A city-builder of remarkable depth, time-consuming and rewarding. The port suffers from technical limitations and an interface ill-suited to a controller, but the richness of the sandbox is still there.
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Category
Simulation1 player3+
Description
A benchmark city-builder, published by Paradox Interactive on Switch in 2018. You build and manage a metropolis from scratch, laying out roads, residential zones and networks to meet the needs of a growing population. Traffic, services and economy management compose an urban sandbox of acclaimed depth, here bundled with several expansions.
Cities: Skylines review
3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
The builder's addiction is total: 'one more district, one more metro line' and three hours have vanished. Watching your city grow, solving a traffic problem, optimizing a service: the management loop is so gripping you keep putting off the moment to stop.
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Massive"
A city-builder never truly ends: a metropolis can grow and be refined for dozens, even hundreds of hours. Between the permanent optimization and the many bundled expansions, the game offers a near-inexhaustible well of content for enthusiasts.
Technical info
💾3 GB📅13/09/2018
Published by Paradox Interactive
Cities: Skylines (Nintendo Switch) price, value & rarity
Years after arriving on Switch, Cities: Skylines remains the benchmark city-builder on console, an urban sandbox of acclaimed, time-consuming depth. Its Switch version, enriched with several expansions, offers enough to build and optimize your metropolis for dozens of hours. As management and building games keep winning over players, it's a safe bet for genre fans. On Switch, you shape your city quietly, at home or on the go, never noticing the time pass.
