About Cities: Skylines II

Cities: Skylines II takes the mantra that anything you can dream, you can build, and turns it into a city builder of staggering scale. You raise a settlement from empty ground and grow it into a thriving metropolis, supported by deep simulation and a living economy that make world-building feel genuinely boundless. Everything starts with you laying down roads, infrastructure, and the systems that keep daily life ticking over.

How your city develops is entirely your call, but strategy matters at every turn. Each choice ripples outward, whether you're energizing local industry, leaning on trade to strengthen the economy, helping residential districts flourish, or keeping downtown lively while balancing the budget and meeting citizens' needs. The city never truly rests either, shifting gradually or suddenly as seasons change and night gives way to day, so you have to be ready to react when plans go sideways.

Billed as the most realistic and detailed city builder yet, this simulation pushes your creativity and problem-solving hard, backed by high-resolution graphics. On PC, an ever-growing community of Builders makes mods easier to reach, opening the door to truly distinctive cities.