Cities Skylines

Cities: Skylines – Build the City of Your Dreams

Take on the role of mayor and build the thriving metropolis you’ve always envisioned. Cities: Skylines offers a modern take on the classic city simulation genre, introducing new gameplay elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

From the ground up, design, build, and manage the city of your dreams. From intricate road networks and public transportation systems to essential city services and sprawling residential zones, every decision is yours.

Unleash Your Inner Urban Planner

Experience unparalleled creative freedom. Design your city’s layout with complete control over road placement and zoning. Create unique neighborhoods, establish distinct district policies to shape their character, and build everything from quiet suburban streets to bustling downtown cores. Your city, your rules.

A Deep and Challenging Simulation

This is more than just placing buildings. Cities: Skylines features a fully realized transport and economic system designed to challenge your management skills.

• Realistic Traffic: Manage the flow of vehicles and pedestrians with robust road-building tools and public transport options. Traffic congestion is a real challenge you must overcome.
• Citizen Needs: Balance essential services like education, water, electricity, police, fire fighting, healthcare, and much more to keep your citizens happy and healthy.
• Dynamic Economy: Manage budgets, set tax rates, and attract businesses to create jobs and grow your city’s wealth.

Grow Your Metropolis

Start with a small plot of land and expand outwards. Unlock new city services, building types, and transportation options as your population grows. Manage noise and ground pollution, provide parks and recreation, and watch your humble town evolve into a sprawling, vibrant metropolis.

Extensive Modding and Community

Cities: Skylines boasts one of the most active and creative modding communities in gaming. Through the Steam Workshop, access thousands of community-created assets, maps, and gameplay modifications to customize your city and gameplay experience endlessly. Official expansions also add major new features like dynamic weather, day/night cycles, unique industries, and much more (sold separately).