Cities: Skylines PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050. Among the games we track, it is undemanding by current standards.
- Minimum GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
- Recommended GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
- RAM
- 8–16 GB
- Disk
- 4 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
What the publisher lists
Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTS 450 (1 GB) | AMD® R7 250 (2 GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake) matches NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 (1.5 GB) | AMD® Radeon™ RX 560 (4 GB) matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ I7 930 | AMD® FX 6350 matches AMD FX-6350 | Intel® Core™ I7 2700K | AMD® Ryzen 7 2700X matches AMD Ryzen 7 2700X |
| Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Video memory | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Windows | Windows | Same as minimum |
| DirectX | DirectX 9 | Same as minimum |
Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest
Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 96 | 60 | 35 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 114 | 106 | 62 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 114 | 114 | 75 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 114 | 114 | 75 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 114 | 114 | 89 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 114 | 114 | 89 | Recommended |
| Intel Arc B580 | 114 | 114 | 100 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 114 | 114 | 110 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 114 | 114 | 114 | Recommended |
Answers about Cities: Skylines on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs Cities: Skylines?
The publisher's minimum is Nvidia® GeForce™ GTS 450 (1 GB) | AMD® R7 250 (2 GB) | Intel Iris Xe G7 (Tiger Lake). The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030.
How much RAM does Cities: Skylines need?
8 GB at minimum, 16 GB recommended.
How much storage space does Cities: Skylines take?
4 GB of free space.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Cities: Skylines?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Cities: Skylines?
Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.
If your PC runs Cities: Skylines, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
