Live Steam player count comparison, updated every 10 minutes. Both are Strategy games.
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI is currently the more played game: 25,635 concurrent players on Steam right now vs 6,419 for Cities: Skylines — about 4× more players. Cities: Skylines counters with better Steam reviews: 93% positive vs 86%. Across all tracked metrics, Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI leads 7 of 9.
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Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Steam polled every 10 minutes · methodology
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI has had the higher daily player count for the last 87 days — every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Days tracked
87
Current streak
87 days
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Lead changes
0
Closest gap
67%
May 26, 2026
How this works: each game's daily average concurrent players (from Coilr's 10-minute Steam polls), compared on the 87 days where both games have data — whichever averages higher leads that day. methodology
| Metric | Cities: Skylines | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 6,419 | 25,635 |
| 24-hour peak | 10,909 | 40,242 |
| 7-day average | 7,666 | 29,308 |
| 30-day average | 8,310 | 29,566 |
| 30-day trend | +5% | +2% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,280 | 48,854 |
| Steam reviews | 93% positive | 86% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 90% positive | 91% positive |
| Total reviews | 290,278 | 376,058 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 9, 2015 | Oct 19, 2016 |
| Price | $29.99 | $59.99 |
Full stats: Cities: Skylines · Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI · add more games to this comparison →
| Month | Cities: Skylines | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Peak | Avg | Peak | |
| Apr 2026 | 6,993 | 9,026 | 23,543 | 30,365 |
| May 2026 | 7,520 | 12,056 | 29,264 | 48,308 |
| Jun 2026 | 8,305 | 14,280 | 29,080 | 48,854 |
| Jul 2026 (so far) | 7,957 | 13,440 | 29,331 | 48,451 |
Monthly average and peak concurrent players on Steam, from Coilr's own tracking (10-minute polls, hourly beyond 30 days).
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI currently has more players: 25,635 concurrent players on Steam vs 6,419 for Cities: Skylines — about 4× more players.
Over the last 30 days Cities: Skylines averaged 8,310 concurrent players and Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI averaged 29,566. By that measure Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI is currently the bigger game.
Not in Coilr's head-to-head tracking: Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI has had the higher daily average concurrent player count on Steam on every one of the 87 days both games have been tracked.
By Steam review score, Cities: Skylines rates higher: 93% positive across 290,278 reviews vs 86% across 376,058 for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI has the larger player base right now (25,635 vs 6,419 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Cities: Skylines averaged 8,310 concurrent players over the last 30 days, up 5% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,280.
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI averaged 29,566 concurrent players over the last 30 days, roughly flat vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 48,854.