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Cities in Motion

Colossal Order · Paradox Interactive · 2011-02-22

SteamGOG

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 22, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 22, 2011 (Mac), Feb 22, 2011 (Linux)

Manage transportation for commuters in four of the world's greatest cities - Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam

Cities in Motion is a 2011 Simulation game priced at $19.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 1088 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

5
playing now
77%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Cities in Motion is a business simulation game developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 16,739 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 44k–87k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,088 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.82 at Nuuvem (2014-10-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 67 of 116 observed days · $2.17 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-09-15 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2039Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 177 · peak 477Dec 2012 — avg 151 · peak 354May 2013 — avg 63 · peak 154Oct 2013 — avg 56 · peak 144Mar 2014 — avg 55 · peak 151Aug 2014 — avg 54 · peak 125Jan 2015 — avg 60 · peak 159Jun 2015 — avg 41 · peak 103Nov 2015 — avg 38 · peak 100Apr 2016 — avg 48 · peak 139Sep 2016 — avg 40 · peak 127Feb 2017 — avg 36 · peak 89Jul 2017 — avg 28 · peak 65Dec 2017 — avg 38 · peak 101May 2018 — avg 28 · peak 81Oct 2018 — avg 26 · peak 69Mar 2019 — avg 25 · peak 69Aug 2019 — avg 24 · peak 59Jan 2020 — avg 24 · peak 71Jun 2020 — avg 18 · peak 51Nov 2020 — avg 21 · peak 53Apr 2021 — avg 17 · peak 46Sep 2021 — avg 16 · peak 38Feb 2022 — avg 17 · peak 47Jul 2022 — avg 16 · peak 34Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 40May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 34Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 37Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 33Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 33Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$22.74$3.192015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-27 — best price $19.992015-07-11 — best price $3.992015-10-02 — best price $4.992016-03-02 — best price $19.952016-06-27 — best price $19.952016-12-22 — best price $4.992017-05-23 — best price $4.882017-11-22 — best price $4.982018-05-17 — best price $4.992018-10-03 — best price $20.892019-01-14 — best price $4.992019-04-22 — best price $4.992019-08-29 — best price $4.982020-01-14 — best price $17.572020-04-15 — best price $4.992020-12-11 — best price $4.482021-03-30 — best price $19.992021-07-03 — best price $3.192021-11-18 — best price $4.302022-03-01 — best price $18.072022-07-08 — best price $19.992022-10-03 — best price $19.992023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-07-08 — best price $10.002023-10-25 — best price $9.992024-02-16 — best price $17.992024-05-24 — best price $17.882024-09-11 — best price $17.882024-11-18 — best price $19.992025-02-23 — best price $17.882025-07-11 — best price $17.882026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-04-14 — best price $17.882026-09-02 — best price $4.992026-10-02 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

201202026-05-30 — 42 pageviews2026-06-03 — 30 pageviews2026-06-07 — 30 pageviews2026-06-11 — 33 pageviews2026-06-15 — 25 pageviews2026-06-19 — 41 pageviews2026-06-23 — 35 pageviews2026-06-27 — 36 pageviews2026-07-01 — 32 pageviews2026-07-05 — 32 pageviews2026-07-09 — 31 pageviews2026-07-13 — 29 pageviews2026-07-17 — 26 pageviews2026-07-21 — 26 pageviews2026-07-25 — 33 pageviews2026-07-29 — 24 pageviews2026-08-02 — 34 pageviews2026-08-06 — 36 pageviews2026-08-10 — 42 pageviews2026-08-14 — 25 pageviews2026-08-18 — 30 pageviews2026-08-22 — 43 pageviews2026-08-26 — 201 pageviews2026-08-30 — 44 pageviews2026-09-03 — 48 pageviews2026-09-07 — 31 pageviews2026-09-11 — 43 pageviews2026-09-15 — 43 pageviews2026-09-19 — 37 pageviews2026-09-23 — 33 pageviews2026-09-27 — 39 pageviews2026-10-01 — 46 pageviews2026-10-05 — 28 pageviews2026-10-08 — 51 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
73.6%
earned "High Income"
20.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing14 DLC

4 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, French

Post-launch support: 14 DLC released, first 2011-04-05, latest 2014-11-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,0052%47

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

Player tags

TrainsEconomySandboxBuildingStrategyManagementSimulationCity BuilderSingleplayerTransportation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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