Preloading starts unexpectedly due to players’ insistence

Preloading of the city-building simulator Cities: Skylines 2, developed by Finnish development studio Colossal Order, was not planned until recently, but continued demand from players eventually prompted publisher Paradox Interactive to rethink. In order to better prepare for today’s release, the download has already been released.

We’ve heard how you wish you could pre-load the game ready for tomorrow! You can pre-load it now! – Interactive paradox –

The corresponding announcement from Paradox Interactive was published on the website of the game distribution platform Steam. Continued pressure from players eventually convinced the publisher to take this step. The corresponding note came from PCGH readers.”Tazorro Bondani“.

Cities: Skylines 2 is surprisingly pre-downloadable
Source: Paradox Interactive (Screenshot: PC Gaming Hardware)


In terms of download size, the publisher has announced that Cities: Skylines 2 will be around 50GB upon release – Steam currently stands at 60GB. Its direct predecessor, Cities: Skylines, requires only 4 GB of free storage space for the release, which is also reflected in the significantly increased size of Cities: Skylines 2. Of course, a lot has happened technically since the first part was released in 2015.