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Cities: Skylines

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Developer
Colossal Order
Released
Mar 10, 2015
Steam reviews
93% of players recommend it, from 291,194 reviews — Steam calls that “Very Positive”
Tags
SimulationStrategy
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On Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine

Native LinuxDeck PlayableSteam Machine: PlayableSteamOS Compatible

Ships a native Linux build on Steam — no Proton needed. Valve rates it Playable on Steam Deck.

Valve rates it Playable on Steam Machine. Valve marks it SteamOS Compatible.

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About this game

The developer's description, from the game's Steam store page.

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.

System requirements

As Steam lists them.

Windows

Minimum

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS
Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
Processor
Intel® Core™ I7 930 | AMD® FX 6350
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTS 450 (1 GB) | AMD® R7 250 (2 GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake)
DirectX
Version 9.0c
Network
Broadband Internet connection
Storage
4 GB available space

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS
Windows® 10 Home 64 bit
Processor
Intel® Core™ I7 2700K | AMD® Ryzen 7 2700X
Memory
16 GB RAM
Graphics
Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 (1.5 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 560 (4 GB)
DirectX
Version 11
Network
Broadband Internet connection
Storage
4 GB available space
macOS

Minimum

OS
OS X 10.11 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.0GHz
Memory
6 GB RAM
Graphics
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 5670, 512 MB (Does not support Intel Integrated Graphics Cards)
Network
Broadband Internet connection
Storage
4 GB available space

Recommended

OS
OS X 10.11 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20GHz
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB (Does not support Intel Integrated Graphics Cards)
Network
Broadband Internet connection
Storage
4 GB available space
SteamOS + Linux

Minimum

OS
Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 3.2GHz
Memory
6 GB RAM
Graphics
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 5670, 512 MB (Does not support Intel Integrated Graphics Cards)
Network
Broadband Internet connection
Storage
4 GB available space

Recommended

OS
Ubuntu 14.10 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20GHz or AMD FX-6300, 3.5Ghz
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
nVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB (Does not support Intel Integrated Graphics Cards)
Network
Broadband Internet connection
Storage
4 GB available space

Downloadable content

Steam lists 76 items of downloadable content for this game.

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