Cities: Skylines guides
Practical guides to choosing a map, understanding resources, milestones, connections and weather.
How to choose a Cities: Skylines map
The five things that really matter when picking a map: buildable land, natural resources, outside connections, milestones and climate.
Natural resources in Cities: Skylines explained
What forestry, fertile land, ore, oil and water do on a map, and which maps have the most of each.
Cities: Skylines milestones guide
What milestones are, why the population targets change from map to map, and which maps reach Megalopolis fastest.
Outside connections in Cities: Skylines explained
How highway, rail, shipping and air connections work, why they matter, and which maps have the most of each.
Weather and climate on Cities: Skylines maps
Temperatures, rain, fog and the Northern Lights differ on every map. Find the hottest, coldest and most atmospheric maps.
Your first city in Cities: Skylines: a beginner walkthrough
A simple step-by-step plan for the first hour on a new map, from picking the map to your first milestones.
Cities: Skylines maps by DLC and collection
Every map grouped by the collection it belongs to: base game, Campus, Industries, Snowfall, Park Life and more.