# Cities: Skylines II

> Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.

## Game facts

- Developer: Iceflake Studios, Colossal Order
- Publisher: Paradox Interactive
- Release status: Released
- Release date: Oct 25, 2023
- Region for this schedule: GLOBAL
- Platforms: PC
- Genres: Strategy, Simulation, CityBuilder, Management
- Steam Deck: Unsupported (Steam, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://store.steampowered.com/app/949230/)
- Languages: Interface: American English, French (France), Italian (Italy), German (Germany), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Polish (Poland), Russian (Russia), Chinese (China), Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Taiwan), European Spanish (IGDB, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://www.igdb.com/games/cities-skylines-ii)

## AI Review Analysis

Analyzed Sep 2, 2026

### Strengths

- Realistic city building and deep simulation are considered the game's core attractions.
- The improved simulation and building variety compared with the previous game, along with the inclusion of some DLC and mod features in the base game, are viewed positively.
- The creative gameplay of designing large cities directly and planning intersections and functional urban layouts has considerable depth.

### Weaknesses

- FPS drops significantly as the population grows, and in some environments even the PS5 remains at 30 FPS in cities of around 100,000 inhabitants.
- There are reports of the game crashing roughly every 30 minutes, as well as launch-period bugs and instability that still remain.
- There is strong dissatisfaction with having less content and fewer tools than the previous game, while some basic industries and features are locked behind paid DLC.

## Links

- [Cities: Skylines II on WAME](https://www.wame.is/game/5574)
- [Player reviews](https://www.wame.is/game/5574/reviews)

Updated: 2026-11-10T00:01:56.742Z