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Plan roads, services, districts, and industries as you grow a city, balance its economy, and respond to changing citizen needs.
Released 24 Oct 2023
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Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Developed by Iceflake Studios, Colossal Order · Published by Paradox Interactive








Take charge of a new city and shape its growth from the ground up. Choose a map and climate, then lay out roads, infrastructure, and districts as residents and businesses move in.
Build and manage the systems that keep the city running. Provide services and transportation, develop industries, and use trade while balancing the budget and residents’ needs.
As the city expands, make choices about where and how to grow. Upgrade service buildings, unlock special buildings by meeting set criteria, and adapt to changing weather, seasons, and pollution.
Players who enjoy the game often praise the freedom to design detailed cities, the road-building tools, and the visual scale and style. Some also value the added management systems and report that updates have improved the experience. These positives appear alongside recurring concerns about performance, stability, traffic behavior, and the amount of content offered through paid additions.


Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into the thriving metropolis only you can imagine. You've never experienced building on this scale. With deep simulation and a living economy, Cities: Skylines II delivers world-building without limits.
Lay the foundations for your city to begin. Create the roads, infrastructure, and systems that make life possible day to day. It's up to you – all of it.
How your city grows is your call too, but plan strategically. Every decision has an impact. Can you energize local industries while also using trade to boost the economy? What will make residential districts flourish without killing the buzz downtown? How will you meet the needs and desires of citizens while balancing the city's budget?
Your city never rests. Like any living, breathing world, it changes over time. Some changes will be slow and gradual, while others will be sudden and unexpected. So while seasons turn and night follows day, be ready to act when life doesn't go to plan.
The most realistic and detailed city builder ever, Cities: Skylines II pushes your creativity and problem-solving to another level. With beautifully rendered high-resolution graphics, it also inspires you to build the city of your dreams.

AI and intricate economics mean your choices ripple through the fabric of the city. Remember that as you strategize, problem-solve, and react to change, challenges, and opportunities.


Cities: Skylines II lets you create without compromise. Now you can build sky-high and sprawl across the map like never before. Why not? Your city is you.


Your decisions shape each citizen's life path, a chain of events that defines who they are. From love and loss to wealth and wellbeing, follow their life's ups and downs.

Pick a map to set the climate of your city. These are the natural forces you'll negotiate to expand your city amid rising pollution, changeable weather, and seasonal challenges.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 44 |
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| Players | 1 |
| Multiplayer | The provided information describes Cities: Skylines II as a single-player game. Steam features list Single-player, and the descriptions contain no confirmed multiplayer functionality. A Steam tag includes Multiplayer, but no supported multiplayer mode, player count, or implementation details are provided. |
| Multiplayer & mods | The game is tagged Moddable and Mod, but the provided information does not state any multiplayer support or any mod-related multiplayer functionality. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 21 listed on Steam |
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