Colossal Order is sharing more information about Cities: Skyline 2 as we get closer to launch. In the studio's latest video for the upcoming title, the devs revealed just how massive the new game is - and if you thought its predecessor was large, get ready to be amazed.
The latest video for Cities: Skylines 2 is titled Maps & Themes and focuses on where players can build their metropolis. Comparing the size of the playable area, the sequel will be five times larger than the original game.
"In Cities: Skylines the playable area consists of 5x5 tiles, 9 of which can be purchased once everything is unlocked," Colossal Order said in its dev diaries video. "One map tile is 1.92 x 1.92 km which results in the total playable area being 92.16km² with a maximum of 33.18km² to build a city on."
The devs add, "For starters, one map tile is much smaller—roughly 1/3 what it is in the predecessor—but you are able to unlock almost all tiles giving you a whopping total of 441 map tiles. That results in a playable area of 159km² which is roughly 5 times bigger than in Cities: Skylines."
The playable area is comparable to Liechtenstein in Europe which is 160 square kilometres. However, mods for the original game allowed for a massive 299 square kilometer playable area. The map in Cities: Skylines 2 is just around half of the map in the original game with mods.