When did Cities XL come out?

Cities XL was released on 8 October 2009 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

Cities XL (2009) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Cities XL

Cities XL is a simulation game in which players can build their own cities on realistic 3D maps. Players are challenged to create the right combination of social services, employment, activities, and job…

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What Cities XL is

Cities XL is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Monte Cristo and released in 2009. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

CITIES XL allows gamers to develop cities on realistic 3D maps using an incredible collection of unique structures and monuments based on American, Asian and European-influenced architectural styles. The maps feature a variety of environments: mountains, hills, canyons, beaches and islands, all set in different climates from tropical to desert, Mediterranean to temperate. Players must create the right combinations of social services, leisure activities, special events and other job opportunities within their cities in order to feed, clothe, employ and entertain their citizens. Be it planning and building a new zoo, public park, residential neighborhood or transit system - there's always a…

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Cities XL holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Cities XL launched on 8 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, Bayonetta and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, Bayonetta, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

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