Cities: Skylines System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Your gaming PC configuration

Developer:: Colossal Order
Publisher:: Paradox Interactive
Release date:: 10 March 2015 (10 years ago)
User score:: 4.4 / 5
Hardware demand level:: 1.3 / 10 - not demanding
Ray tracing support:: no data

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 GeForce GTX 260, but for a better experience, the developers recommend using an GeForce GTX 660. As for your CPU, an Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 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

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.

RTX 3060

minimum
GeForce GTX 260

recommended
GeForce GTX 660

GeForce RTX 3060 is 4.2x faster than GeForce GTX 660. Your graphics card can run Cities: Skylines at recommended settings according to Colossal Order.