Can I Run Cities: Skylines II?
Cities: Skylines II is a simulation game from Iceflake Studios, released in 2023. Paradox Interactive published it. The game supports a single player campaign. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Completionists have 44 achievements to work through. With more than 63 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. The game ships for Windows alone. 12 languages are covered by the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-6700K | AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 970 (4 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 480 (8 GB) |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-12600K | AMD® Ryzen™ 7 5800X |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia® GeForce™ RTX 3080 (10 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 6800 XT (16 GB) |
| VRAM | 10 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit | Windows® 11 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Cities: Skylines II places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through a city the player lays out. The publisher supplies 8 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: Skylines II is demanding
The graphics demand in Cities: Skylines II is at the top end. Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 outscores our RTX 3060 reference, and a machine that clears Cities: Skylines II comfortably will clear most other things. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Cities: Skylines II asks for 10 GB of video memory, so VRAM capacity matters here as much as speed. Disk footprint is light, near 60 GB. Cities: Skylines II needs 64 bit Windows. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Cities: Skylines II scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Cities: Skylines II?
Cities: Skylines II is one of the more demanding games on PC. To reach its recommended tier you'll want a Nvidia® GeForce™ RTX 3080 (10 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 6800 XT (16 GB)-class graphics card, with Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 970 (4 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 480 (8 GB) the floor just to launch at minimum settings. Plan for a recent high-end GPU rather than a mainstream one.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.64x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.36x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.16x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Playable |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Playable |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Playable |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Playable |
Each card is compared against Cities: Skylines II's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Cities: Skylines II?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Cities: Skylines II?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-6700K | AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2600X; GPU: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 970 (4 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 480 (8 GB); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit.
How much storage does Cities: Skylines II need?
Cities: Skylines II needs about 60 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Cities: Skylines II?
The RTX 3060 can run Cities: Skylines II: it sits around the minimum GPU requirement, so expect to manage settings.
What is the bottleneck for Cities: Skylines II?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Cities: Skylines II is the GPU.