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Cities in Motion

Colossal Order · Paradox Interactive · 2011-02-22

SteamGOG

Simulation

Modes: Single player

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

9
playing now
77%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
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)
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–87k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 43 of 78 observed days · $2.17 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

2102026-08-06 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$22.74$3.192015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $17.882026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

201202026-05-30 — 42 pageviews2026-06-02 — 35 pageviews2026-06-05 — 32 pageviews2026-06-08 — 26 pageviews2026-06-11 — 33 pageviews2026-06-14 — 37 pageviews2026-06-17 — 27 pageviews2026-06-20 — 46 pageviews2026-06-23 — 35 pageviews2026-06-26 — 30 pageviews2026-06-29 — 37 pageviews2026-07-02 — 28 pageviews2026-07-05 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 27 pageviews2026-07-11 — 32 pageviews2026-07-14 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 26 pageviews2026-07-20 — 22 pageviews2026-07-23 — 39 pageviews2026-07-26 — 28 pageviews2026-07-29 — 24 pageviews2026-08-01 — 22 pageviews2026-08-04 — 35 pageviews2026-08-07 — 24 pageviews2026-08-10 — 42 pageviews2026-08-13 — 24 pageviews2026-08-16 — 23 pageviews2026-08-19 — 30 pageviews2026-08-22 — 43 pageviews2026-08-25 — 125 pageviews2026-08-27 — 101 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

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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