Cities: Skylines System Requirements: Can You Run It?
- Developer:
- Colossal Order
- Publisher:
- Paradox Interactive
- Release date:
- 10 March 2015 (9 years ago)
- User score:
- 4.4 / 5 (793 votes)
- Hardware demand level:
- 1.3 / 10 - not demanding
Official Cities: Skylines system requirements for PC
To run Cities: Skylines, you'll need at least 4 GB of RAM and 4 GB of free disk space. The game requires a minimum graphics card like the Radeon HD 5670, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an GeForce GTX 660. As for your CPU, an Core 2 Duo E6850 is the minimum, but if you want to crank up the settings and enjoy smoother gameplay, aim for an Core i5-3470 or better.
Minimum requirements
Minimum requirements- Graphics card:
- nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260, 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 5670, 512 MB
- CPU:
- Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 3.2GHz
- RAM:
- 4 GB RAM
- File size:
- 4 GB available space
- Operating system:
- Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 (64-bit)
- DirectX:
- Version 9.0c
Recommended requirements
- Graphics card:
- nVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB
- CPU:
- Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20GHz or AMD FX-6300, 3.5Ghz
- RAM:
- 6 GB RAM
- File size:
- 4 GB available space
- Operating system:
- Microsoft Windows 7/8 (64-bit)
- DirectX:
- Version 11
Cities: Skylines performance on your PC
Cities: Skylines performance on your GPU
GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
GeForce RTX 3060 is 4.3x faster than GeForce GTX 660. Your graphics card can run Cities: Skylines at recommended settings according to Colossal Order.
Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions
Cities: Skylines FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.
Cities: Skylines performance on your CPU
Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.
Core i5-12400 is 4.1x faster than Core i5-3470. Your CPU can run Cities: Skylines at recommended settings according to Colossal Order.
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