Cities: Skylines: PC requirements & FPS
Official minimum and recommended specs, and the frame rate to expect on your hardware.
Estimated FPS by graphics card
Estimates from the official requirements, not benchmarks (±20%).
| Graphics card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 5090 | ~190 | ~190 | ~190 |
| GeForce RTX 5080 | ~190 | ~190 | ~190 |
| GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | ~190 | ~190 | ~185 |
| GeForce RTX 5070 | ~190 | ~190 | ~140 |
| GeForce RTX 5060 | ~190 | ~140 | ~120 |
| GeForce RTX 4090 | ~190 | ~190 | ~190 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | ~190 | ~190 | ~135 |
| GeForce RTX 4060 | ~185 | ~135 | ~105 |
| GeForce RTX 3060 | ~185 | ~175 | ~95 |
| Radeon RX 9070 XT | ~190 | ~190 | ~185 |
| Radeon RX 7800 XT | ~190 | ~190 | ~180 |
| Radeon RX 7600 | ~185 | ~130 | ~95 |
| Arc B580 | ~185 | ~180 | ~105 |
| GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | ~160 | ~95 | ~55 |
| GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | ~130 | ~70 | ~40 |
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How we estimate: a PC exactly at the recommended spec is taken as ~60 FPS at 1080p Medium and one at the minimum spec as ~30 FPS at 1080p Low; your CPU and GPU scores are compared with those, then fixed multipliers for resolution and preset apply. Real results vary with drivers, patches and upscalers.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Intel® Core™ I7 930 · not recognisedAMD® FX 6350 · not recognised | AMD® Ryzen 7 2700X · 4000Intel® Core™ I7 2700K · not recognised |
| Graphics | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) · 140Nvidia® GeForce™ GTS 450 (1 GB) · not recognisedAMD® R7 250 (2 GB) · not recognised | AMD® Radeon™ RX 560 (4 GB) · 350Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 (1.5 GB) · not recognised |
| Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Video memory | — | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| DirectX | 9 | 11 |
| Operating system | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit | Windows® 10 Home 64 bit |
From the publisher's Steam page; each part is matched to our performance score (1–10,000). Some parts were identified with AI help — treat them with care.
Cheapest PC for Cities: Skylines at 60 FPS
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About the game
Cities: Skylines is a single-player city-building simulation game. Players manage all aspects of a growing city including zoning residential, commercial, and industrial areas, constructing infrastructure such as roads, public transit, and utilities, and balancing budgets through taxation and services. The game features a transport system, modding support through the Steam Workshop, and a progression system that unlocks new buildings and services as the city's population grows.
Questions about this game
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Game data: IGDB.com · official requirements and artwork from the publishers' Steam pages.