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Cities: Skylines vs Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI is the more played game right now: 34,685 players on Steam against 9,272 for Cities: Skylines, about 4× more players. Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI has been ahead for 182 days straight.
Cities: Skylines counters with better Steam reviews: 93% positive vs 86%. Across all tracked metrics, Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI leads 7 of 9.
Players over time
Live Steam player counts, read every 10 minutes. Both are Strategy games.
Which one have you played more?
Coilr members average 51.6h in Cities: Skylines and 170h in Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. 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
51.6h
average of 128 members
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
170h
average of 119 members
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Cities: Skylines
6,668Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
24,863Daily averages · latest day · Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI, 3.7× the players of Cities: Skylines
One point per day, averaged · Your time zone · drag or use arrow keys to read the lines
Tracked by Coilr since April 2026 · Read every 10 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
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI has had the higher daily player count for the last 182 days, every day since Coilr began tracking both games.
Cities: Skylines led 0 daysSid Meier’s Civilization® VI led 182 days
- Days tracked
- 182
- Current streak
- 182 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 own Steam readings), compared on the 182 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 | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI |
|---|---|---|
| Players right now | 9,272 | 34,685 |
| 24-hour peak | 9,872 | 35,972 |
| 7-day average | 7,215 | 27,015 |
| 30-day average | 7,390 | 28,662 |
| 30-day trend | −7% | −7% |
| Peak (tracked) | 14,280 | 50,720 |
| Steam reviews | 93% positive | 86% positive |
| Recent reviews (3 mo) | 22% positive | 90% positive |
| Total reviews | 291,047 | 380,381 |
| Owners (SteamSpy est.) | ~10,000,000 | ~10,000,000 |
| Release date | Mar 10, 2015 | Oct 20, 2016 |
| Price | $29.99 | $59.99 |
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 | 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 | 8,304 | 14,280 | 29,103 | 48,854 |
| Jul 2026 | 7,946 | 13,414 | 29,629 | 48,451 |
| Aug 2026 | 8,178 | 13,924 | 30,864 | 49,049 |
| Sep 2026 | 7,288 | 12,619 | 28,970 | 50,720 |
| Oct 2026 (so far) | 7,586 | 13,255 | 28,145 | 47,864 |
Frequently asked
Which has more players, Cities: Skylines or Sid Meier’s Civilization VI?
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI currently has more players: 34,685 concurrent players on Steam vs 9,272 for Cities: Skylines, about 4× more players.
Is Cities: Skylines bigger than Sid Meier’s Civilization VI on Steam?
Over the last 30 days Cities: Skylines averaged 7,390 concurrent players and Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI averaged 28,662. By that measure Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI is currently the bigger game.
Has Cities: Skylines ever had more players than Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI?
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 182 days both games have been tracked.
Is Cities: Skylines better than Sid Meier’s Civilization VI?
By Steam review score, Cities: Skylines rates higher: 93% positive across 291,047 reviews vs 86% across 380,381 for Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI has the larger player base right now (34,685 vs 9,272 concurrent). Player counts, ratings, price and trend are compared side by side above.
Is Cities: Skylines growing or declining on Steam?
Cities: Skylines averaged 7,390 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 14,280.
Is Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI growing or declining on Steam?
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI averaged 28,662 concurrent players over the last 30 days, down 7% vs the previous 30 days. Its highest tracked player count is 50,720.
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