Cities: Skylines

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2115 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 202 out of 2115
  3. Negative: 84 out of 2115
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  1. GoodMorningAss
    Jan 26, 2020
    8
    Big carat, realism, spent nerves, beautiful graphics, and so on and so forth, I liked the game
  2. twinkeywinkey
    Sep 19, 2019
    8
    The game has everything that is missing in the latest Sim City. Fun for hours. I love it!
  3. Hermano999
    Sep 23, 2019
    8
    This is really a pinnacle of city sims out there. Highly recommended. If only they fixed bugs instead of relying on modding community...
  4. RomanGor
    Nov 7, 2019
    8
    Лучший градостроительный симулятор как по мне. Проще, чем последний сим сити, но в то же время более увлекательный.
  5. GabFire
    Aug 11, 2020
    8
    O jogo é perfeito, porém possui um grande problema que agrava na jogatina impedindo nossa evolução, esse problema se chama ''Quantidade Excessiva de DLCs'', por favor, pelo menos metade deveria ser gratuito.
  6. Mimimix
    Jan 4, 2021
    8
    Достойный градостраительный симулятор!Хотя есть и минусы,но в целом годно рекомендуюю
  7. Enor
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    Best city builder on the market, having steam mods support and not having bigger bugs. If you want to have some additional you can choose from one of many DLC's.
  8. cezar88augusto
    Feb 26, 2022
    8
    Undoubtedly it is a very cool game that guarantees hours of gameplay. The city management system is theoretically simple, but as the city grows, it becomes complex and challenging.

    Despite being a game that was released 7 years ago, it still has its place! It's not one of those games that you care about graphics (although the graphics are reasonably good) and it guarantees hours of fun.    Undoubtedly it is a very cool game that guarantees hours of gameplay. The city management system is theoretically simple, but as the city grows, it becomes complex and challenging.

