Achievements are unlocked for players after reaching certain milestones, achieving hidden goals, or unlocking certain items. There are currently 38 unlockable achievements in the base game.
Base Game Achievements
| Name | Image | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A Little Bit of TLC |  |
Have 6,000 citizens treated at medical clinics or hospitals in a single city. |
| All Smiles |  |
Have at least 1,000 citizens and an average happiness rating of 75%. |
| Calling the Shots | File:Achievement Calling the Shots.png | Have 5 city policies active simultaneously. |
| Cartography | File:Achievement Cartography.png | Use the editor to make a map. |
| Colossal Gardener | File:Achievement Colossal Gardener.png | Plant 100 trees or bushes with the landscaping tool in a single city. |
| Everything the Light Touches | File:Achievement Everything the Light Touches.png | Unlock 150 map tiles in a single city. |
| Executive Decision | File:Achievement Executive Decision.png | Assign a policy to a city district. |
| Four Seasons | File:Achievement Four Seasons.png | Experience all four seasons by building a city in a climate with a snowy winter. |
| Go Anywhere | File:Achievement Go Anywhere.png | Have 20 active transport lines. These can be passenger or cargo lines or any mix of the two. |
| Groundskeeper | File:Achievement Groundskeeper.png | Build 10 parks in a single city. |
| Happy to Be of Service | File:Achievement Happy to be of Service.png | Create a city district and assign a city service to that district. |
| I Made This | File:Achievement I Made This.png | Use the editor to make an asset of any other type than map. |
| Key to the City | File:Achievement Key to the City.png | Unlock each building available in the base game. |
| Making a Mark | File:Achievement Making a Mark.png | Build 5 signature buildings in a single city. |
| My First City | File:Achievement My First City.png | Build a city with residential, commercial and industrial zones, water and electricity. |
| Now They're All Ash Trees | File:Achievement Now They're All Ash Trees.png | Experience a forest fire. |
| One of Everything | File:Achievement One of Everything.png | Build all unique city service buildings in a single city. |
| Out For a Spin | File:Achievement Out for a Spin.png | Experience a tornado. |
| Royal Flush | File:Achievement Royal Flush.png | Reach enough milestones to unlock all city services in a single city. |
| Simply Irresistible | File:Achievement Simply Irresistible.png | Have at least 1,000 citizens and a city attractiveness rating of 90. |
| Six Figures | File:Achievement Six Figures.png | Reach a population of 100,000. |
| Snapshot! | File:Achievement Snapshot.png | Use the photo mode to take a screenshot. |
| Spiderwebbing | File:Achievement Spiderwebbing.png | Have 50 active transport lines. These can be passenger or cargo lines or any mix of the two.. |
| Squasher-Downer | File:Achievement Squasher Downer.png | Bulldoze a total of 1,000 buildings. |
| Strength Through Diversity | File:Achievement Strength Through Diversity.png | Have buildings from all 4 zone types in a single city. |
| The Architect | File:Achievement The Architect.png | Build 10 signature buildings in a single city. |
| The Deep End | File:Achievement The Deep End.png | Have a loan of at least 200,000 in a single city. |
| The Explorer | File:Achievement The Explorer.png | Unlock 50 map tiles in a single city. |
| The Inspector | File:Achievement The Inspector.png | Have a look at each individual info view panel. |
| The Last Mile Marker | File:Achievement The Last Mile Marker.png | Reach milestone 20. |
| The Size of Golf Balls! | File:Achievement The Size of Golf Balls.png | Experience a hailstorm. |
| This Is Not My Happy Place | File:Achievement This is Not My Happy Place.png | Have at least 1,000 citizens and an average happiness rating of 25%. |
| Top of the Class | File:Achievement Top of the Class.png | Build a city where at least 20% of the population has a university level of education. |
| Up and Away! | File:Achievement Up and Away.png | Build any airport. |
| Welcome, One and All! | File:Achievement Welcome One and All.png | Have a total of 10,000 tourist visits in a single city. |
| Wide Variety | File:Achievement Wide Variety.png | Create 10 different districts in a single city and assign policies to each. |
| You Little Stalker! | File:Achievement You Little Stalker.png | Follow a citizen's lifepath from childhood to old age. |
| Zero Emission | File:Achievement Zero Emission.png | Have a city that produces electricity by only using renewable energy sources. |
