Cities: Skylines 2 won't use Steam Workshop for mod sharing
Cities: Skylines was the antidote to 2013's bungled always-online SimCity reboot. It was a regular old offline, singleplayer game with mod support: hallelujah. From the sounds of it, Cities: Skylines 2 will be just as moddable as the original, but there will be one notable change: You won't be getting your Cities: Skylines 2 mods on Steam Workshop.
In a post on its forums today, Paradox said that the official mod distribution channel for Cities: Skylines will be Paradox Mods, its custom cross-platform mod library. In a related FAQ, it said that Steam Workshop won't be supported.
It's a little disappointing, because Steam Workshop is a pretty darn convenient way to find and install mods, but the new platform does have the advantage of allowing Paradox to offer asset mods to console players as well as PC players. The publisher also says that using its own platform from the start allows it to create an «integrated in-game experience» around mods, so maybe it'll be just as convenient as Steam Workshop.
Over a hundred mods for the original Cities: Skylines are currently available on Paradox Mods, although tens of thousands are available on Steam Workshop, so it's yet to be seen how the platform will handle sorting a full library of mods for the city builder (which on PC should include a lot more than just additional assets). Other Paradox games do have bigger Paradox Mods libraries: There are over 30,000 Hearts of Iron 4 mods on the platform, for instance.
The Cities: Skylines 2 mod tools and its Paradox Mods integration won't quite be ready in time for its October 24 release date. The «in-game editor» is in beta, Paradox said, and «will launch shortly after release.»
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