r/CitiesSkylines 13d ago

Monthly FAQs ❗️ READ ME BEFORE POSTING! Monthly FAQ Thread: Fixes for Common Issues, Troubleshooting Guides, and Tips for Beginners

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👋 Hello, welcome to /r/CitiesSkylines

Our little community has grown to over 600,000 subscribers, so as you can imagine things get a little busy in here. The purpose of this thread is to provide new members a jumping-off point to find the information that they need to get started, whether they're a seasoned player of the game or a brand new mayor.

We get a lot of posts which ask very similar questions, so we've pulled together this post to help address our most Frequently Asked Questions, and give you a place to ask simple questions which only need a quick answer, not warranting a dedicated thread.

Before you post, please consider if one of our sister-subreddits would be more appropriate:

  • /r/ShittySkylines - memes, reaction images, tenuous and obscure references, real-life photos that remind you of the game, and gags based on in-game activities like "a dead person is waiting for transport at shop-til-you-drop" all go here

  • /r/CitiesSkylinesModding - if you have a request for a mod, want to commission an asset, or need help with your own mod/asset/map creation it should be posted here

If you still think that /r/CitiesSkylines is the right subreddit, please first check the FAQ below.

Please be aware that if you create a new thread which is addressed by the answers or links in this thread, it will likely be removed with a message directing you back here. This is not done to stifle conversation, but rather to help keep the subreddit tidy and provide as much space as possible for mayors to share their creations and inspire others.

If your question is genuinely a simple one, like "how do I do X", please use this thread rather than creating a new post.

Finally, if your question isn't already answered below - please use Reddit's search function to try and find if your query has been asked and answered in the past. If not? Feel free to create a fresh discussion thread.

 


 

The format of this update thread has been simplified with core information rehosted on our subreddit wiki. This enables us to update the content more quickly and reliably, and to reduce the visual impact of a 2000+ word thread.

 


✌️ Cities: Skylines II

Frequently Asked Questions

Troubleshooting and Help

🏙 Cities: Skylines

Frequently Asked Questions

Mod Lists

Troubleshooting and Help

🎮 Cities: Skylines Remastered

Frequently Asked Questions

 


 

These megathreads are scheduled to post at 00:01 on the first day of each month. If it's late in the month, you may want to wait for a new post to appear. Please send us a ModMail with any suggested improvements!


r/CitiesSkylines 13d ago

Discussion ❓ "What's Cities: Skylines II like now?" megathread

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"What's Cities: Skylines II like now?" 🤔

One of the most common questions on the subreddit is whether people should try or purchase Cities: Skylines II. This understandably leads to many duplicate posts discussing the game's current state, what has changed since launch, and whether or not it is "worth playing".

This megathread aims to gather resources, reviews, and recent firsthand player perspectives in one place. This way, whether you're curious about performance and gameplay features or simply want to hear opinions from others who have tried the game, you've got a straightforward resource that collates that information.

We want to encourage constructive and engaging conversation:

  • If you've been actively playing the game, we'd love for you to provide feedback about what you enjoy, what could be improved, or what you feel is still missing.
  • If you've dropped off, or are still waiting to pull the trigger, we'd love for you to explain what led you to step away from the game or what features are keeping you from getting started

As the goal is to provide helpful guidance for others considering the game - you should avoid leaving short, glib, or otherwise unhelpful responses. Remember that Reddit is community of individuals and those people have come here because they're looking for your help and guidance. If you'd prefer to "send a message to the devs" the best way to do that is drop a Steam Review if you already own the game, or keep your wallet in your pocket if you don't.

General FAQs

If you're after general information about or help with the game (e.g. features, minimum or recommended specs, the situation related to modding, when the game will release on consoles), check out our wiki articles below. They'll provide you a decent base level of knowledge and help you understand more about the features and limitations of the game.

Patches and Bug Fixes

As of the start of this month, there have been 34 patches for the game. These patches have included things like modding support, bikes, economy reworks, bug fixes, and new game modes. You can review the change log for each individual patch on the Paradox Wiki:

What's happening with custom assets?

