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Cities in Motion 2

Colossal Order · Paradox Interactive · 2013-04-02

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Cities in Motion 2 is a 2013 Simulation, Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Mixed (58% of 2495 reviews).

11
playing now
57%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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
  • · 11 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 9% of 16,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 102k–204k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,551 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 22 of 42 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

2632026-09-15 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 26 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4900Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 0 · peak 0Apr 2013 — avg 490 · peak 1,736Sep 2013 — avg 199 · peak 536Feb 2014 — avg 193 · peak 422Jul 2014 — avg 170 · peak 345Dec 2014 — avg 182 · peak 430May 2015 — avg 95 · peak 196Oct 2015 — avg 116 · peak 313Mar 2016 — avg 102 · peak 205Aug 2016 — avg 90 · peak 169Jan 2017 — avg 82 · peak 161Jun 2017 — avg 59 · peak 142Nov 2017 — avg 60 · peak 134Apr 2018 — avg 61 · peak 129Sep 2018 — avg 58 · peak 142Feb 2019 — avg 50 · peak 113Jul 2019 — avg 40 · peak 82Dec 2019 — avg 52 · peak 103May 2020 — avg 43 · peak 89Oct 2020 — avg 36 · peak 72Mar 2021 — avg 32 · peak 80Aug 2021 — avg 25 · peak 55Jan 2022 — avg 27 · peak 63Jun 2022 — avg 20 · peak 46Nov 2022 — avg 22 · peak 50Apr 2023 — avg 21 · peak 45Sep 2023 — avg 19 · peak 46Feb 2024 — avg 20 · peak 48Jul 2024 — avg 17 · peak 42Dec 2024 — avg 17 · peak 39May 2025 — avg 15 · peak 33Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 37Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 29
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.642015-01-012026-09-102015-01-01 — 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 $19.992026-09-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

10362026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-02 — 17 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-14 — 11 pageviews2026-06-18 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 103 pageviews2026-06-30 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 20 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 17 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 17 pageviews2026-08-25 — 45 pageviews2026-08-29 — 21 pageviews2026-09-02 — 23 pageviews2026-09-06 — 25 pageviews2026-09-10 — 19 pageviews2026-09-14 — 14 pageviews2026-09-18 — 15 pageviews2026-09-22 — 19 pageviews2026-09-26 — 20 pageviews2026-09-30 — 20 pageviews2026-10-04 — 29 pageviews2026-10-07 — 11 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

Post-launch support: 12 DLC released, first 2013-06-20, latest 2014-11-18 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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