This article has been verified for the current version (1.16) of the game.
Achievements are unlocked for players after reaching certain milestones, achieving hidden goals, or unlocking certain items. There are currently 124 unlockable achievements in Cities: Skylines .
Active mods (not assets) will disqualify a save game for achievement completion. Accepting a cash bail out will disqualify a save game for achievement completion, although there is a Steam Workshop modification that makes it possible to re-enable achievements.
See Global Gameplay Stats – Cities: Skylines at Steam for a list of all achievements sorted by the percentage of players that managed to complete an achievement.
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Description
Pioneer
Create your very first city
Decorator
Use the asset editor to make your very first asset
Terraformer
Create a map
Well-informed
Have a look at all the different info-view panels
City Planner
Use the district tool to draw 3 districts
Lawmaker
Apply a policy to a district you created
Power At Your Fingertips
Unlock all city services
Heavenly City
Unlock monuments
Medic!
Build the medical center monument
A Huge Hadron
Build the Hadron Collider Monument
Beam Me Up
Build the Space Elevator Monument
New Eden
Build the Eden Project Monument
Short Fuse
Build fusion power plant monument
I Want It All
Unlock every single building in the game
Distroy
Have more than 10 districts with unique policies
Metropolis
Have a population of 100,000 in your city
City In Motion
Have 20 transport lines
City in Motion 2
Have 50 transport lines
Climbing the Social Ladder
Have a citizen educated to level 3 from 0
Unpopular mayor
Have 15% happiness
Rolling in Dough
Earn 15,000 per week
Frenetic Player
Click on a police station 100 times in a row
Happy Town
Have more than 95% happiness for 5 years
Tough City
Have the city survive a crime rate more than 40% for more than 2 years
Fire Watch
Have 5 fire stations
The Safest Town
Have 5 police headquarters
Professional Dumper
Fill 5 landfill sites
Earthloving City
No water or ground pollution in a city over 10,000 residents
Higher Education
Have over 70% of citizens highly educated in a town of over 10,000 residents.
SIMulated City
Have an area the size of 9 map tiles
Safe city
Keep the crime rate under 10% for 4 years straight
Power to the People
Have the industry tax rate over 5% higher than either residential tax rate for one year
Make Them Pay
Have both residential tax rates over 5% higher than industry for one year
Foggy Weather
Experience fog
Singing In The-
Experience rain
Does My Bum Look Big In This?
Change Chirper look
With Canals You Can!
Build one canal
Quay-King
Build one quay
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Image
Description
1001 Nights
Experience 1001 nights in the game (Can be achieved without After Dark)
Leisure Suites
Have 1000 squares of leisure specialized commercial zone
Playing With The Boys
Have 1000 squares of tourism specialized commercial zone
Prison Break
Have 15 Prisons in the city
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Image
Description
Are They Naked In There?
Have a Sauna in the city
Brrr!
Create a winter map in map editor
Get Your Snowshoes Ready!
Experience snowfall
It's Wintertime!
Change Chirper to a winter look
Here's A Tram
Have one tram line active
I Love Trams!
Have 10 tram lines active
Speed up!
Boost 100 km of streets with Road maintenance service
The Plowmaster
Have snowplows collect 2,000,000 units of snow
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Image
Description
Ambulare
Have 5 pedestrian Walking Tour lines
Coaster Tycoon
Have a park with all Amusement Park buildings built in it
Maintain That Park
Have a Park Maintenance Service and a Zoo, Nature Reserve and Amusement Park in your city
Naturally
Have a park with all Nature Reserve buildings built in it
Parking Not Forbidden
Have 10 parks made with Park Tool
Sights To Be Seen
Have 15 Sightseeing Bus lines
The Park To Rule All Parks
Have a maximum level park made with Park Tool
Z00
Have a park with all zoo buildings built in it
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Image
Description
Academic Scholar
Create 100 academic works.
Distinguished Academics
Have one campus reach "Prestigious" in reputation.
Education Nation
Have 15,000 students studying on campuses at the same time.
For For-Profit Education
Cover one campus area upkeep cost entirely with tuition fees paid by students in a campus area with more than 5000 students.
Higher Learning
Build all Campus Area types with all of their respective campus buildings and faculties.
Student Housing Project
Have total number of 10 Dormitories.
Varsity Sports Patron
Build all five varsity sports arenas on one campus in one city.
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Image
Description
Aquaculture
Farm 7,500,000 units of fish and sea plants.
Come Fly With Me!
Have 60 tourists visit the Aviation Club during one week.
Fisher King
Catch 10,000,000 units of fish.
Multidisciplinary Transport Tycoon
Build one of each of the following transport hubs: Underground Metro-Intercity Bus Hub, Bus-Intercity Bus Hub, Train-Metro Hub, Metropolitan Airport, Bus-Metro Hub
The Waters of Our Lives
Treat 20 000 000 m3 of waste water using the Inland Water Treatment Plants.
Trolleyface
Transport 35 000 amount of citizens in trolleybuses.
World of Rotorcraft
Transport 15 000 amount of citizens in passenger helicopters.
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Image
Description
Airfield Expertise
Build an airport area with an area of 25,000 cells.
Airlifter
Have 10,000 total passengers travel through an airport area.
Airline Tycoon
Have an airport area reach level 3.
Airport Architect
Build an airport area with a terminal, a runway and an aircraft stand.
High-cost-carrier
Set the airline ticket price slider to the maximum price.
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Description
Garbage Collection Issues
Have 5 garbage service points reach their capacity limit.
The Sweetest City
Build 10 ice cream stand plazas in one pedestrian area.
Very Focused
Have one pedestrian area focused on residential, one in commercial, and one in workplace zones.
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All In
Have at least ₡1,000,000 in cash. Put all of your money into investments, then don't sell any investments for one month.
Can't Buy Me Love
Earn ₡5,000,000 through investments.
Cash Flow
Have a bank building get flooded.
No risk, no fun!
Take a loan in order to make an investment.
So Much Cash!
Transport ₡2,000,000 using cash transport vans in one week.