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Cities: Skylines II

skip · strategy · 2023

Probably one to wait for a sale.

Better value than 6% of strategy games

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.

Banger threshold
No price makes this a value pick.
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Real value
$1.24/hr over the 28.3h main story — $0.34/hr if you 100% it (101.5h).
But only 0% finish a 28.3h game — budget for the first stretch, not the full ride.
Finish rate
0.4%
how far players get (achievements)
Advertised
28.3h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
101.5h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
$1.24/h
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
$34.99
Reviews
55%
89,538 reviews
Players
3.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2023
Advertised 28.3h · only 0.4% of players finish it

Where players drop off

Share of players who unlocked each achievement, most-earned (left) to rarest (right).

DeveloperIceflake Studios
PublisherParadox Interactive
Genrestrategy
Achievements44

Trailer & screenshots

Cities: Skylines II screenshot 1Cities: Skylines II screenshot 2Cities: Skylines II screenshot 3Cities: Skylines II screenshot 4
View on Steam · $34.99

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