Cities: Skylines
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Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation genre. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst ex... See more

Released:2015-03-10
Genre:
Simulator, Strategy
Platforms:
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Developer:Colossal Order
Publisher:
Paradox Interactive

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Jowi Girard-Meli

7/10

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Aug 15, 2017 Read Full Review
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These are mere quibbles. You’re going to love it. Skylines is very much the traditional yet hyper-modern city-builder that everyone’s been crying out for. Me, I love it too, though I remain a little haunted by this concern that it’s more of a response game than its own game. In a way, this makes it seem a little unambitious. Even in its style, as gorgeous as it may be it looks and feels familiar r...

Mar 10, 2015 Read Full Review
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Travis Huinker

9.5/10

Cities: Skylines brings the city building genre back after its near demise from other series' flawed game releases. The inclusion of large game maps, natural resources management, addictive progression system, and all of it running at a near-flawless technical performance make Cities: Skylines the new standard in city building games.

Mar 10, 2015 Read Full Review
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John Jacques

9/10

In short, Cities: Skylines achieves everything we wanted in SimCity with ease. Coming in with the affordable price of $29.99, this is one game we fully recommend to any gamer looking to enjoy a city building game that not only allows them to generate gigantic metropolises, but design each element from the buildings themselves to the ground they're built on. There's currently no better game on the ...

Mar 13, 2015 Read Full Review
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PC Gamer

Christopher Livingston

86/100

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Mar 10, 2015 Read Full Review
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Ravi Sinha

8.5/10

Colossal Order has created one of the most enjoyable city builders in recent memory and despite its small budget, Cities: Skylines celebrates the joy of building in enjoyable fashion.

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Dan Stapleton

8.5/10

More than anything, Cities: Skylines is about the simple joy of building. It’s a really impressive and often beautiful simulation, where an amazing number of virtual people go about their business across a huge swath of land. Getting in and creating something is easy, though mastering it will require extensive research on community wikis to understand why growth is stunted even when you address yo...

Mar 10, 2015 Read Full Review
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Anonymous

8.5/10

City building games lovers finally got what they asked for. With help from Paradox Interactive, Colossal Order's Cities: Skylines is a worthy successor of SimCity.

Mar 13, 2015 Read Full Review
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Brett Todd

8/10

Getting around just got easier.

Jun 22, 2017 Read Full Review
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The Escapist

Jonathan Bolding

Unscored

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Sep 24, 2015 Read Full Review
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Josh Broadwell

8/10

There’s still work to be done, but Cities: Skylines 2 is an impressive improvement over the original. Its systems work together seamlessly, and you have more control over how your city develops without it feeling overwhelming or intimidating. It's a shame some features like green building are gone, but I'm looking forward to seeing how Colossal Order keeps building Skylines 2 in the future.

Oct 19, 2023 Read Full Review
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Stefan L

8/10

Cities: Skylines might be Colossal Order’s first attempt at a city builder, but it already feels well rounded and complete. There are a few areas that need improving and others that are crying out to be expanded upon, but those will come in due course, and what’s already there lets you build vast cities to your heart’s content.

Mar 10, 2015 Read Full Review