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Cities in Motion 2

Colossal Order · Paradox Interactive · 2013-04-02

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 02, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 02, 2013 (Mac), Apr 02, 2013 (Linux)

Cities in Motion 2 is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. Build, manage and lead your transportation network to provide cities with their ever changing needs. CIM2 introduces new features including multiplayer game modes, day and night cycles, timetables and dynamic cities.

13
playing now
58%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Cities in Motion 2 is a 2013 business simulation game that was developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive and is the sequel to the popular mass transit simulation game Cities in Motion. As with its predecessor, the goal of the game is to create efficient public transport systems in different major cities of the world. In this edition, there are several new features that the developers introduced based on community feedback about the previous game, including day/night cycles, rush hours and the ability to create timetables. The additions also include dynamic cities where players' decisions have a notable impact on city growth, and the inclusion of cooperative and competitive multi-player. The developer of Cities in Motion 2, Colossal Order, also developed Cities: Skylines, which is also a city building game with a mass transit system.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 100k–200k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,495 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.47 at Nuuvem (2015-02-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 20 of 41 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2172026-08-06 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 16 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 21 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.642015-01-012026-08-032015-01-01 — best price $2.642015-08-14 — best price $4.992016-01-05 — best price $19.992016-06-27 — best price $19.992016-11-23 — best price $4.992017-04-23 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $4.992018-02-08 — best price $5.002018-05-28 — best price $19.992018-10-26 — best price $4.992019-01-05 — best price $19.992019-03-22 — best price $4.992019-06-10 — best price $4.992019-09-04 — best price $4.992019-10-31 — best price $3.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-04-24 — best price $19.992020-07-24 — best price $5.002020-11-02 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-07-03 — best price $3.192021-11-19 — best price $4.492022-03-11 — best price $3.192022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-09-23 — best price $18.742023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-06-30 — best price $10.002023-07-20 — best price $17.992023-10-18 — best price $19.992024-02-29 — best price $19.992024-06-13 — best price $15.992024-10-25 — best price $5.172025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992026-02-05 — best price $16.962026-05-22 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

10362026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-01 — 15 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-19 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 20 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-01 — 17 pageviews2026-07-04 — 20 pageviews2026-07-07 — 14 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-19 — 22 pageviews2026-07-22 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-31 — 18 pageviews2026-08-03 — 17 pageviews2026-08-06 — 16 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 18 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 19 pageviews2026-08-21 — 17 pageviews2026-08-24 — 18 pageviews2026-08-26 — 95 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
55.9%
earned "Gone Shopping"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing12 DLC

2 supported languages: English, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,5441%51

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Co-opTrainsEconomySandboxBuildingStrategyManagementSimulationMultiplayerCity Builder

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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