With Cities: Skylines 2, some added complexity and features further complicate its controls. Mixed-use zoning enables players to stack residential and commercial properties next to each other.

When it comes to city-builders, Cities: Skylines has been the gold standard since it came out in 2015. Now its successor is ready to bring us to an all new level of city sim and customization in 2023.

Developed by Colossal Order, Cities: Skylines originally launched back in 2015 for PC. The simulation game eventually came to PS4 and Xbox One in 2017, followed by a Nintendo Switch edition in 2018.

Cities: Skylines Remastered - Announcement Trailer.Watch on YouTube. Elsewhere, there's a new map editor, as well as a quick selection tool, a distance indicator, a new environmental controls ...

Cities: Skylines 2 is an ambitious sequel that might have bitten off more than it can chew – be prepared to do a lot of terraforming if you don't want your metropolis to look like a nightmare.