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CITIES: SKYLINES

Cities: Skylines has 11,360 concurrent players on Steam right now. Its 24 hour peak is 11,360 and its all-time peak is 14,448. Data refreshes every 5 minutes from the official Steam Web API.

DEV · Colossal OrderPUB · Paradox Interactive2015

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.

Strong daily player base. Matchmaking and servers will be lively.
Currently at 79% of the all-time peak of 14,448 players.
Last updated 4 months ago: Patch Notes for 1.21.1-f9.

Playing now

11,360

24h peak

11,360

24h change

▲ 12.1%

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ACROSS PLATFORMS

STEAMLIVE

Current

11.4K

24h peak

11.4K

All-time

14.4K

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