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Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines was developed by Colossal Order and is a building simulation game that lets players turn a vacant plot of land into a thriving city.  Players can't just build a city that looks nice, however, as they need to think about real-life city-planning conundrums such as noise pollution, education, and transportation.

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Cities: Skylines

Platform(s)
PC , PS4 , Switch , Xbox One , Xbox Seires X , Xbox Series S , PS5
Released
March 10, 2015
Developer(s)
Colossal Order
Publisher(s)
Paradox Interactive
Genre(s)
City Builder
ESRB
E For Everyone

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