Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines

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Description
Note that some mods on this list overlap and may not be compatible - Always read mod descriptions and check compatibility before subscribing!

On a regular basis the question pops on reddit or forums related to Cities: Skylines "What's the must have mods atm", but there's no quick good answer to that, as it all depends on what you're looking for in the game and to some extend what your computer can handle. So I figured I'd create a few collections to make it easier for new players or old returning players to find the type of mods they're after.

This collection features mods allowing you to add more details to your city and customize areas to your liking. If you want to try your hand at decorating those empty spaces in your city with more than just trees, then these mods will help you achieve that.

These collections are a work in progress, so feel free to comment with feedback on what should or shouldn't be in these.




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Disclaimer
For full transparency: I am an employee at Colossal Order, however this is my personal account and as such all opinions, content and contributions to the community reflect my own views and interests, and are not created nor maintained as part of my job. Like all user generated content, this is not officially supported content and should be used at your own risk.

Questions, bugs & feedback
Please direct all questions regarding the game, official content and Colossal Order to the official channels: https://linktr.ee/colossalorder
Items (44)
Airport Roads
Created by SamsamTS
Compatible with Cities Skylines 1.10.0-f3 (Park Life) Fixed version of Runways and Taxiways mod. Adds runways and taxiways to the airport menu. Runway has the same cost as Highway road. Taxiway has the same cost as Small road. This mod doesn't change the p...
Boats Pack (Requires After Dark)
Created by BloodyPenguin
A pack of 5 floating boat assets (decorative buildings). Add a realistic touch to your harbor! Each boat is an individual decorative building that can be found in Landcaping->Water Structures panel. This pack contains 5 boats: - Yacht - Houseboat - Motorbo...
Building Anarchy
Created by Katalepsis
If you like this mod, please take a moment to rate+, it really helps me stay motivated to continue creating mods for the community. Also, if you're feeling generous and want to show some appreciation, consider making a small donation. While not required, i...
Building Themes
Created by boformer
This mod makes possible to apply building themes to a district or the whole city. Only buildings which are contained in one of the selected themes will grow in a district. You can subscribe to theme mods from the workshop, or create your own themes in the ...
Campus Parks
Created by BloodyPenguin
Allows to place all parks on pedestrian paths in campus, industry & airport zones https://i.imgur.com/zjZm3kK.png This mod requires Parkify to function properly, but doesn't require Parklife DLC! Campus DLC satisfies Parkify's needs even if Parklife DLC is...
Decal Hover Area
Created by Ronyx69
This mod allows changing the hover area for big decals in real time. UPDATE 1: Added option to reduce decal culling. (disappearing when looking away from center of decal) https://youtu.be/dRuir2Lm0cs NOTE: The camera will jump up over the decal, so use Cam...
Decal Prop Fix (deprecated)
Created by boformer
This mod is for players who want to use decal assets with a size larger than 8x8m and/or tiled decals. Make sure that the mod is enabled! This mod does not mess with save files, simulation or the user interface. It is safe to use and can be disabled at any...
Detail
Created by Ronyx69
Allows having props & trees which can be color matched to your map theme grass color. Also allows custom lod/max render distances for props. Press Shift+Alt+D to toggle the props on/off, it's just a shortcut for render distance 0/1. (trees won't be hidden)...
Disable Zone Check
Created by AJ3D
This simple mod disables the zone checking logic for all growable buildings. This is the logic that auto demolishes any buildings that are not placed on zoned land. Hopefully this mod will remove the need to convert growables to Ploppable RICO assets. It a...
Extra Landscaping Tools
Created by BloodyPenguin
Allows to place natural resources in-game + provides configurable tree brush&pencil, terraform and water tool. https://i.imgur.com/CYNzkiJ.png Provides some Map Editor tools in-game (like Resources Tool) and movable 'Brush Options' toolbar. Available throu...
Force Level Up
Created by BloodyPenguin
Adds a button to building info panel's header that makes a buildng level up when you want it to Allows to manually level up an individual building or the whole distict even if it doesn't meet level up requirements. Be carefull with land value and 'No High ...
Forest Brush v1.3
