Over 1 year after the release:
- Still tons, tons of bugs?✔️
- Frequent unexpected crashes? ✔️
- Zero compatibility with mods? ✔️
- Still no proper modding tools? ✔️
- Unbalanced economy and population, terrible pathfinding? ✔️
- Zero optimalisation and incredibly high graphic requirements? ✔️
- Still a small portion of content in the SEQUEL, compared to 1st game? ✔️
- Releasing paid DLC's to unfinished and almost empty game? ✔️

Dont buy it, by any means don't do it. The game is in pre-alpha version compared to what should have been and will be for a long, long time given the current "development"

I have been an avid Cities Skylines fan since the original and logged over 3K hours on the original. So was excited and pre-ordered CS2 when it first was available to. I tried so hard to give the second addition many chances and time to get better. Over a year later still crashes minimum twice an hour, even after a full uninstall and reinstall and turning all mods and DLC off and starting new map. And lowered ALL game settings to minimum that even a potato should be able to run it. Its so horrible and buggy and visuals suck and I have a high-end gaming PC with a 4070. SO DISAPPOINTED!!! I find my self always going back to the original and adding many more hours to its play log. And my SC1 game has literally 100+ mods an assets and runs so good!! Again so disappointed and sad. Worst $90 ever spent.

this game is so f**king unstable and unusable. I thought this game would be great, but paradox building it on unity, releasing it 2 years early with hundreds of bugs and instability issues, has completely ruined the game for me. its been nearly 2 years since this game has come out, and instead of paradox focusing on optimising it, they are simply making more dlcs and charging us for content that should be free. speaking of optimisation, its runs so awfully that its unplayable. I have a 3090, and in larger cities the game struggles to get over 45 fps on high settings. It crashes every 10 minutes, with the main menu button crashing the game. every few times i open it it will throw critical errors, and every second update is like 50gb of downloads. Really hoped that this game would be good, turned out to be pretty bad. A lot of the things they promises in the begining are not even fixed such as the traffic ai is still terrible, blocking up one street for no apparent reason, fix your game before making dlcs paradox.

At first I knew that this game wasn't gonna be as good as CS1 and I was very prepared for everything that would come with it. But the absolute blatant lies that were told before launch pissed me off. So many features that just sucked, and good ones removed.

Then the bugs... Holy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥.... I bought a brand new PC with pretty high end specs, and it could barely run it, and it would crash almost every hour. Constant problems with controls, mods and everything else...

Now the thing that actually made me quit.... THE STEAM CLOUD INTEGRATION.... How is it that when i have only played this game on 1 machine, that all of my saves can just disappear from the steam cloud without any notice??? This was not once, or twice, but like 10 times. I've started making manual backups but I am just so sick of it. I won't be returning anymore....

I expected so much better... I am so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ disappointed that it turned out this way. I hope you can see your mistakes and do better next time.

Oh Paradox.... what the ♥♥♥♥ is ur problem? Can u please, just for the love of god stop.... With every single title you become so much worse..... I am steering clear of anything from u guys. And when I start working in the industry in a few years, I will make sure to never ever EVER work for a company who even has thoughts of working with you...

Game is a buggy mess even after almost a year...
So many mistakes were made, and there is no coming back from it now.
I am sorely disappointed in Colossal Order.
And Paradox screwed up yet again... Nothing usual there...

After eagerly anticipating the sequel to one of my favorite city builders, Cities Skylines 2 has been nothing but a disappointment. I pre-ordered the maximum version, investing significantly in what I hoped would be an amazing follow-up, but my excitement quickly turned to frustration.

The gameplay and economy have been simplified to the point of being uninteresting. Where the original game offered depth and strategic challenge, the sequel presents shallow mechanics that fail to engage long-term players. Most frustrating is that the DLC strategy focuses entirely on cosmetic additions rather than expanding gameplay with meaningful functional elements.

Also game not received the Ukrainian language support, which feels like an oversight given the global nature of the player base.

Technical issues have plagued the game since launch, with numerous bugs remaining unfixed for over a year. The developers seem more interested in pushing out visual DLC than addressing these fundamental problems.

The final straw came when the game crashed during a save operation. Upon restarting, I discovered all my save files were corrupted and completely unrecoverable - dozens of hours of careful city planning and building completely erased in an instant. This level of instability is simply unacceptable for a full-priced game with paid DLC.

I cannot recommend Cities Skylines 2 in its current state, especially to fans of the original. Wait for significant patches or deep discounts before considering this disappointing sequel.

Despite my playtime, I still can't recommend. Key features still not working years later, DLC bought 2 years ago still have no release schedule, and was given a radio station in place of a functioning DLC. I was a die-hard supporter of Colossal Order & Cities 1, but the lack of communication, consistent crashing, and failure to deliver on promises continues to leave me feeling sick. Even trying their discord will leave you feeling like a resident of the Emerald City, never to know what transpires behind the curtain. It really is sad to see.

This game is trash. I bought it at release and came back a few times to check it out. I probably won't come back to it unless there is an engine and graphics overhaul, but let's face facts: There won't be. I'm back to the Cities Skylines one forever.

I have played the first version since it launched. This one, is an example of do not fix what is not broken.

Also currently I can not even launch the game, not matter how I launch it. I could reinstall, might fix it, but at this point I do not care enough to try.

This game sucks nuts. Freezes without fail every time i launch the game for a solid minute. I am unable to exit to the main menu without crashing. I crash basically every time i play for more than 30 minutes. This game would be unplayable without mods. Even with a high end PC you will find yourself lagging and stuttering often after growing to a sizeable city. Do not buy this game at full price if you do not like building cities and ♥♥♥♥.

The current state of this game is disappointing. The developer has become a joke, and a bad one at that. While the game is technically playable, it runs at a mere 10-30fps after placing the first road. Once the population reaches 20k+, it becomes more like a PowerPoint presentation than a game. Initially, I had high hopes that the bugs would be fixed, and while a few were addressed, they returned and never left.

Region pack updates and announcement are the only updates from the developer, but they are just re-skinned buildings without much else added. Updates to the game are lacking or non-existent. After the first several weeks, the developer started working on updates with explanations on what was happening and even delayed the launch of a region pack. But shortly after, there was no further communication from the developers. Week after week, region packs announcements are the only things you hear from the developer, all so far that have been released have received very negative reviews. I can only wonder why.

Weather events are a joke in CS2 the tornadoes were actually terrifying, now they look and act like a poorly drawn kindergarten art project. Along with the removal of more than half and adding in a hailstorm? Rain ooo the sky darkens, and the ground looks a wee bit wet, but actually seeing the rain ha no. Lightning well there is no lightning. Anything that made the game look good in CS1 expect in not to be in CS2.

Considering the base game is priced at $50, this feels criminal. The Ultimate Edition is $90, but only $25.96 worth of DLCs have been released so far. Something doesn't add up. All I see is a cash grab and nothing else. I wish Valve would lock purchases until the game actually playable to their recommended specs.

Not to mention the malware spread on their mod hub. Almost like there is a certain platform that helps prevent this.

This reminds me of developer Hinterland and the long dark where the story mode was/is still not finished and tales from the far territories (DLCs) is about to get its last chapter along with the announcement of their second game.

If you are someone who owns this game and hasn't left a review, leave one show them that it’s the community that decides whether their game lives or not.