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Cities XXL

Focus Entertainment · 2015-02-05

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Design, build, and manage the world’s largest and most diverse cities in Cities XXL. Bigger and better than ever before with a more powerful game engine and new interface, become the mayor of your very own sprawling metropolis.

Cities XXL is a 2015 Simulation game priced at $9.99, estimated to have 200,000 to 500,000 owners, with a Mixed review sentiment (41% of 2365 reviews).

16
playing now
41%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Cities XXL is a city-building computer game developed by Focus Home Interactive as a sequel to their earlier game Cities XL Platinum. The game allows players to design, build, and manage cities.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 59k–142k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,365 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$2.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2023-12-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 62 of 90 observed days · $0.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2152026-09-14 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 20 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50011Feb 2015Aug 2026Feb 2015 — avg 500 · peak 2,092Jun 2015 — avg 70 · peak 134Oct 2015 — avg 72 · peak 194Feb 2016 — avg 91 · peak 194Jun 2016 — avg 67 · peak 134Oct 2016 — avg 71 · peak 136Feb 2017 — avg 69 · peak 136Jun 2017 — avg 62 · peak 113Oct 2017 — avg 67 · peak 133Feb 2018 — avg 72 · peak 135Jun 2018 — avg 51 · peak 96Oct 2018 — avg 55 · peak 115Feb 2019 — avg 55 · peak 117Jun 2019 — avg 45 · peak 77Oct 2019 — avg 45 · peak 96Feb 2020 — avg 45 · peak 84Jun 2020 — avg 38 · peak 63Oct 2020 — avg 35 · peak 71Feb 2021 — avg 38 · peak 71Jun 2021 — avg 29 · peak 60Oct 2021 — avg 26 · peak 58Feb 2022 — avg 27 · peak 50Jun 2022 — avg 25 · peak 50Oct 2022 — avg 25 · peak 51Feb 2023 — avg 24 · peak 56Jun 2023 — avg 18 · peak 41Oct 2023 — avg 21 · peak 41Feb 2024 — avg 22 · peak 47Jun 2024 — avg 20 · peak 36Oct 2024 — avg 21 · peak 38Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 41Jun 2025 — avg 15 · peak 33Oct 2025 — avg 17 · peak 32Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 38Jun 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$44.22$1.382015-01-152026-10-132015-01-15 — best price $31.992015-04-01 — best price $44.222015-07-22 — best price $10.932015-11-20 — best price $29.992016-03-24 — best price $10.192016-08-03 — best price $8.332016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-04-03 — best price $8.462017-09-06 — best price $14.992018-02-05 — best price $3.002018-06-09 — best price $9.992018-10-26 — best price $4.492019-05-03 — best price $3.002019-09-12 — best price $2.992020-02-07 — best price $8.712020-06-09 — best price $3.002020-11-13 — best price $2.762021-02-16 — best price $2.992021-06-14 — best price $3.002021-11-08 — best price $2.992022-02-14 — best price $8.992022-07-29 — best price $2.992022-12-02 — best price $9.992023-04-30 — best price $2.162023-08-25 — best price $2.492024-01-18 — best price $1.992024-05-24 — best price $9.992024-10-30 — best price $9.992025-01-13 — best price $1.392025-03-21 — best price $1.992025-05-24 — best price $8.692025-07-25 — best price $1.392025-09-29 — best price $1.692025-12-03 — best price $8.792026-02-03 — best price $9.992026-03-28 — best price $8.592026-08-01 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $2.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3182026-05-31 — 18 pageviews2026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-08 — 15 pageviews2026-06-12 — 13 pageviews2026-06-16 — 19 pageviews2026-06-20 — 23 pageviews2026-06-24 — 18 pageviews2026-06-28 — 25 pageviews2026-07-02 — 15 pageviews2026-07-06 — 31 pageviews2026-07-10 — 23 pageviews2026-07-14 — 13 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 19 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 20 pageviews2026-08-11 — 18 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 21 pageviews2026-08-23 — 30 pageviews2026-08-27 — 18 pageviews2026-08-31 — 17 pageviews2026-09-04 — 29 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-12 — 17 pageviews2026-09-16 — 16 pageviews2026-09-20 — 15 pageviews2026-09-24 — 13 pageviews2026-09-28 — 9 pageviews2026-10-02 — 28 pageviews2026-10-06 — 13 pageviews2026-10-10 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
65.1%
earned "Let's ride! (Bronze)"
19.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-10-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2772%27

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

EconomySandboxBuildingModdableStrategyRealisticManagementSimulationAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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