Cities: Skylines
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.
- Price (US)
- $29.99
- Developer
- Colossal Order
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Released
- Mar 10, 2015
- Genres
- Simulation, Strategy
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Metacritic
- 85 ↗
How many people are playing Cities: Skylines?
Cities: Skylines had 5,964 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 3, 2026, 05:00 UTC, up 2.0% from 5,846 a day earlier. As of Nov 3, 2026, 05:00 UTC, it ranks #144 of the 502 games tracked here, up 1 place from #145 a day earlier.
The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 15, 2026 is 13,160, on Oct 10, 2026; the latest reading is 45% of that.
Over the last four weeks, Cities: Skylines has been busiest during the evening in East Asia, with the busiest hour around 15:00 UTC. That's when its players play, not necessarily where they live.
Insights
What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.
Recent Cities: Skylines updates
The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.
- Mar 10, 2026 Major update Race Day, Iconic Brutalism, and Renewed History is live! ↗ Not tracked the week before
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