New cities are waiting to grace the horizon in Cities: Skylines 2, Paradox Interactive's upcoming sequel to our favorite city-builder. Read on to find out when and where the game will be released.
Cities: Skylines 2 Release Date and Time
Released on October 24, 2023
Cities: Skylines 2 was released on October 24, 2023 for the PC, made available through Steam.
The game's console release for the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S was delayed to Spring 2024, with no exact release dates currently announced.
Everything We Know About Cities: Skylines 2
Cities: Skylines 2 Story Plot
As a city-builder simulation game, Cities: Skylines 2 does not have a story or plotline to follow. Instead, players are incentivized to build and design each city using their creativity and strategic knowledge of the game's mechanics.
Cities: Skylines 2 Gameplay
The gameplay for Cities: Skylines 2 is very similar to that of its predecessor, focusing on micromanaging the many aspects of a city's administration including its zoning projects, public utilities, roads, and highways. Each aspect must be balanced to provide the best experience to your citizens.
Notable improvements in gameplay for Cities: Skyline 2 over its predecessor include a better road system that includes utility lines, superior citizen simulation, and an overhauled zoning system.
New and Improved Road Tools
Road building is more intuitive and nuanced in Cities: Skylines 2. With the newly improved game engine, the road tool receives some much needed improvements, including the long-awaited roundabout feature that was absent from the previous game.
Advanced Traffic AI
Cities: Skylines 2 boasts an overhauled traffic AI system that relies on new factors called Pathfinding Scores
. Instead of relying solely on travel time, the new system weighs in new factors such as road safety, road comfort, and cost of travel when determining the flow of traffic among your city's arterial pathways.
Zoning Overhaul
Cities: Skylines' zoning system, a game mechanic lauded for its intuitiveness and efficiency, is receiving a major overhaul in Cities: Skylines 2. Apart from the new option to change building design from the zoning menu, merged zoning areas are now available.
Both commercial and residential zones can now coexist on the same cells via a new zoning tool, offering a brand new level of realism previously unseen in city-building games.
Cities: Skylines 2 Pre-Orders
Cities Skylines is now available to pre-order for PC in the following online stores. Console pre-orders are currently unavailable.
Standard Edition
| Platform | Price |
|---|---|
 Steam |
$49.99 |
The game's standard edition comes with the following pre-order bonuses:
- Full Game
- Landmark Buildings
- Tampere Map
Ultimate Edition
| Platform | Price |
|---|---|
| Steam |
$89.99 |
The game's ultimate edition comes with the following pre-order bonuses:
- All pre-order bonuses included in the Standard Edition.
- Expansion Pass
- San Francisco Set (Instant Unlock)
- Assets Pack + Radio Station (Releases on Q4 2023)
- Content Creator Pack + Radio Station (Releases on Q1 2024)
- Expansion + Radio Station (Releases on Q2 2024)
Cities: Skylines 2 Trailers
Cities: Skylines 2 | Official Gameplay Trailer
Cities: Skylines 2 | Announcement Trailer
Every city has a story to tell. From humble beginnings to great golden ages, every street, avenue, and road carries with it the identity of the people around it.
The city is yours to build, destroy, and progress in Cities: Skylines 2, coming this October 24, 2023.
Cities: Skylines 2 Product Information
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| Title | CITIES: SKYLINES 2 |
|---|---|
| Release Date | October 24, 2023 |
| Developer | Colossal Order |
| Publisher | Paradox Interactive |
| Supported Platforms | PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S |
| Genre | City-Building, Simulation |
| Number of Players | 1 |
| ESRB Rating | Everyone |
| Official Website | Cities: Skylines 2 Website |
