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Cities: Skylines vs Kingdom Two Crowns
Kingdom Two Crowns is the more played game right now: 13,997 players on Steam against 10,533 for Cities: Skylines, about 33% more players. Kingdom Two Crowns has been ahead for 3 days straight, and has led on 3 days of the 78 days Coilr has tracked both games.
Cities: Skylines counters with better Steam reviews: 93% positive vs 90%. Kingdom Two Crowns is currently 90% off on Steam. Across all tracked metrics, Cities: Skylines leads 6 of 10.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts. Cities: Skylines is read every 10 minutes, Kingdom Two Crowns every 30 minutes. Both are Simulation / Strategy games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 53.7h in Cities: Skylines and 22.5h in Kingdom Two Crowns. Connect your Steam account and this row fills in with your own hours instead — then keeps tracking both, so you can see which one you are actually still playing.
Cities: Skylines
53.7h
average of 118 members
Kingdom Two Crowns
22.5h
average of 26 members
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Cities: Skylines
7,358Kingdom Two Crowns
8,039Daily averages · latest day · Kingdom Two Crowns, 9% ahead of Cities: Skylines
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Cities: Skylines is read every 10 minutes, Kingdom Two Crowns every 30 minutes · methodology
These are Steam players only. A game that also runs on its own launcher, a storefront of its own or on console has players this number cannot see, so read it as a comparison of Steam audiences rather than of total ones.
Head-to-head record
Kingdom Two Crowns has had the higher daily player count for the last 3 days. Cities: Skylines last led on Oct 4, 2026.
Cities: Skylines led 75 daysKingdom Two Crowns led 3 days
- Days tracked
- 78
- Current streak
- 3 days
- Kingdom Two Crowns
- Lead changes
- 1
- Closest gap
- <1%
- Oct 5, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's own Steam readings), compared on the 78 days where both games have data. Whichever averages higher leads that day.
Side by side
Every number Coilr has for both games. The better figure in each row is in green.
| Metric | Cities: Skylines | Kingdom Two Crowns |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 10,533 | 13,997 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,672 | 13,997 |
| 7-day average | 7,787 | 5,925 |
| 30-day average | 7,297 | 2,274 |
| 30-day trend | −11% | +59% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,280 | 13,997 |
| Steam reviews | 93% positive | 90% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 19% positive | 85% positive |
| Total reviews | 291,236 | 40,025 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~2,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 10, 2015 | Dec 11, 2018 |
| Price | $8.99 (−70%) | $1.99 (−90%) |
Players by month
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (readings every few minutes for the biggest games, hourly averages beyond 30 days).
| Month | Cities: Skylines | Kingdom Two Crowns | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 6,993 | 9,026 | — | — |
| May 2026 | 7,520 | 12,056 | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | 8,304 | 14,280 | — | — |
| Jul 2026 | 7,946 | 13,414 | 1,447 | 2,840 |
| Aug 2026 | 8,178 | 13,924 | 1,228 | 4,233 |
| Sep 2026 | 7,272 | 12,619 | 1,349 | 3,756 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 7,850 | 13,160 | 6,207 | 13,997 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Cities: Skylines or Kingdom Two Crowns?
Kingdom Two Crowns currently has more players: 13,997 concurrent players on Steam vs 10,533 for Cities: Skylines, about 33% more players.
Is Cities: Skylines bigger than Kingdom Two Crowns on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Cities: Skylines averaged 7,297 concurrent players and Kingdom Two Crowns averaged 2,274. By that measure Cities: Skylines is currently the bigger game.
Has Cities: Skylines ever had more players than Kingdom Two Crowns?
Yes. Across the 78 days Coilr has tracked both games, Cities: Skylines had the higher daily average on 75 days, most recently on Oct 4, 2026. Kingdom Two Crowns has led for the last 3 days.
Is Cities: Skylines better than Kingdom Two Crowns?
By Steam review score, Cities: Skylines rates higher: 93% positive across 291,236 reviews vs 90% across 40,025 for Kingdom Two Crowns. Kingdom Two Crowns has the larger player base right now (13,997 vs 10,533 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Cities: Skylines growing or declining on Steam?
Cities: Skylines averaged 7,297 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 11% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,280.
Is Kingdom Two Crowns growing or declining on Steam?
Kingdom Two Crowns averaged 2,274 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 59% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 13,997.
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