Cities: Skylines 2 Cheats

by Fernando Diaz / Cities: Skylines 2, Articles / 28 Oct 2023

Flipping the Cheat Mode ON!

Before you dive deep into that cheat menu, we gotta get the ball rolling. Here’s how you slide into developer mode on Steam:

Steam Method

So, first off, right-click on that game. Head over to Properties.

Down at the bottom, in the Launch Options, you gotta type in -developerMode. Easy peasy, right?

Getting Familiar with the Dev Tools

Once you’ve got that dev mode lit, here’s how you can play around with it:

Hit up that Tab key -> That’s gonna pop open the developer menu for you.

In the Simulation Tab

Want your zones to pop off instantly? Toggle that Instant zone development.

Tired of all that nasty pollution cramping your city’s style? Turn pollution off.

Wanna build a city where everyone’s cool without the essentials? Just disable the need for services.

Feeling a little chaotic? Start some mayhem with events and disasters. But, heads up, you gotta pick a building first. No building, no chaos.

And if you’re trying to break some rules, check the “bypass validation results”. You can drop those buildings and roads right by the water without the game tripping on you.

Feeling a bit more creative? Press Home to slide into the add object menu.

This is the spot where you can flex those creative muscles and add stuff that’s not usually in the regular UI.

But, yo, careful with adding moving stuff like cars or people. That might just bug out the game, and we don’t want that, do we?

A Word of Caution…

Remember, cheats are fun and all but they can sometimes mess with your gameplay or straight-up crash the game… Always keep a backup of your game, ’cause ain’t nobody got time for lost progress, ya feel?

Fernando Diaz

Fernando is doing what he always did, sharing his honest opinions about games whenever he can. The difference is now he is writing and not talking about it.
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