14BANG SCORE
Cities: Skylines II
skip · strategy · 2023
Light on value at this price: about 28.3h, $34.99 (~$1.24/hr), 55% positive.
Better value than 6% of strategy games
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
BANGER threshold
No price makes this a value pick.
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Real value
$1.24/hr over the 28.3h main story, $0.34/hr if you 100% it (101.5h).
Heads up: only 0% finish a 28.3h game, so budget for the first stretch, not the full ride.
Advertised
28.3h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
101.5h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr (advertised)
$1.24/h
price ÷ advertised main-story hours
Price
$34.99
Reviews
55%
89,538 reviews
Players
3.5M
owners (estimate)
Released
2023
What drives the score
Value$1.24/hr
price per hour of game — the biggest driver
Reviews55% positive
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DeveloperIceflake Studios
PublisherParadox Interactive
Genrestrategy
Achievements44
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