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Cities XL Platinum

Focus Entertainment · 2013-02-06

Steam

Simulation

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

Releases: Oct 08, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build cities, shape a world.Cities XL Platinum lets you design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet!Build more impressive cities than ever before! Cities XL Platinum offers a huge variety of over 1,000 buildings and constructions (including 50 brand new structures), that you can freely place on...

Cities XL Platinum is a Simulation game released in 2013, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 1635 reviews).

12
playing now
59%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 16,694 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 65k–131k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,635 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 45 of 70 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1322026-09-15 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3405Feb 2013Aug 2026Feb 2013 — avg 220 · peak 697Jul 2013 — avg 98 · peak 372Dec 2013 — avg 186 · peak 672May 2014 — avg 73 · peak 143Oct 2014 — avg 137 · peak 662Mar 2015 — avg 87 · peak 194Aug 2015 — avg 30 · peak 66Jan 2016 — avg 37 · peak 97Jun 2016 — avg 23 · peak 52Nov 2016 — avg 21 · peak 50Apr 2017 — avg 20 · peak 48Sep 2017 — avg 18 · peak 68Feb 2018 — avg 18 · peak 44Jul 2018 — avg 13 · peak 30Dec 2018 — avg 14 · peak 34May 2019 — avg 15 · peak 37Oct 2019 — avg 10 · peak 23Mar 2020 — avg 16 · peak 46Aug 2020 — avg 8 · peak 20Jan 2021 — avg 11 · peak 28Jun 2021 — avg 8 · peak 18Nov 2021 — avg 9 · peak 22Apr 2022 — avg 7 · peak 17Sep 2022 — avg 8 · peak 16Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$35.46$1.192015-01-012026-08-132015-01-01 — best price $4.422015-03-15 — best price $19.992015-07-07 — best price $3.302016-01-06 — best price $4.992016-07-30 — best price $4.572017-01-01 — best price $16.652017-05-15 — best price $4.822017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-06-30 — best price $4.992018-12-19 — best price $19.992019-09-28 — best price $8.592020-02-13 — best price $10.702020-06-09 — best price $5.002020-07-28 — best price $9.992020-09-23 — best price $9.992020-11-12 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-02-24 — best price $8.292021-04-10 — best price $9.992021-05-24 — best price $8.892021-09-01 — best price $8.892022-01-14 — best price $2.492022-05-23 — best price $9.992022-09-14 — best price $8.692023-01-30 — best price $9.992023-07-27 — best price $2.432024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-06-10 — best price $9.992024-12-06 — best price $8.092025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-16 — best price $8.092025-09-29 — best price $1.492026-01-07 — best price $1.492026-04-17 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Player tags

EconomySandboxBuildingModdableStrategyManagementSimulationCity BuilderSingleplayerResource Management

Census log

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

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