    Despite being a game that was released 7 years ago, it still has its place! It's not one of those games that you care about graphics (although the graphics are reasonably good) and it guarantees hours of fun. I recommend!    … Expand
  9. CNRDSOUL1
    Dec 18, 2020
    8
    ı think game good becasue
    it really give the feeling of building a city very successful. It is nice to watch the city from afar
  10. HansSigmaringen
    Dec 29, 2020
    8
    Good game. Give it a try it has nice graphics and mod community is very big.
  11. KevLooney
    May 12, 2021
    8
    The game was accessible enough to play. The game was not engaging enough to trigger flow state. The gunplay was too dull.
  12. elefsar
    Apr 22, 2021
    8
    Good game play, dynamic data, takes hundred of hours gaming, good graphics.
  13. Etemic
    Jan 26, 2022
    8
    Best city builder right now with a little problems about performance but it is stable.
    Has a good and big community doing mods to improve the performance and the experience
  14. BranvnF
    Mar 21, 2022
    8
    Overall a fun city sim. Nothing really super special about the game. Unfortunately, you need mods in order to truly unlock this game's creative potential. Not to mention all of the expensive DLC, some of which don't add much to the overall experience. Highly CPU-intensive game which can be slow at times. But managing traffic is fun, so 8/10.
  15. FreshMelons
    Mar 30, 2022
    8
    The best city builder it years. Not perfect though. Its on the right path for an extremely good city builder in a sequel though.
  16. WindCloak
    Aug 30, 2022
    8
    Отличный градостроительный симулятор, шикарная графика. Много возможностей. Но единственная проблема - дополнения, очень много и многие из них не стоят своих денег.
  17. Krutou
    Oct 11, 2022
    8
    n short, the game is good, but the sad thing is that for a good and "fast" game you need at least a powerful computer, with my computer time starts to go very slowly over time, I understand that the problem is not with me, but the developers could optimize the game more, and so the game is cool
  18. Effin_Toffe
    Mar 22, 2023
    8
    Very good game but it has its issues, one of the issues is that you have to spend an unbelievable amount of money to get all the DlCs even when its on sale. The game does get a bit repetitive but you can set yourself challenges and it would help you keep playing but ultimately this game is a game you can actually play for a long time without getting bored.
  19. Zuprnova
    May 12, 2023
    8
    i think cities skylines is a wonderful game but it has its down sides. but i do love this game
  20. OrangeRood
    Jun 10, 2023
    8
    A classic that still holds up as one of if not the best city builder, and for good reason.
  21. Quazder
    Aug 22, 2023
    8
    Good game but you gonna get bored soon in like 20 hours max, Then if you want to have fun again you need to buy dlcs
  22. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    8
    Better than simcity
  23. Keron_Heruman
    Aug 23, 2023
    8
    Very good game, the best of city builders. But the DLC politic is terrible and the late game tends to be boring.
    In any case, the amount of content is incredible, and has very solid mechanics.
  24. JimCorbett
    Mar 24, 2015
    7
    I understand why people are giving this game such high scores but I still think there is a lot that could be improved. I'm not a huge fan of city-builders (the only ones i've played are this, Tropico 4, and Sim City 2000) so I can't critique the game as much as others but I will try to offer some decent criticisms. The game seems to be lacking some road functionality, Traffic often takesI understand why people are giving this game such high scores but I still think there is a lot that could be improved. I'm not a huge fan of city-builders (the only ones i've played are this, Tropico 4, and Sim City 2000) so I can't critique the game as much as others but I will try to offer some decent criticisms. The game seems to be lacking some road functionality, Traffic often takes the same lane on a 3 lane road and this ends up causing huge traffic jams. There's no way to connect a road to another and not have it create an intersection, this is especially annoying when using highway ramps or one way roads. There seems to be a lack of unique buildings. I found this glaring when trying to increase my tourism. Supposedly tourism is supposed to be a big way to get money but there's no real way to draw tourists other than making these big, unlockable, "unique buildings" which do nothing other than drawing tourists in very small numbers. There's also no way to terraform the environment. You can't make a hill or level a mountain. This becomes annoying when trying to place a large building because you have to find a place that is totally flat. Airports are my biggest grief with this. Due to the generally bland nature of the maps (almost completely flat with some trees and rivers here or there) all your cities end up looking similar. Citizens seem to die quickly and in waves. No matter how much you're growing you will come across "death waves" where hundreds, if not thousands, of your citizens will die within a few days. This is annoying and makes it hard to judge what your true growth is or if you've come across a serious problem. I'm sure there are more issues I came across but I can't think of them now. Overall the game is enjoyable and I intend on going back to it. The devs seem intent of fixing at least some of these issues and supposedly on releasing a ton of DLC. In the mean time, the game has great mod support which can fix some of these issues and make the game much more enjoyable.… Expand
  25. TimW001
    Dec 24, 2015
    7
    A very fun game which is the city builder you want it be. It will challenge you with traffic and waste management, to design smooth city layouts. My only complaints would be that after a time it gets a little slow, it certainly has a peek where after that point you are accomplished and have no motivation to keep managing this city... So then you start all over again!
    If a person is    A very fun game which is the city builder you want it be. It will challenge you with traffic and waste management, to design smooth city layouts. My only complaints would be that after a time it gets a little slow, it certainly has a peek where after that point you are accomplished and have no motivation to keep managing this city... So then you start all over again!
    If a person is seeking a city simulator this one is the best.    … Expand
  26. pinball123
    Mar 11, 2015
    7
    An enjoyable game but a little too simple. Works well but even as a beginner it only takes a few hours to get your city to be moving a long at a sustainable rate where you have more money than you can spend and just end up constantly expanding with out hitting any real challenges besides putting in better roads. Needs more in the form of disasters or tougher management of things likeAn enjoyable game but a little too simple. Works well but even as a beginner it only takes a few hours to get your city to be moving a long at a sustainable rate where you have more money than you can spend and just end up constantly expanding with out hitting any real challenges besides putting in better roads. Needs more in the form of disasters or tougher management of things like crime/healthcare/homelessness etc.… Expand
  27. LastMammoth
    Mar 11, 2015
    7
    Game is good. Good but not great or perfect, obviously.

    First of all - this is really one of the few games for the last days, which started and worked "from the box". No massive critical errors, crashes and bugs. Game was finished, polished and released in good condition. This game don't ask us to be a beta testers for our own money. THIS - is nice rare exception in game development    Game is good. Good but not great or perfect, obviously.

