Cities Skylines Plazas and Promenades Now Available on Console and PC

Written by Brandon Hofer on September 14, 2022

News: Some new Cities: Skylines content is now available that will allow you to create pedestrian areas to create walkable sections in your city.

Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order revealed during today’s ID@Xbox Fall Showcase that Cities: Skylines - Plazas and Promenades is now available. Players can purchase this pedestrian-themed expansion on Steam, Epic, Microsoft Store, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 for a suggested retail price of 14.99 USD / 11.39 GBP / 14.99 EUR. Launching alongside Plazas and Promenades is “Mid-Century Modern” and “Seaside Resorts” content creator packs, as well as two additional radio packs. This new content should also be playable on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.

Cities: Skylines - Plazas and Promenades introduces pedestrian areas, allowing players to create walkable cities and car-free areas around their ideal metropolis. This expansion also brings specialized districts and city service buildings to Cities: Skylines, deepening the city simulator’s management gameplay.

Cities: Skylines - Plazas and Promenades key features:

Pedestrian Streets: Let your citizens walk freely on pedestrian-only streets. Place them in your city like any other road and create new green city centers free of most vehicles and pollution.

Pedestrian Areas and New Policies: Activate three area-specific policies for your city, including Slow Driving: all roads in the pedestrian area, except highways, get a speed limit of 20 km/hour. Sugar Ban: increases the average lifespan of citizens in the pedestrian area but decreases their happiness. Street Music: increases happiness and noise pollution in pedestrian commercial areas.

District Specialization: They have added three new district specializations: offices, high-density residential areas, and high-density commercial areas. Setting a specialization on a district affects all area squares in that district that will spawn buildings with a different visual appearance and a gameplay effect. Each specialization features 24 new modern wall-to-wall buildings.

City Service Buildings: Service buildings are important, but how about awesome-looking service buildings? Connect them to pedestrian areas by matching their visual style and provide services that contribute to good happiness values.

Accompanying the release of Plazas and Promenades is a free update, two content creator packs, and two radio stations:

“Mid-Century Modern” by Rev0 grants players sleek and stylish residential growable buildings, inspired by the iconic American design movement.

“Seaside Resorts” by Gèze brings the spirit of the classic seaside resort towns, boulevards, and piers that flourished in 19th century America to Cities: Skylines.

Both Content Creator Packs are available for 5.99 USD / 4.79 GBP / 5.99 EUR.

Finally, the release also brings fresh tunes for aspiring city planners with two radio packs: Paradise Radio and Shoreline Radio.

Will you play this new content in Cities: Skylines? Tell us what you think in the comments section.