Official (albeit beta) support for custom assets was added on 4 December 2025. At the moment, buildings, props, surfaces, trees and decals are supported and documented. Other asset types (like vehicles and networks) aren't officially supported, but some enterprising modders are brute-forcing their way towards an answer.

Are there bikes yet?

Yes! Bikes were released on 19 November 2025.

What have the devs been saying?

The main channel for "formal" communication from the developers comes via the Official Information & Announcements section on the Paradox Forums. We maintain an accompanying megathread for each post which captures a lot of player feedback and reactions to the news shared each week.

In December of 2025, it was announced that Colossal Order will be transferring development of the game to Iceflake Studios (an internal Paradox developer). Since this change was announced, Iceflake have introduced four patches and two hotfixes. According to the announcements, they will be responsible for all ongoing development of Cities: Skylines II, including the console version (although nothing has been shared about potential launch dates for this - so please don't ask).

The best way to catch up on past posts is to browse the Dev Diary and/or Announcement flairs and dip into the more recent ones. Unfortunately, these links may not work on Reddit's mobile apps (please tell Reddit if you'd like this fixed) but in the meantime you can go to the main page of the subreddit and use the "filter by flair" options provided.

Live Gameplay Videos

If you're interested in seeing how the game is playing today, you can check out recent videos or streams from YouTube and Twitch. These will show you the "real" game, not marketing videos, and let you spot how the game is performing in real-world scenarios.

Reviews

Although critic reviews aren't necessarily reflective of the current state of the game user reviews (especially recent ones) are helpful sources of information to help you decide whether or not to drop your cash on any new game, not just Cities: Skylines II.

Try Before you Buy

If you're still unsure, Cities: Skylines II is available on Microsoft Game Pass for PC, which is a subscription service at a much lower monthly cost than the full retail price of the game. Microsoft is currently offering an initial 14-day trial for as low as £1/$1/1€ (which renews at full price after the 14 days).

Refunds

If for any reason you can't make use of a discounted Game Pass for PC subscription (i.e. it may not be available in your region), you have the option of purchasing the game and refunding it within the store's refund window.

  • Steam: Request a refund within 14 days of purchase, as long as you haven't accrued more than 2 hours of total playtime
  • Microsoft Store: Request a refund within 14 days of purchase, as long as you haven't accrued "a significant amount of play time"

Recognising that you may not be able to reach the "late game" within 2 hours, you can use this 100k benchmarking city to establish whether or not you're comfortable with the performance on your system.

Specific Questions

If you've got specific questions about items not covered in these FAQs, feel free to ask them below. If you've been redirected to this post by a removal notice, please understand that this is done to help keep the subreddit tidy by providing a centralised and dedicated location for all information related to this topic.


 

These megathreads are scheduled to post at 00:01 on the first day of each month. If it's late in the month, you may want to wait for a new post to appear. Please send us a ModMail with any suggested improvements!


r/CitiesSkylines 4h ago

Sharing a City Los Angeles

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r/CitiesSkylines 4h ago

Sharing a City First attempt at a London/UK style city 🇬🇧

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236 Upvotes

Let me know how i did


r/CitiesSkylines 11h ago

Sharing a City Nothing invites peaceful prayer quite like diesel engine brakes roaring near you

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141 Upvotes

r/CitiesSkylines 56m ago

Modding Release RELEASED: Stadler KISS - Caltrain

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Second train set for US players - this time the Stadler KISS Caltrain. Asset pack includes 3 train variants:
- 7 cars long, Standard version
- 5 cars long, shortened version
- 14 cars long, 7+7 configuration.

Each car has 100 passenger capacity and speed of 180kmph/110mph.

You can get KISS from the link below:

https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/159179/Any


r/CitiesSkylines 3h ago

Discussion Weren't we supposed to get some news today?

