Paradox Interactive and Iceflake Studios have announced Park Adventures, a city-building expansion for Cities: Skylines II that is due out on PC on December 2nd, with a suggested price of $19.99, £16.99 or €19.99.
According to a release, it is Iceflake's first original expansion for the game, and it will launch on Steam and the Microsoft Store. It is also part of Cities: Skylines II: Expansion Pass II. A release date announcement trailer arrived alongside the news.
Park Adventures lets players add and shape modular parks, zoos, nature reserves and amusement parks inside their cities. Parks unlock new attractions as they grow, but guests leave if staff are underfunded or ticket prices stray too high, the release says. Think rollercoasters and gyro towers on one side, hiking trails and observation platforms on the other.
Cities: Skylines II is a city-building management game, so players plan roads, zones and services while keeping a budget in order. Parks now plug into that budget.
Park economy and new maps
Each park counts as part of the city's economy. A recreation tab shows city-wide and per-park profit and loss statements, and players set ticket prices, staff budgets, maintenance costs and policies. Neglected maintenance drags ratings down, according to the announcement.
The expansion adds more than 100 new assets: city park buildings, zoo enclosures and animals, nature reserve structures and amusement park rides. Five new maps and biomes are included for arid, tropical, boreal, alpine and Mediterranean cities.
Free-to-play week and Seasonal Shift update
To mark the announcement, Cities: Skylines II will be free to play on Steam from November 12th to 16th. Iceflake also released the free ‘Seasonal Shift’ update, which brings in changes from the latest Open Beta. It also adds bug fixes, updated upscaler support (DLSS 4.5, FSR 3 and XeSS 3) and improvements to Paradox Mods; full patch notes are on the Paradox forum.
Park Adventures can be wishlisted on Steam now.
Paradox Interactive develops and publishes strategy and management games for PC and consoles. Its franchises include Stellaris, Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, the Surviving games, Age of Wonders and Victoria. The company also owns the World of Darkness brand catalog.
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