Created by Katalepsis
Lets you create, edit, and save mixed tree brushes. Forest Brush lets you paint realistic and varied forest, grasslands, gardens or just patches of plants with ease and convenience. It features a slick and intuitive interface and extensive customisation op...
Hide Selectors
Created by Quboid
Trying to position buildings/props/etc perfectly, but the selector border is blocking your view? With this mod, press Alt+H to hide/show the selectors. Works great with Grid be Gone, for clutter free detailing! Compatible with Transparent Selectors, if ins...
Historical Districts
Created by boformer
Set or unset the historical status of all buildings in a district This minimal mod adds two buttons to the district panel: Set Historical: Make all currently existing buildings in the district historical Unset Historical: Unset the historical status of all...
Intersection Marking Tool 1.14.7
Created by macsergey
https://i.imgur.com/0O9w9Ta.png https://i.imgur.com/fkaKgIp.png Overview This mod allows you to quickly create road markings at intersections. This is for detailing and aesthetics ONLY and WILL NOT tell your traffic where to go. If you want to control traf...
Lock Forestry (DEPRECATED)
Created by Quboid
Lock Forestry 1.0 Compatible with Cities Skylines 1.15.1 (15th November Update) Tree Control now includes this functionality. If you use the wonderful Tree Control, you don't need this. Recommended for detailers only. Lock Forestry allows you to lock and u...
Move It
Created by Quboid
Move It 2.10.8 Compatible with Cities Skylines 1.18.1 (23rd October Update) New in 2.10.8: - Updated for game version 1.18.1 - Added support for Nyoko's Procedural Objects fix This mod allows you to select, move and align various things. https://i.imgur.co...
Parkify
Created by BloodyPenguin
Allows to use the whole wealth of your park buildings as Park Life modules https://i.imgur.com/CYNzkiJ.png If you want to place your park in campuses, you also need my Campus Parks mod. In options you can check the option to also convert some of vanilla Un...
Plant Scaling
Created by Katalepsis
Version History Beta 0.1 - 22/04/17 - Initial realease. Beta 0.2 - 01/05/17 - Tooltip feature.View change log Beta 0.3 - 05/05/17 - Bug Fix. View change log Version 1 - 25/05/2018 - Fixed for ParkLife. Changed patching to Harmony, greatly increasing perfor...
Plop the Growables
Created by Katalepsis
Allows you to manually plop growable buildings with Find It! and having them remain where you put them. In essence this mod removes the "Demolish me" signal growables normally send to the game when they are not in a zoned area or not in the correct distric...
Procedural Objects
Created by Simon Ryr
Procedural Objects mod Made by Simon Royer from the #FrenchCityDesigners community. Version 1.7.8 compatible with Cities:Skylines 1.14.5-f1 (Airports) and all expansions. No expansion required. The Procedural Objects mod adds a vertex customization tool di...
Prop & Tree Anarchy
Created by BloodyPenguin
Place props & trees wherever you like With this mod enabled you can place props & trees: - under water - on roads - within building's footprint This is useful when placing props with More Beautification mod. I also recommend to use Prop Snapping to snap pr...
Prop Line Tool [PLT] (vAlpha)
Created by Alterran
Prop Line Tool Draw lines of props and trees like how you draw roads! This mod will save you time by placing items one by one for you! Compatible with Campus DLC and Patch Concerning Campus Update I've tested this mod with Campus patch and everything is in...
Prop Painter 4.0 + PaintUI
Created by Gabrielium
Prop Painter allows you to paint props. It's like Painter, but for Props, so it's Prop Painter. PaintUI, which is a key component of this mod, is a Move It extension that allows the current Move It selection to be painted if you have the corresponding pain...
Prop Precision
Created by SamsamTS
Compatible with Cities Skylines 1.10.0-f3 (Park Life) This mod allows props to be placed much more precisely. This is not a new tool but allows existing tools to place props with a lot more precision. It saves additional data to preserve the precision of t...
Prop Remover
Created by BloodyPenguin
Removes most annoying and unrealistic props from all vanilla buildings (configurable) Are you annoyed with your high-tech industrial zone looking like it came from XIX century? Or with steam on roof tops? Or maybe with scary clown heads? Or silly squirrels...
Prop Scaling 0.3 [Experimental ALPHA]
Created by Katalepsis
If you like this mod, please take a moment to rate+, it really helps me stay motivated to continue creating mods for the community. Also, if you have abundance in your life, consider making a small donation. While not required, it is always a great incenti...
Prop it Up! 1.4.4
Created by Judazzz
About this mod Prop it Up! is a mod with a number of features that allow you to access and replace props and trees that are free-standing and embedded in buildings - in real-time. These features can be divided in global and asset-based tools. So, how do I ...
