Can I Run Cities in Motion 2?
Colossal Order released Cities in Motion 2 in 2013. It is a simulation strategy game, published by Paradox Interactive. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. It carries 51 achievements. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. Metacritic places it at 72. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. Its Steam review count passes 1 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2 GHz Dual core |
|---|---|
| GPU | nVIDIA GeForce 8800, 512 MB RAM or ATI Radeon HD 3850, 512 MB RAM |
| RAM | 3 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB |
| OS | Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 3 GHz Quad core |
|---|---|
| GPU | nVIDIA GeForce GTX460, 1 GB RAM or AMD Radeon HD 6850, 1 GB RAM |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB |
| OS | : Microsoft Windows 7/8 |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an open sandbox, moving through systems the player balances from above. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments. Simulation heavy building games lean harder on the processor as the map fills, so late game performance rarely matches the opening hours.
Why Cities in Motion 2 is demanding
At 4 GB, system memory is undemanding. Cities in Motion 2 takes about 2 GB of disk space. At 1 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Cities in Motion 2. It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Cities in Motion 2?
Cities in Motion 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: nVIDIA GeForce 8800, 512 MB RAM or ATI Radeon HD 3850, 512 MB RAM and 3 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to nVIDIA GeForce GTX460, 1 GB RAM or AMD Radeon HD 6850, 1 GB RAM for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Cities in Motion 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2 GHz Dual core; GPU: nVIDIA GeForce 8800, 512 MB RAM or ATI Radeon HD 3850, 512 MB RAM; 3 GB RAM; OS: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8.
How much storage does Cities in Motion 2 need?
Cities in Motion 2 needs about 2 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Cities in Motion 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Cities in Motion 2 is the CPU.