Cities: Skylines 2 – Everything we know so far about the city builder sequel

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Cities Skylines 2 has finally been announced. The sequel to one of the best city builder games – if not the best – has been asked for by the community for some time now, immediately making this one of the most anticipated upcoming PC games of the year. Cities: Skylines is cresting its eighth birthday after all, and has a phenomenal following that's generated thousands of mods and other creations in that time. Not too many details are known yet about Cities Skylines 2, but you can find everything we know about the game so far below.

The Cities Skylines 2 release date is set for sometime in 2023, although a more specific window for one of the biggest new games of 2023 has yet to be announced. It's the 8th anniversary for Cities Skylines, so the community is more than ready for a sequel. 

Cities Skylines 2 will be available on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S when it launches later this year.

Cities Skylines 2 will be a part of the full Xbox Game Pass list, meaning that any Game Pass subscribers will be able to play the new city builder from day one through the service. Paradox is yet to confirm whether Cities Skylines 2 will be available for both Xbox and PC Game Pass players, although this does appear to be the case. 

You can watch the first Cities Skylines 2 trailer above, which isn't actual gameplay from the upcoming city builder but does give us a little insight into what Paradox and developer Colossal Order wants to achieve with the title. 

While Paradox and developer Colossal Order have yet to release actual gameplay footage for the title, we do have some hints as to how Cities Skylines 2 gameplay will be an evolution over the original title. It's dubbed the "most realistic city builder - ever" on its Steam