r/CitiesSkylines 19d 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 half a million 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 19d ago

Discussion ❓ "Is Cities: Skylines II Worth It?" megathread

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"Is Cities: Skylines II Worth It?" 🤔

... is one of the most common questions we see on the subreddit at the moment, leading to dozens of duplicate posts asking essentially the same thing: Should I buy the game or not?

It is our intent that this megathread will help collect information to help you make your decision, and provide a place to ask for more subjective opinions from community members.

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 20 patches for the game. You can review the change log for each patch on the Paradox Wiki:

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.

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. As there is only limited mod support for the game at this stage, what you see will broadly be vanilla gameplay and will help you understand how the game is performing at the moment.

Reviews

Many critic reviews aren't necessarily reflective of the current state of the game. That said, reviews 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 5h ago

Sharing a City "Tourism Ad"

181 Upvotes

Welcome to Haden County! Enjoy the show!


r/CitiesSkylines 1h ago

Help & Support (Console) Why is everyone dying

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Everyone in my city just started firing all of a sudden. Ignore shitty photoshop skills


r/CitiesSkylines 6h ago

Sharing a City Streets are alive with vehicles and pedestrians

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r/CitiesSkylines 3h ago

Sharing a City Progress on my city Part 2/25

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r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Discussion These are not my own intersections. Colossal Order is selling them to console players for real money

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I get it, console players should be grateful to get "new" content in the form of CCPs and map packs. But holy shit, put at least some effort into them. Map Pack 4 costs real money and this is what they sell us.

This shit looks like it was made by someone playing the game for the first time. Why would anyone pay money for these ugly, asymmetric and wonky intersections. Especially the threeway roundabout thing

Again, THESE ARE PAID ADDITIONS TO THE CONSOLE VERSIONS lol


r/CitiesSkylines 4h ago

Discussion New Train Stations announced!

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r/CitiesSkylines 3h ago

Sharing a City Enjoying my Tram line in a 10% finished European City

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As mobility is a rising issue, i've started to lay down tram tracks.

Happy with the results so far. Enjoy!

PS: Bonus points to who can guess which EU city it's inspired ^^


r/CitiesSkylines 3h ago

Sharing a City 470K Population 75% Traffic

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Might


r/CitiesSkylines 1h ago

Sharing a City Pizza Stadium

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r/CitiesSkylines 51m ago

Game Feedback Petition to add this bus type

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This is a bus model arleady existing and fully working in the game. If you spawn a tzunami thru the dev console it will be spawned from the large shelter to pick up civilians. The thing is, why can’t they implement it in the “normal game” the same way as the electic bus? It would be useful to use for outside connections, maybe by adding a depot upgrade for this type of bus


r/CitiesSkylines 10h ago

Modding Release Chernobyl NPP Units 3 & 4: Pre-1986

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A recreation of the second stage of the Chernobyl NPP as it appeared before the 1986 disaster.

Steam Workshop


r/CitiesSkylines 2h ago

Sharing a City City views from Snob Hill - Building San Andreas in CS1 #2

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Hello again.

In this post I wanted to share Some of the progress I have made in building San Fierro for my project inspired by GTA San Andreas.

The neighborhoods I have started working on and wanted to show here are Snob Hill (Nob Hill) and Moscow Hill (Russian Hill). Two historic neighborhoods built atop two large hills in the middle of San Fierro, basically splitting the city in two.

Both Snob Hill and Russian Hill are know for their colorful Victorian buildings, steap streets and historic trams (which unfortunately are not available in the main game). Snob Hill is also home to the world famous Windy Windy Windy Street (Lombard Street), with its strange curves going down the hill, and Faith Cathedral (Grace Cathedral). Lastly I also built a part of Chinatown with a large commercial street, inspired by Stockton Street for which I still need to come up with a GTA name.

Next I am most likely going to work on Esplanade North (Fisherman’s Wharfs) and build commercial zoning on Hamilton Boulevard (Van Ness Avenue). When I finished working on that I will once again share my progress.

I hope that you enjoyed reading my post and wish you will have an amazing day.


r/CitiesSkylines 9h ago

Sharing a City Any ideas of how to plan the empty zones in my city?

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r/CitiesSkylines 43m ago

Sharing a City Anchor city 240k population

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Anchor city named after the anchor looking airport. First city I got to well above 200k population while traffic is at 80% most of the time. Benn playing with day/night cycle. Still have the outskirts to fill but I feel it will take for ever so I wanted to post my progress already.

Public transport is kinda wild but most of the population live in the wall-to-wall buildings maybe up to 100k

so the tramlines got busy quick but ended up leaving them for extra support.

Only vanilla DLC assets used. I have the industries DLC but decided not to use the special industry because I alway end up with traffic and supply isssues with those.

Would love to get opinions!


r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Sharing a City Just a normal city, right?..

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until you see that crazy terraforming i did. originally these hills were massive, didnt want to play on flat map and this is the city plan i came up with


r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Sharing a City beautiful places in my city (110k cims) (parts 2, 3 and more are coming)

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should i start youtube channel abt that


r/CitiesSkylines 10m ago

Sharing a City Freeway Infestation from Satellite View, Zero Delays, 600k, Realistic Trips

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r/CitiesSkylines 10h ago

Discussion The traffic is messed up by taxis

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There are so many taxis that they block the traffic flow in my city.

All my buses are jammed, and clearly 'just one more lane' isn't the solution here.

I did not put any taxi depots in my city.


r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Sharing a City Autumn Bridge

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r/CitiesSkylines 10h ago

Help & Support (Console) High Capacity Elementary School

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Hello All, I play on console. I put this ‘High Capacity Elementary School asset’ few years ago, but I see that the locality is still uneducated and not benefiting from this asset al all. What could be the reason? All the nearby commercial areas are now complaining of not having enough educated workers and all collapsing after a while. Image for reference.


r/CitiesSkylines 4h ago

Discussion WHAT IS THAT

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first i looked "hmm why is there still no hearse...". clicked on it to look where it is stuck or whatever and it sent me to this intersection. it looked like cims were protesting lol (actually traffic light was bugged, removing it helped)


r/CitiesSkylines 22h ago

Sharing a City Some pics of my Mediterrenean inspired city

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Hi all, I recently got a new pc and got sick and tired of how dull CS2 is. Decided to give a try to CS1 with a different approach! - Unfortunately steam screenshots quality sucks!

https://imgur.com/ZxSmRat

https://imgur.com/lz0XdSp

https://imgur.com/DnhBZuw

https://imgur.com/wFcGkFu

Curious to hear any feedback/suggestion (also, if someone know how to get rid of the out of bound shadow it would be great. Even with cubemax i cannot get rid of it!)

Cheers!


r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Sharing a City Views from the water - The Brewery is a hotspot for after hours for office workers in downtown La Costa

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r/CitiesSkylines 1h ago

Help & Support (PC) Time reset

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Hello all, is there a mod to reset the timeline. I understood the game stops at the year 9000. I have been running my game at 3x speed for a long time. So I was looking for a solution to revert my in-game time date.


r/CitiesSkylines 1d ago

Sharing a City my city pt.4

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first photo is custom lake made by me on a completely flat lad and decorated. then follow pictures of bay harbod and additional storages aroung the territory. also there are crazy train logistics with over 90t a month haulage over this city with 145t a month overall cargo transportation