Cities Skylines Mods 2020 - The 13 best mods


In this guide you will learn everything about the best Cities: Skylines Mods 2020:

  • The best gameplay mods for professionals and beginners
  • Experience Cities: Skylines anew with these graphics mod s

Cities: Skylines () is an extremely extensive and detailed building simulation. Accordingly, many tips for the city-building simulation as well as mods are in circulation for it. In addition to the official expansions in the form of DLCs, such as the Campus DLC, good mods improve the game experience or establish new content and features.

Find and install the best Cities Skylines mods 2020

To install the mods, go to the Cities: Skylines workshop page in Steam and enter the mod you want in the search box. The installation will only take a few seconds.

Then start Cities: Skylines and click on Content Management. There you will see all installed mods under "Mods" and can now activate them. Some mods offer additional functions that can be configured under "Options".

The best gameplay mods for Cities Skylines

Below you will find the best Cities Skylines mods 2020 about gameplay. All mods can be combined with each other, but also work individually and are completely free.

Bulldoze It!: Automatically demolish buildings

With Bulldoze It! abandoned, destroyed or flooded buildings are a thing of the past. The mod deletes such buildings automatically, without you having to manually grab the bulldozer every time. Especially recommended in sprawling cities.

Fine Road Tool 2: For better road construction

Fine RoadTool 2 is the all-purpose road tool. It lets you make finer gradations, making roads of different heights more realistic. It also makes for even drops and rises when the road goes into a mountain or over hilly terrain, for example.

Move It!: Unlimited creativity

As the name suggests, Move It! is a movement mod that lets you move practically all elements in the game at will. This includes objects that are actually part of an entire complex. You can copy them at will and place them realistically in the world. The creator explains exactly how this works on the corresponding workshop page in Steam.

Precision Engineering: For all perfectionists

The Pecision Engineering mod assists you in building roads, pipelines, tracks and power grids. Its unique feature is that it calculates the exact angles and lengths indicates. A "Snapp" feature allows for geometrically precise constructions where you can maintain angles and lengths with ease.

Extra Landscaping Tool: Terraforming and more

Extra Landscaping Tool gives you full control over the environment. The mod extends the classic terraforming tool with additional shaping functions. This allows you to customize the texture of the terraformed surfaces, so you can create lush meadows or dry dunes on a shaped mountain.

Build perfect roads and paths with mods.

Fine Road Anarchy 2: No collisions

Thanks to this mod, you can remove the collision restrictions from roads and paths. With Fine Road Anarchy 2 you can build bridges on top of each other or lead roads directly through buildings.

Network Extensions 2: Road collection

Network Extensions 2 provides you with a large collection of unusual and futuristic roads and paths. Among them are asymmetrical road lanes, six-lane roads or completely futuristic paths. Moreover, all tunnels are fully animated, allowing you to look from one side to the other.

Traffic Manager: President Edition - For Traffic Ministers

If you've always wanted to play traffic minister, this is your mod. Traffic Manager: President Edition gives you full control over every traffic light and every road. Whether it's traffic light timing, green phases, speed limit, lane restrictions or road routing, this mod lets you manage traffic in as much detail as possible.

The best Cities Skylines mods 2020: service, performance and graphics mods

The following mods are all about the look and feel of Cities: Skylines.

Dynamic Resolution: Play in highest resolution

Dynamic Resolution lets you adjust the game resolution dynamically in the game. A resolution of up to 9600 x 4833 is possible. Recommended for anyone with a reasonably powerful graphics card and the right screen.

Get the best visuals with Dynamic Resolution.

Loading Screen Mod: Performance Boost

If you use a lot of mods and assets in Cities Skylines, the Loading Screen Mod is a must-have. It preloads assets and mods behind the scenes, giving you better performance in the game. Furthermore, it shows you the RAM that is needed for the game state.

Find It!: No more searching

With so many assets, mods and functions, it's easy to lose track of them all and get lost. With the Find It! mod you get a search field in the game, with which you can search specifically. You can also filter a certain category or search for specific assets.

Ultimate Eyecandy: Weather and Lighting Moods

Thanks to the Ultimate Eyecandy mod, you can adjust the day/night cycle, create all sorts of lighting moods, and change entire color schemes. In addition, you have control over the weather: whether it should snow or deep fog drifts through the city is entirely up to you.

Decide on the color scheme and weather of your city with mods.

81 Tiles: Triple the map size

The game maps of Cities: Skylines are all 25 tiles in size. That's already quite a large construction area, but it can be even better. With 81 tiles, you can develop the remaining tiles in every direction of the map. So you end up with 81 tiles and triple the map size.

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