Quay Anarchy
Created by BloodyPenguin
https://i.imgur.com/vGVs7xb.png Allows to place quays and flood walls anywhere. Also fixes 'Height too high' for quays, flood walls, cargo and passenger harbors For those wondering what quay is, word 'Quay' means the same as 'Wharf'. Draggable quays were a...
Remove Road Props
Created by Simon Ryr
Remove Road Props mod Made by Simon Royer from the #FrenchCityDesigners community. Version 1.1 compatible with Cities:Skylines 1.11.1-f2 and all expansions. No expansion required. This mod allows you to remove many props under different categories that are...
Remove Street Arrows
Created by Simon Ryr
Remove Street Arrows mod by Simon Royer from the #FrenchCityDesigners community Removes arrows on all roads (but ONLY VISUALLY) In the option panel, you can choose to remove the arrows on roads, bike paths and/or tram tracks. Arrow props placed manually (w...
[OBSOLETE] Service Vehicle Selector 2
Created by BloodyPenguin
Allows to select multiple service vehicle per building + allows to select service vehicles that vanilla doesn't https://i.imgur.com/zjZm3kK.png Please note that in case of cable car lines, you must set needed vehicle type on all of cable car stations belon...
Stop Remover
Created by LIME
compatible 1.7.0-F5 This mod removes all vanilla bus/tram stops in all your saves once activated. So feel free to install your custom stops, good for DIY players. It is compatible with Network Extension Project, Since those ugly vanilla stops are wiped out...
Surface Painter
Created by BloodyPenguin
Allows to change terrain surface https://i.imgur.com/CYNzkiJ.png Are you tired of endless list of filler assets cluttering your parks panel and exhausting your buildings limit? Then this mod is for you! This is a plugin for my Extra Lanscaping Tools mod th...
Tiny Segments - Extra Anarchy (DEPRECATED)
Created by Quboid
Deprecated! Network Anarchy now includes all this functionality. This mod is obsolete. - Removes the "Distance too short!" error - lets you create tiny network (road/fence/curb/etc) segments by reducing the minimum length to effectively zero. - Removes the...
Transparent Selectors
Created by Ronyx69
Makes selectors transparent, adjustable opacity slider in mod settings. Useful for detailers, works with Move It and Prop Line Tool. Update 1: Construction cost tooltips fade out as well. Update 2: More control over cost tooltips. I came up with this idea ...
Tree and Vehicle Props
Created by Gabrielium
This mod creates a prop version of all trees and vehicles in the game. It will create a prop version of every vanilla vehicle and/or tree, as well as workshop vehicles and trees, completely automatically. For all my asset creator buddies, it also removes v...
Unlimited Trees Mod v1.12
Created by DRen72
UNLIMITED TREES MOD v1.12 https://i.imgur.com/vGVs7xb.png Current code by BloodyPenguin and mod site hosted by DRen72 Latest Code Update: May 24, 2018 (Compatible and tested with v1.12.2 and Campus DLC) This mod unlocks the games limitation of 262,144 tree...
Zen Garden Cherry Blossom Unlocker
Created by BloodyPenguin
Unlocks for placing the Cherry Blossom tree that is bundled with Zen Garden Unlike custom tree assets, it simply makes Cherry Blossom tree that's bundled with vanilla game to be possible to place using Beautification panel. This mod doesn't provide any cus...
Prop Switcher 2
Created by Klyte45
https://i.imgur.com/z8nO6Sc.png https://i.imgur.com/oDSkXoF.png Note about TMPE There's a bug that can cause an array out of bounds exception with its root cause in TMPE behavior. It will be solved when the linked issue get solved. For now, a workaround is...
Picker
Created by Quboid
Picker Compatible with Cities Skylines 1.17 (23nd May Update) If you use EML / Prop Anarchy, you must update to Extended Managers Library fix and Prop Anarchy fix! https://i.imgur.com/9z4zVck.png With Picker, you can choose any object placed on the map to ...
Ploppable RICO Revisited 2.5.6
Created by algernon
https://i.imgur.com/9ms8DIe.png Check out the wiki page for additional information, descriptions, guides and FAQ. New in 2.4: Configurable cost overrides. Option to automatically lock the building level of plopped growables (requires Advanced Building Leve...
More Advanced Toolbar
Created by Dendraspis
Compatible with Cities: Skylines v1.12.1-f2 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Short Description You can use this mod to reposition and resize the toolbar panel for better and faster usage. The toolbar panel behaves either vanilla or expanded with adjust...
Network Skins
Created by boformer
https://i.imgur.com/O3ujMsj.png Change the visual appearance of roads, train tracks and pedestrian paths per segment. This is an improved version of the well-known Network Skins mod, developed by TPB and boformer. Disable the other Network Skins mod before...