    First of all - this is really one of the few games for the last days, which started and worked "from the box". No massive critical errors, crashes and bugs. Game was finished, polished and released in good condition. This game don't ask us to be a beta testers for our own money. THIS - is nice rare exception in game development nowdays.

    I will not tell you much about "how good it is" - you can see all info about the game in pre-release trailers and notes.
    I just would say that this game considered many mistakes of last SimCity. Added many new interesting features and micromanagement abilities.

    But... Some things I don't like:

    - game is VERY easy. You can set the city fast and leave it for an hour. When you come back - it will still leave and bring money. Fire, diseases, criminal and other stuff - will not bring it down. Game don't bring any challenge.
    - it is unbalanced : little city will ask for big number of firestations (big and small), but it will be enough to set just 1-2 little hospitals and just even 1 police station.
    - pollutiondon't bring any problems. When there is a factory or trash dump on the land - it has local pollution, not spreading by the wind or any other way. If you remove this building - land becomes clean as heaven's garden in a moment.
    - there is no wind direction. You can set factory anywhere you want - polution over the wind doesn't matter.
    - there is no any option to set a grid on the land - for planning roads and city.
    - Setting road bends is very low controlled. Easy on small distances, but very problematic on big distances.( setting grid on the land could give some help with that - but there is no such option, as I already said)
    - (!!!) there are one-direction roads to set, but no exit and entrance ramps. This is most thing I don't like. If I try to connect one-way directed road like an exit or entrance ramp - it becomes to be an intersection with traffic lights. So it creates traffic jams, while rams was seted to avoid it.
    - 1 bus station can work only on 1 route. For any new route you will need new bus station = LOL
    - there is no such depth in trading, resource gaining, producing comparing to SimCIty.

    Well, there are many other such small (or big) things I don't like about this game. Game fixed, added and expanded many features from SimCity, but also ignored many other good features from it.

    So:
    release with no critical bugs and crashes - 10/10
    no freezes, stable - 10/10
    graphics and picture - 7/10
    music - 6/10
    unbalanced and too easy, brings no challenge - 5/10
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    My overall score - 7/10

    I hope developers will fix balance and add more depth in game. Will see.
    Have a good game!    … Expand
  28. Jrud05
    Sep 15, 2015
    7
    Overall I would recommend this game to others, however I feel like the game is limited in a lot of aspects.

    I hate to compare the game to SimCity at all because overall SimCity was just not very good but there are a few things that SimCity got right such as expanding onto a building, for example, adding more garages to an already existing fire department. I also love all of the    Overall I would recommend this game to others, however I feel like the game is limited in a lot of aspects.

    I hate to compare the game to SimCity at all because overall SimCity was just not very good but there are a few things that SimCity got right such as expanding onto a building, for example, adding more garages to an already existing fire department. I also love all of the specialization in SimCity that I'm having a hard time finding in Cities, such as gambling. I really liked how you could see everything actually happening in SimCity, for example, if someone went to school, you would actually see them physically go to the school (by the way there are no school buses here). However, I do understand that each and every person actually doing something in the game could cause it to run slower or use too many resources.

    I love how big the maps are in this game and overall I'd give the graphics a 7/10. Even with the graphics turned all the way up on my PC, there seems to be some fade in the corners, I suppose this helps the game run smoothly but on a top notice PC I feel like I shouldn't be seeing that.

    I'd love to see this game go to the extremes though. I mean I'd even like to see things such as cell phone towers added in and having the responsibility of maintaining coverage, as well as other things such as ISP and Cable TV contracts and things of that nature. I'd just like to see more of what really goes on in a city, in Cities: Skylines. My biggest complaint is that there just isn't enough to do in the game.    … Expand
  29. exotikras
    Mar 28, 2015
    7
    Amazing game and no EA :)
    But there is one annoying thing with road system. .. for some idiotic reason, you can't disable right turn where you want... that's frustrating and really bad for traffic.
  30. DukeBalek
    Mar 16, 2015
    7
    A good game, well done , no bugs, nice graphics and music. But after 25 - 30 hours you will feel that there is not enough possibilities and content. Some nice ideas (water management, electricity management, transport system, laws and exceptions) but the lack of deep management kills the surprise. Too casual, too light for me for a city builder in 2015 but still it's a good game in this poor era.
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Metascore
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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