Cities: Skylines II
The first 2 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (70%); after 20h it's almost 1 in 2 (43%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 73% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 92,752 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 45.5h for positive, 31.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (73.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (44)
story milestone ending side
- My First City Build city with residential, commercial and industrial zones, water, and electricity. 100%
- Strength Through Diversity Have buildings from all four zone types in a single city. 79%
- Royal Flush Reach enough milestones to unlock all city services in a single city. 77%
- All Smiles Have at least 1000 citizens and an average happiness rating of 75%. 60%
- The Explorer Unlock 50 map tiles in a single city. 51%
- Making a Mark Build 5 signature buildings in a single city. 46%
- Now They're All Ash Trees Experience a forest fire. 45%
- Out for a Spin Experience a tornado. 43%
- Groundskeeper Built 10 Parks & Recreation buildings in a single city. 41%
- Colossal Gardener Plant 100 trees or bushes with the landscaping tool in a single city. 40%
- Executive Decision Assign a policy to a city district. 38%
- Happy to Be of Service Create a city district and assign a city service to that district. 36%
- The Size of Golf Balls! Experience a hailstorm. 36%
- The Deep End Have a total loan of at least 200,000 in a single city. 35%
- Four Seasons Experience all four seasons by building a city in a climate with a snowy winter. 31%
- The Architect Build 10 signature buildings in a single city. 30%
- A Little Bit of TLC Have 6,000 citizens treated at medical clinics or hospitals in a single city. 30%
- Top of the Class Build a city where at least 15% of the population has a university level of education. 28%
- Up and Away! Build any airport. 23%
- Six Figures Reach a population of 100,000. 23%
- Everything the Light Touches Unlock 150 map tiles in a single city. 22%
- Zero Emission Have a city that produces 500 MW electricity by only using renewable energy sources. 22%
- Simply Irresistible Have at least 1000 citizens and a city attractiveness rating of 90. 21%
- Go Anywhere Have 20 active transport lines. These can be passenger or cargo lines or any mix of the two. 19%
- Squasher-Downer Bulldoze a total of 1000 buildings. 16%
- The Inspector Have a look at each individual info view panel. 15%
- Welcome, One and All! Have a total of 6,000 tourist visits in a single city. 12%
- Snapshot! Use the photo mode to take a screenshot. 11%
- Calling the Shots Have 5 city policies active simultaneously. 11%
- Key to the City Unlock each building available in the base game. 9.5%
- The Last Mile Marker Reach milestone 20. 8.5%
- Spiderwebbing Have 50 active transport lines. These can be passenger or cargo lines or any mix of the two. 4.0%
- Wide Variety Create 10 districts, each with its own unique set of policies in one city. 3.8%
- A Different Platformer Gather 2 000 tons of Oil with the offshore oil platforms in one city. 3.0%
- How Much Is the Fish? Gather 10 000 tons of Fish resource by fishing boats or fish farms in one city. 2.7%
- One of Everything Build all unique city service buildings in a single city. 2.5%
- Ship It Transfer 24 000 tons of resources through Ports. 2.5%
- Cartography Use the editor to make a map. 1.8%
- It's Pronounced "Key"! Build 5 kilometers of Quays in one city. 1.8%
- This Is Not My Happy Place Have at least 1000 citizens and an average happiness rating of 25%. 1.2%
- Draw Me Like One of Your Lift Bridges Build 5 Draw- or Lift Bridges in one city. 1.0%
- Pier-fect! Build 2 kilometers of Piers in one city. 0.8%
- I Made This Use the editor to make an asset of any other type than a map. 0.7%
- You Little Stalker! Follow a citizen's lifepath from childhood to old age. 0.5%