Cities: Skylines
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Developers | |
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Colossal Order | |
Microsoft Store | Tantalus Media |
Publishers | |
Paradox Interactive | |
Engines | |
Unity 5[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 10, 2015 |
macOS (OS X) | March 10, 2015 |
Linux | March 10, 2015 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 85 |
OpenCritic | 83 |
IGDB | 76 |
Cities in Motion | |
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Cities in Motion | 2011 |
Cities in Motion 2 | 2013 |
Cities: Skylines | 2015 |
Cities: Skylines II | 2023 |
Key points
- Mod Support. Uses the Steam Workshop.[2]
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Workshop, official repository for game mods and custom assets and maps.
- Official wiki, accessible within the game's main menu
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | OS X and Linux version can be downloaded. | |||
Developer website | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Epic Games Store | ||||
Deluxe Edition also available. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Microsoft Store | Includes After Dark DLC. Part of Xbox Game Pass for PC. | |||
Origin | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Steam | Deluxe Edition also available. |
Version differences
- Cities: Skylines Deluxe Edition includes: the Base Game, Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower, Brandenburg Gate, Arc de Triomphe, Grand Central Terminal and Original Soundtrack.
- Cities: Skylines Collection includes: the Base Game, After Dark, Snowfall, Natural Disasters, Mass Transit, Green Cities, Parklife, Industries, Campus, Concerts, Art Deco, High-Tech Buildings, European Suburbia, Modern City Center, Relaxation Station, Rock City Radio, All That Jazz, Country Road Radio, Synthetic Dawn Radio, Campus Radio, Deep Focus Radio and Downtown Radio.
- Cities: Skylines - New Player Bundle includes: the Base Game, After Dark, Mass Transit and Relaxation Station.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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After Dark | Expansion | |
Snowfall | Expansion | |
Natural Disasters | Expansion | |
Mass Transit | Expansion | |
Green Cities | Expansion | |
Parklife | Expansion | |
Industries | Expansion | |
Campus | Expansion | |
Sunset Harbor | Expansion | |
Match Day | Flavor pack, free | |
Concerts | Flavor pack | |
Relaxation Station | Music pack | |
Rock City Radio | Music pack | |
All That Jazz | Music pack | |
Carols, Candles and Candy | Music pack, free | |
Country Road Radio | Music pack | |
Synthetic Dawn Radio | Music pack | |
Campus Radio | Music pack | |
Deep Focus Radio | Music pack | |
Downtown Radio | Music pack | |
Coast to Coast Radio | Music pack | |
Pre-Order Pack | Cosmetic pack | |
Art Deco | Cosmetic pack | |
Stadiums: European Club Pack | Cosmetic pack, delisted | |
High-Tech Buildings | Cosmetic pack | |
Pearls from the East | Cosmetic pack, free | |
European Suburbia | Cosmetic pack | |
University City | Cosmetic pack | |
Modern City Center | Cosmetic pack | |
Modern Japan | Cosmetic pack |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Colossal Order\Cities_Skylines\gameSettings.cgs |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Colossal Order/Cities_Skylines/gameSettings.cgs |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Colossal Order/Cities_Skylines/gameSettings.cgs |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Colossal Order\Cities_Skylines\Saves\ |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Colossal Order/Cities_Skylines/Saves/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Colossal Order/Cities_Skylines/Saves/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Steam Workshop Mods allow for FOV changes. Link | ||
Windowed | Set your Display Mode to Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Set your Display Mode to Fullscreen. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA only. Alternatively use the Dynamic Resolution mod for on the fly downsampling. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
- If the graphics look blurry when zoomed-in, turn down the tilt shift amount in settings.[citation needed]
Enable True Fullscreen
Launch the game with the -force-d3d9 parameter.
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Enable Dynamic Super Resolution on Nvidia Graphics Cards
Enable Dynamic Super Resolution on Nvidia Graphics Cards[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | A controller can be used to control the camera using in-game developer tools. You can also play with the Steam controller. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | Official Steam Controller bindings only. | |
Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, ambient, effects and user interface | |
Surround sound | Tested with two different devices, 7.1 headphones and 5.1 speakers. Only main two stereo channels are audible. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation | |||
Polish | ||||
Korean | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
Poor Performance on Laptops with Nvidia Optimus
- Occurs when Cities: Skylines defaults to Intel integrated graphics instead of Nvidia discrete graphics.
Manually select discrete graphics in Nvidia Control Panel[citation needed] |
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Steam Overlay does not work
Disable the other overlays (Raptr, Dxtory, Fraps, MSI Afterburner, etc.)[citation needed] |
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Random crashes
Upgrade to more than 8GB RAM[3] |
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On 8GB RAM you must play vanilla game without mods or assets and always under 20k pop to avoid crashes. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9, 11 | Option to fallback to version 9 using a command-line parameter. |
Shader Model support | 5.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | 7, 8, 8.1, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2 GHz |
Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 5670 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
- Intel Integrated Graphics Cards aren't supported.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.9 | 10.10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2 GHz |
Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 5670 512 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 | Ubuntu 14.10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2 GHz |
Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 ATI Radeon HD 5670 512 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM |
- 32-bit systems are not supported.