Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
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 28.3-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements
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Skip · Strategy · 2023
Steam Deck UnsupportedSKIP IT.
Skip it at $34.99. The value isn't there.
about 28.3h$34.99 (~)
Recent reviews trending up (74% last 30 days vs 55% all-time)
Better value than 4% of Strategy games
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Cities: Skylines II scores 2/100 on the BANG Score (a skip). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/949230/cities-skylines-ii<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/949230/cities-skylines-ii"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/949230" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/949230/cities-skylines-ii)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 3h ago.
Peak 5,392Low 5,392Latest 5,392
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
Lowest price we've tracked
Low $34.99High $49.99Now $34.9930% off high
PricePrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
The lowest price on record is $34.99, set in February 2026. It has been discounted 16 times in the 3 years tracked here, typically at 20 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales.
Steam's global achievement data says about under 1 percent of players ever finish it. On a 28.3-hour game, that is a lot of paid-for hours most people never see. Players rate it 55 percent positive over its lifetime, and the last 30 days run 74 percent. It is aging into a better game than its average suggests.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).