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.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
Most players never reach the end. On a 27.5-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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BANGER · Strategy · 2015
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes. A BANGER at $29.99.
about 27.5h$29.99 (~)
Better value than 100% of Strategy games
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Cities: Skylines scores 88/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/255710/cities-skylines<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/255710/cities-skylines"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/255710" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/255710/cities-skylines)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 1h ago.
Peak 8,842Low 8,842Latest 8,842
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
Low $2.99High $29.99Now $29.99
Price line + bands by tier:BANGERPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
The lowest price on record is $2.99, set in November 2024. It has been discounted 85 times in the 11 years tracked here, typically at 75 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price. The last sale was about 8 weeks ago, and on this game's rhythm the next one tends to arrive within 6 weeks.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Cities in Motion ($4.99, scores 50) and Cities in Motion 2 ($19.99, scores 4).
Steam's global achievement data says about under 1 percent of players ever finish it. On a 27.5-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see.