Cities XL: Platinum vs Cities XXL

Cities XL: Platinum is a city-building simulator that lets you design sprawling metropolises, manage resources, and shape urban life. Originally released in 2009, the game offered online planetary trading before shifting to a single‑player experience. The Platinum edition bundles the core game with all released expansions, providing additional building packs, scenarios, and enhanced graphics for a richer sandbox experience on PC.

Cities XXL lets you design, build, and manage sprawling metropolises with a robust RTS‑style simulation engine. Choose from 47 architectural styles, over 1,000 buildings, and a wide range of infrastructure options to shape your city’s skyline. Focus on citizen happiness, traffic flow, pollution control, and green initiatives like park‑and‑ride, electric car dealerships, and bike‑hire stations. The intuitive interface and powerful engine make it easy to create the world’s biggest and most diverse cities.

• Deep city‑building mechanics
• Extensive expansion content
• Robust modding community
• Both single‑player and legacy multiplayer options

• Extremely large maps for expansive city building
• Wide variety of architectural styles and buildings
• Robust ecological and pollution management tools
• Intuitive interface that speeds up city creation

• Online features discontinued
• Graphics dated compared to newer titles
• Steep learning curve for beginners

• Graphics are dated compared to newer city simulators
• Single‑player only, no multiplayer mode
• Performance can drop on very large maps