Genre City BuilderReleased Mar 10, 2015
Cities: Skylines
Developed by Colossal Order · Published by Paradox Interactive
$29.99
Estimated lifetime revenue
$53.45M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$39.76M
After Steam's 26% cut
Units sold
3.62M
≈ 12 sales per review
Reviews
291,095
Very Positive93% positive
Playing now
9,858
29-day peak 11,573 · low 4,619
New reviews, last 29 days
-1,142
≈ -39 a day since Sep 14
History
Sep 14 – Oct 13
292.4K291.9K291.5K291.0K
Sep 14Sep 28Oct 13
Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.
How it compares
Casual →Against the 120 most-reviewed Casual games on Steam
Outearns 96% of them — in the top 10% of the group.
Median
$6.36M
70,432 reviews
Top 10% start at
$31.82M
This game
$53.45M
90th pct. by reviews
The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.
About
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.
- Developer
- Colossal Order
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Genre
- City Builder
- Released
- Mar 10, 2015
- Steam app ID
- 255710
- Data updated
- Oct 13, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.