Cities: Skylines II
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| Developers | |
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| Colossal Order | |
| Publishers | |
| Paradox Interactive | |
| Engines | |
| Unity 2022[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 24, 2023 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 74 |
| OpenCritic | 75 |
| IGDB | 81 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack, DLC |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Building, Simulation, Strategy |
| Art styles | Stylized |
| Themes | Contemporary |
| Series | Cities in Motion |
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| Cities in Motion | |
|---|---|
| Cities in Motion | 2011 |
| Cities in Motion 2 | 2013 |
| Cities: Skylines | 2015 |
| Cities: Skylines II | 2023 |
Cities: Skylines II is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and free-roaming camera building, simulation and strategy game in the Cities in Motion series.
The game launched with significant performance problems. An official guide to alleviate some of them is available here, while updates to optimize the game have been announced as well.[2]
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Ultimate Edition also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Ultimate Edition also available, region locked in Latin America. | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC Ultimate Edition Edition also available. | |
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| Steam | |
Ultimate Edition also available. | |
Version differences
- The Ultimate Edition includes the base game, the Expansion Pass, and an instant unlock of the San Francisco Set.
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| DLC | Minor DLC includes small item packs. |
| Expansion pack | An expansion pass is announced. |
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| No microtransactions | None |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Expansion Pass | |
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| Landmark Buildings | Pre-order bonus | |
| San Francisco Set | Instantly unlocked with the Ultimate Edition. | |
Essential improvements
Skip Paradox Launcher
Run Cities2.exe with the %command% command-line argument
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| Microsoft Store | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Colossal Order\Cities Skylines II |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/949230/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Microsoft Store | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Colossal Order\Cities Skylines II\Saves |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/949230/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, SMAA and TAA with Low, Medium and High presets | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | FSR 1.0 In advanced settings. |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Latin American Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | 10, 11 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i7-6700K AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
Intel Core i5-12600K AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 60 GB | 60 GB |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 480 4 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 10 GB (Nvidia), 16 GB (AMD) of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 2022.3.7f1[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/949230/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (949230) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:13524411069 on 2023-11-13
- ↑ Cities: Skylines II - Performance - Steam News - last accessed on 2023-10-25
- ↑ Colossal Order - 2:00 PM Sept 27, 2023 - last accessed on 2023-09-27
- "Cities: Skylines II is a next-generation title and therefore has certain hardware requirements. The recommended specs were set when the game was still in development. After having done extensive testing with different hardware we made the decision to update the minimum/recommended specs for a better player experience."