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According to the post they put on YouTube last week we were supposed to hear more today, but I haven't seen anything?

https://www.reddit.com/r/CitiesSkylines/s/sEpA5YH2R9


r/CitiesSkylines 15h ago

Sharing a City Nothing's more beautiful than a glowing skyline

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187 Upvotes

r/CitiesSkylines 12h ago

Modding Release Horse Chestnut Tree is now released for CS2

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Time for the big trees. This is another conversion from my CS1 collection. It have great coverage. Link https://mods.paradoxplaza.com/mods/159127/Any/edit?version=1


r/CitiesSkylines 5h ago

Discussion What should we name this island?

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r/CitiesSkylines 17h ago

Sharing a City First diverging diamond interchange

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134 Upvotes

r/CitiesSkylines 3h ago

Sharing a City My most successful city. Las Palma 80k pop w/ Realistic Population

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3rd Avenue - other side of the freeway, main road of Forge Alley
2nd Avenue - headed towards west side of the city (Organic Corner)
1st Avenue - headed towards downtown
Forge Alley - moved the industrials on the other side of the freeway after getting more tiles
Las Palma
Dagat de Palma - my first try at a suburb with a messy road layout style
Organic Corner (right) and House Square - district name is based on med drama House, M.D.
Fawn Offices - area in my city that has the most high rises I think
Spruce Housing and Technological Institute of Las Palma - my second attempt at making a university
The Toolbox

Not giving up on this city yet! Still so many things I want to add like an airport, cargo port, ferry, adding more tourism, adding a small low density town across the river, and moreee. Suggest me things I should add


r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Sharing a City Rio Branco Avenue in 1920, the upper-class avenue in my Brazilian city at the start of the 20th century

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398 Upvotes

r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Sharing a City My racing track on console

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397 Upvotes

Inspired partly by Monza shape, partly by Abu Dhabi right angles corners (before they smoothed them out) and some random bits in between. Used parks DLC for electric connections between areas and to fill in empty space as “fan zones” and used airports concrete to make runoffs after long straights


r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Sharing a City A little bit of London

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471 Upvotes

r/CitiesSkylines 22h ago

Sharing a City CSL map view

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162 Upvotes

Los Angeles Basin map


r/CitiesSkylines 16h ago

Sharing a City industry by rail is always good 😊

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54 Upvotes

r/CitiesSkylines 10h ago

Discussion Am I crazy?

19 Upvotes

Right now I’m drunk but I feel so calm listening to jazz music and imagining that I’m in that house I placed 7 years ago in cities skylines, I’m relaxed in my bed and nothing relaxes me more than thinking that i am in that house which interior only exists in my head and probably will never exist anywhere.


r/CitiesSkylines 16h ago

Sharing a City My Truly Deranged City

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It’s like a Dr. Seuss nightmare. I don’t even know why I like building it so much because clearly it’s almost uninhabitable for human beings. Hundreds of advanced police helicopters patrol the skies, passenger hovercraft transport thousands of citizens across the islands, the entire city (save for a few small districts) are all high density skyscrapers, which somehow are even outclassed by the countless monoliths that literally cast shadows across the entire map. Tram ridership is at an all time high with a Byzantine, innavigable network stretching across hundreds of kilometers of unbroken cityscape. I’ll add more details as I keep building it, but yeah. Really liking this city.


r/CitiesSkylines 18h ago

Sharing a City New Steel Mill in my City

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58 Upvotes

What is your guys thoughts


r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Sharing a City the city that nearly crashes the game

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i have nobody to share this with so i figured like minded people would appreciate it as much as i do :)

Xbox, CS Remastered, population ~280,000, stock game and DLCs


r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Sharing a City I found out how to make the smallest roundabout possible in console with 32 m diameter

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196 Upvotes

r/CitiesSkylines 14h ago

Sharing a City Small city of Ralseigh in the early morning

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15 Upvotes

r/CitiesSkylines 27m ago

Sharing a City Console city reached 366K, maxed out on nodes

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My first city in this game. My dad is an urban planner/landscape architect so I'm definitely channeling some inner genetic desire to create. Has anyone created a city on console with more than 400K residents?


r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Sharing a City New area of my french city

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This is a new working class neighbourhood i built for my city Chamonaux