Can I run Cities: Skylines II?
Official Cities: Skylines II system requirements, player reports on Cities: Skylines II performance, and a check against your GPU and CPU.
Official system requirements
Published on the Steam store page by the developer. This is that text, not a benchmark.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i7-6700K | AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2600X
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 970 (4 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 480 (8 GB)
- Storage
- 60 GB available space
- Notes
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit | Windows® 11
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-12600K | AMD® Ryzen™ 7 5800X
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Nvidia® GeForce™ RTX 3080 (10 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 6800 XT (16 GB)
- Storage
- 60 GB available space
- Notes
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
What players say about performance
Cities: Skylines II struggles with significant performance issues, especially as the city size increases, leading to low frame rates and instability even on well-equipped systems.
Drawn from 24 reviews that mention performance.
Common problems
- Poor optimization causing FPS drops at higher populations
- Game slows down and becomes unresponsive as city grows
- Frequent crashes and stability issues
- Performance drops persist despite high-end hardware
What runs it well
- Graphics appear to run well when the game is playable
- Some players report acceptable performance at lower settings
- Performance is decent during early gameplay
- Game looks visually impressive despite performance issues
Check your PC
Pick a GPU and a CPU. The result compares their class with the parts named in the official requirements. It is not an FPS estimate.