crap the bed on what should be a no-brainer.

    Also, FANTASISTC Linux support, working flawlessly on Day 1.

    If you have any love of City Builders, this is an absolute must-buy.
  88. sumodaz
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    By far the best city builder which has ever been made. Some really nice new features such as districts, water physics and pedestrian paths make this a modern game but with a classic feel. Traffic and transport is beautifully implemented too. It's so fun following your people and watching as they live their lives in your city.
  89. Valkyan
    Mar 10, 2015
    9
    Solid city builder which SimCity 4 should have been.

    Pros: - able to play on launch date - big cities - full mod support (hey, even more size cities !) - editor - working simulation model - tons of options how to play - price - offline game Cons: - traffic simulation model should get patched ... it's not at 100% when you have three lanes road .... still miles ahead of    Solid city builder which SimCity 4 should have been.

    Pros:
    - able to play on launch date
    - big cities
    - full mod support (hey, even more size cities !)
    - editor
    - working simulation model
    - tons of options how to play
    - price
    - offline game

    Cons:
    - traffic simulation model should get patched ... it's not at 100% when you have three lanes road .... still miles ahead of SimCity 4
    - road building tool should get improved, but options are still pretty great at the moment
    - i would like to see coop multiplayer (2 players playing 1 city)

    Conclusion:
    - great game for a great price. If you like to build then get it ...    … Expand
  90. nonotz
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    its very hard to review this game without mentioning 'SimCity'. So, how do you make a perfect city building game ? just copy SimCity but listen to community. (the actual community , not the "community" EA keeps talking about) . Cities : Skylines delivers just that , even with some improvement !.
    - Integration with Steam Workshop
    - Massive playable land size , - Amazing terrain editor    its very hard to review this game without mentioning 'SimCity'. So, how do you make a perfect city building game ? just copy SimCity but listen to community. (the actual community , not the "community" EA keeps talking about) . Cities : Skylines delivers just that , even with some improvement !.
    - Integration with Steam Workshop
    - Massive playable land size ,
    - Amazing terrain editor
    - Stunning water simulation (seriously , try the water sim by building a massive dam on a river with strong current)

    The game is not without any flaw(s) though. But most of the flaws are pretty minor. Here's some :
    - Pixely-ish texture for the assets (probably to keep the game run smoothly on lower end pc )
    - Not enough variation (same building everywhere) , but there will be DLC and Steam workshop (There's already some assets in the workshop)
    - Lack of Information (The building are just abandoned , but WHY ??!?!? )
    - Twitter-Like feature with right-on-your-face positioning and repetitive text.

    well with all those minor issues , the game is still an amazing piece of city building game ....

    What are you waiting for ?!?
    go out there and throw your money at the developer ....    … Expand
  91. RaggaRootz
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    Excellent City Builder!!!!

    As of now, the 4th most played and popular game on Steam right now (30,000+ people playing) and growing. What is most impressive is how the community is uploading tons and tons of Mods to the Workshop!

    In all... this game is ALIVE and will continue to breathe as more and more people add share their own flavor through the Workshop and Community Contributions!
  92. liaoshoubin
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    So far it's good! This game fuses perfectly all the good things of both games, and corrects almost all the wrong things. This game is fully recommended!. Nice work!
  93. jedish3ep
    Mar 11, 2015
    10
    This game is pretty much everything I wanted in a City building game.

    It has delivered in all the places where EA's latest simcity failed

    for the love of gaben, do not get this confused with the poor Cities XL games.

    If you were a fan of the classic Simcity 4, this will not disappoint you.

    highly recommend it
  94. Zabslol
    Mar 12, 2015
    10
    This is an amazing game! I love how it feels and how it looks. I have always liked SimCity 5, but the building space was so small... Cities: Skyline, have really made the building space big and nice.
    Thank you paradox Interactive, for bringing hours and hours of fun to my life. ;-)
  95. flacwby
    Mar 14, 2015
    10
    A tremendous product by a relatively small development team proves it's about the quality not quantity of developers. Cities: Skylines truly surpasses all others in regard to mass transit functionality and over all simulation strategy game play.
  96. khamul787
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Every aspect of this game blows SimCity out of the water. A new standard for city builders. With great modding support, great optimization, and a plethora of features, Skylines is the best city builder released since SimCity 4.
  97. SirVault
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Everything SimCity should've and could've been. Absolutely nothing bad to say about it. Very in depth, massive cities, traffic is a and looks great...
  98. AbsoluFab
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    It does exactly what it says on the tin. Fluid, very addictive. A lot to do and challenges but achievable. That exactly what I was waiting for and expecting as a successor of simcity 4.
  99. NewSlang
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    The king is dead, long live the king!

    You will not be disappointed with your purchase of this game. If you're on the fence about buying this or not, pull the trigger. It delivers the city building experience I've imagined since since SimCity 4. Very nicely done. Honest thanks to the Dev team for making such a wonderful experience. I'm excited to see where the community takes this game    The king is dead, long live the king!

    You will not be disappointed with your purchase of this game. If you're on the fence about buying this or not, pull the trigger. It delivers the city building experience I've imagined since since SimCity 4. Very nicely done. Honest thanks to the Dev team for making such a wonderful experience. I'm excited to see where the community takes this game with SteamWorkshop support. 29 USD is an amazing value for the product you're getting.    … Expand
  100. varietygamer
    Mar 10, 2015
    10
    Finally, the true successor to Sim City 4 is here. Ready to play, ready to mod, ready to love. We need wait no longer. This is it. This is the one. Enjoy.
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85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 60 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 58 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 60
  3. Negative: 0 out of 60
  1. PCWorld
    Jan 21, 2016
    80
    Cities: Skylines somehow lives up to the unfair expectations heaped upon it, presenting one of the best city builders in years.
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  2. Eurogamer Italy
    Aug 12, 2015
    80
    Cities: Skyline is the game SimCity should have been: a great game and a greater base for modders.
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  3. DarkStation
    May 27, 2015
    100
    This game managed to be everything I had hoped it would be and then some, with all the wonderful attention to little details and customization options. Fans of the genre wont want to miss this one.
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