Cities Skylines: Beginner’s Guide
Complete Walkthrough
Cities: Skylines is a 2015 city-building game developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive. The game is a single-player open-ended city-building simulation. Players engage in urban planning by controlling zoning, road placement, taxation, public services, and public transportation of an area. They also work to manage various elements of the city, including its budget, health, employment, traffic, and pollution levels. It is also possible to maintain a city in a sandbox mode, which provides more creative freedom for the player.
Cities: Skylines is a progression of development from Colossal Order’s previous Cities in Motion titles, which focused on designing effective transportation systems. While Colossal felt they had the technical expertise to expand the Cities gameplay into a more full-featured city simulation game, their publisher Paradox Interactive initially held off on the idea, fearing the market dominance of the SimCity series. However, they reconsidered after the critical failure of the 2013 SimCity game, which provided an opportunity for Paradox to establish a competing franchise. Colossal’s goal was to create a game engine capable of simulating the daily routines of nearly a million unique citizens, while presenting this to the player in a simple way, allowing the player to easily understand various problems in their city’s design. This includes realistic traffic congestion, and the effects of congestion on city services and districts. Since the game’s release, various expansions and other DLC have been released for the game. The game also has built-in support for user-generated content.
The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines | Game Basics & City Layout (Vanilla)
Expanding, Detailing, & Density in a New City | The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #2
Creating AWESOME Parks with the Parklife DLC | The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #3
BEAUTIFUL Zoos & Reserves with the Parklife DLC | The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #4
EFFICIENT Forestry & Farms with Industries DLC | The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #5
Oil, Ore, & Factories in Industries DLC | The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #6
Building HUGE Campuses using the Campuses DLC | The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #7
Becoming a FIVE STAR campus in the Campus DLC | The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #8
Hubs, Blimps, & Roads in the Mass Transit DLC | The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #9
Monorail, Ferries & Cable Cars in Mass Transit DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #10
Leisure, Tourism, & Bikes in the After Dark DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #11
Cargo Hubs, Taxis & Airports in the After Dark DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #12
Cheesing the Game to Unlock Unique Buildings | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines, #12b
Going GREEN with the Green Cities DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #13
Can Highway Building Be Green? (Green Cities DLC) | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #14
Building MASSIVE AIRPORTS with the Airports DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines, #15
Building HUGE CARGO AIRPORTS with the Airports DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #16
Fishing & Utility Campuses | Sunset Harbor DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #17
Trolley & Intercity Buses | Sunset Harbor DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #18
Heating and Winter Parks | Snowfall DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #19
Snowfall DLC without Snow? | Snowfall DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #20
Doomsday Prepping | Natural Disasters DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #21
Unleashing & Surviving Disasters | Disasters DLC | Ultimate Beginners Guide to Cities Skylines #22
15 Essential Cities: Skylines Mods for ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS & How to Use Them (2022)
15 Essential Cities: Skylines Mods for ADVANCED PLAYERS & How to Use Them (2022)
The Ultimate DLC Guide for Cities Skylines | DLCs Ranked in 2022!
The Ultimate Beginners Guide to the Plazas and Promenades DLC | Cities Skylines
