Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines

Released Mar 2015

Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

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Evaluation

Cities: Skylines launched on March 10, 2015 and has been receiving paid and free content for over a decade. The game remains in active content development. On October 7, 2026 — just one day before today's assessment date — the developer announced that three new DLC items are launching on October 28, 2026: Content Creator Pack: Holiday Getaways, Content Creator Pack: Mansions & Manors, and Blueprint Beats Radio. All three are currently listed on the store as unreleased. This is the clearest possible evidence that content is imminent and confirmed. This announcement continues a well-established cadence of releases roughly every 5–7 months: Mountain Village & Map Pack 3 (October 24, 2024), Emerging Downtown & Countryside (March 25, 2025), Shops of Shibuya & Map Pack 4 (September 24, 2025), and the Race Day expansion with additional creator packs (March 10, 2026). The October 28, 2026 release fits squarely within this pattern. The developer has made no statement indicating the end of content development for Cities: Skylines.
Evidence
Developer announces Holiday Getaways, Mansions & Manors, and Blueprint Beats Radio launching October 28, 2026, describing their contents in detail and confirming pricing.
news post · Oct 7, 2026 source content planned
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Race Day expansion, two Content Creator Packs, and 8 Gear Radio launched on March 10, 2026, the most recent major content batch prior to the October 2026 announcement.
news post · Mar 10, 2026 source content shipped
high

Content

76 of 79 released · 3 planned

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Achievements
135
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience. You’re only limited by your imagination, so take control and reach for the sky!


Multi-tiered and challenging simulation

Constructing your city from the ground up is easy to learn, but hard to master. Playing as the mayor of your city you’ll be faced with balancing essential requirements such as education, water electricity, police, fire fighting, healthcare and much more along with your citys real economy system. Citizens within your city react fluidly, with gravitas and with an air of authenticity to a multitude of game play scenarios.


Extensive local traffic simulation

Colossal Order's extensive experience developing the Cities in Motion series is fully utilized in a fully fleshed out and well-crafted local traffic simulation.


Districts and Policies

Be more than just an administrator from city hall. Designating parts of your city as a district results in the application of policies which results in you rising to the status of Mayor for your own city.


Utilize the Day and Night Cycle

The city changes during the hours of the day and affects citizen schedules. Traffic is visibly slower at night and some zoned areas do not work with full efficiency. Cities: Skylines will put you in control of managing the different aspects of the day and night cycles.

Extensive modding support

Build or improve on existing maps and structures. You can then import your creations into the game, share them as well as download the creations of other city builders on the Steam workshop.
Last evaluated Oct 8, 2026
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