Is Cities: Skylines on PlayStation 5?

No, Cities: Skylines is not currently listed for PlayStation 5. The full platform list: PC, Mac and Linux.

Is Cities: Skylines on mobile (Android/iOS)?

No, Cities: Skylines is not currently listed for mobile (Android/iOS).

Cities: Skylines

3Full Release

What this is

A sandbox city builder where infrastructure, budgets, and citizen needs shape a growing urban system.

What you actually do

You zone districts, lay roads, connect utilities, manage transport, and adjust taxes and services as your city expands. Traffic, budgets, and citizen needs force ongoing planning, while progression and experimentation keep new designs viable.

Verdict

City Design Meets Traffic Pressure

Cities: Skylines turns road planning, zoning, and civic management into a satisfying cycle of growth and correction. Its weak onboarding and recurring mod compatibility concerns can make the early learning curve and long-term upkeep frustrating.

User reviews first

Steam recent first

Is it for you?

What shines

Flexible road and city layouts
Satisfying city growth
Extensive experimentation potential
Strong modding ecosystem

What to know

Barebones onboarding
Base game feels limited
Large cities strain performance
Updates can break modded saves
Traffic routing can feel simplistic

Quick facts

Genre

City BuilderBuilding

View

Isometric

Solo

Co-op

PvP

Length

28h

Entry

Can start here

Pricing

Paid

MTX

Account required

Active Support

Crossplay

+Best if

You want a sandbox where road layouts, transport networks, zoning, and public services all shape the city you create.

!Skip it if

You want clear early guidance or a tightly directed campaign instead of open-ended experimentation.

Developer

Colossal Order

Publisher

Paradox Interactive

Release

Mar 10, 2015

Game DNA

Rhythm

Slow pace

Depth

Deep & complex

Mood

CreativeChallengingRelaxing

Look & sound

RealisticGreat Soundtrack

Also tagged

ManagementStrategyModdable

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Your role and how it develops

Your role

You act as the city planner, shaping districts, funding services, and keeping infrastructure and citizens aligned as the city grows.

Learning and mastery

The systems are approachable in concept but the early guidance is thin, so learning often comes through experimentation or outside help.

Replay and variation

High, thanks to flexible layouts, different planning priorities, and extensive mod support.

Systems you interact with

What you actually engage with

Zoning

Assign residential, commercial, and industrial districts.

Road planning

Lay out streets and infrastructure to support expansion.

Public transport

Build and manage transport networks across the city.

Utilities

Connect essential services and maintain city capacity.

Budgets and taxation

Balance income, spending, and public needs.

Traffic management

Adapt layouts and transport to reduce congestion.

Modding

Extend the sandbox with community-made content and tools.

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Time investment

How long it takes

HowLongToBeat

Main story

focused run

28h

Main + extras

story and side content

69h

Completionist

full clear

181h

Session fit

What the time commitment feels like

When it clicks

Expect a deliberate start while you learn the tools and establish basic services.

Session constraints

Large projects and modded cities can demand repeated troubleshooting rather than uninterrupted construction.

Best session rhythm

It works best in focused building sessions where you alternate between planning, observing, and correcting problems.

DLC timing

unknown

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Review interpretation

Current mood

Recent players remain enthusiastic about the creative depth, mod support, and satisfaction of building cities.

Why it works

Players and critics praise the freedom to design sprawling cities, the satisfying management challenges, and a strong modding community.

Critic gap

Critics emphasize an accessible, polished city builder, while players more often flag DLC dependence, launcher concerns, and updates disrupting mods.

What players value

Creative city building

high

Players enjoy designing beautiful neighborhoods, efficient districts, and sprawling urban landscapes.

Management depth and progression

high

Players describe the simulation as deep, engaging, and challenging, with satisfying growth from a small town into a metropolis.

Mods and community content

high

Players repeatedly credit mods and community content with extending the game's longevity and creative possibilities.

Evidence-backed risks

Extensive DLC and add-on dependence

highreviews

Players repeatedly criticize the volume of paid add-ons and say the base game can feel limited without them.

Launcher and online telemetry concerns

highreviews

Players report launcher problems and object to online connectivity and data collection requirements.

Updates can disrupt mods and saves

highreviews

Players report updates breaking heavily modded projects and legacy mods.

Weak onboarding for new players

mediumreviews and critics

Players report sparse tutorials and difficulty understanding basic systems without outside guides.

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Minimum PC

Playable baseline

OSWindows® 10 Home 64 Bit

CPUIntel® Core™ I7 930 | AMD® FX 6350

RAM8 GB RAM

GPUNvidia® GeForce™ GTS 450 (1 GB) | AMD® R7 250 (2 GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake)

Recommended PC

Better target

OSWindows® 10 Home 64 bit

CPUIntel® Core™ I7 2700K | AMD® Ryzen 7 2700X

RAM16 GB RAM

GPUNvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 (1.5 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 560 (4 GB)

Storage and usability

Disk, language and input

Install16 GB

Download6 GB

Free space4 GB

Languages10 listed

ControllerNot listed

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Support status

Developer activity

Actively updated

Last game updateApr 15, 2026 · 3 months ago

Last official postApr 15, 2026 · 3 months ago

Updates (12 mo)5

Posts (12 mo)15

CadenceFrequent

SourceSteam

Official Steam news

Cities: Skylines

City Design Meets Traffic Pressure

Is it for you?

What shines

What to know

What you actually engage with

How long it takes

What the time commitment feels like

Current mood

Why it works

Critic gap

Creative city building

Management depth and progression

Mods and community content

Extensive DLC and add-on dependence

Launcher and online telemetry concerns

Updates can disrupt mods and saves

Weak onboarding for new players

Playable baseline

Better target

Disk, language and input

Developer activity

Latest from the developer

Questions people search

Deal layer comes later