Cities: Skylines II is free to play until December 9

If you’ve been on the fence about buying the urban landscape sim Cities: Skyline II (and given the response following its launch, who could blame you?), here’s your chance to take it for a free test run. Paradox Interactive announced on that players can play the city building game for free for a limited time.

Cities: Skylines II is available to play from now until December 9. The free version is available to download and play for free on and .

Colossal Order and Paradox’s sequel to its hit city construction experience got off to a very rocky start more than a year ago. Despite having a dedicated base of fans who provided a lot of insight into the development of Cities: Skylines II, the response to its release was far from positive.

Fans were upset that Cities: Skyline II only launched on PC instead of a simultaneous PC and console release. There was also criticism over the increased spec requirements a month before the game’s launch. Players with powerful PCs experienced problems with the game even months after the initial release. Colossal Order CEO wrote a blog post the following January describing a “growing tendency of toxicity in our community, something we have not experienced to this extent before.”

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