Cities in Motion
Skip · Strategy · 2011
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.89/hr
- Reviews▼
- 77% of 1,097
- Critics
- 70 players 7 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 21% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 22.5h
- To 100%
- 61.4h 2.7x the story
- Achievements
- 47
Price and sales
- Sales
- 114 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $4.99 February 2013
- Sale every
- 36d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 6 now
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 67% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
74% start to 1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
114 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 21 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 67 percent. Among the games that feel like it, InfraSpace ($24.99, scores 56) beats it on value, while it beats Cities in Motion 2 ($19.99, scores 4).
More about Cities in Motion
Inside the two-hour refund window, 39 percent of the 110 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 16 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 22.5 hours; clearing it takes 61, which is 2.7 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Cities in Motion is a focused and methodical transportation management simulation developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive that places the player squarely in the role of an urban transit planner rather than a traditional city builder. Instead of asking you to manage zoning, taxes, or population happiness in a broad sense, the game narrows its scope to one essential system: how people move...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
its some eurojank for sure. but this game makes me so happy. it feels nothing like all the other city building games out there. this game just has this feel, this magic to it that i cant put my finger on.
No comment on the game, except it is a PARADOX game. Paradox Interactive is a games publisher that has lost it's soul. Selling us beautifully promoted ideas which turn out to be illusions. With the same ethical standards as an Indian money scam.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Cities in Motion scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/73010/cities-in-motionReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.