Between October 2020 and April 2026 the channel published 240 long-form videos across eleven series in Cities: Skylines 1 and 2. Short tutorials earned two thirds of all views; long Let's Play episodes rarely kept viewers past episode 1. The relaunch keeps the cities, but puts the tutorials and a written page for every video first.
Every city on this channel started with the same idea: build something that could exist. Over six years that idea produced 240 long-form videos in eleven series. Here is the whole timeline, and what it taught.
2020: the JAPAN map series
It started in the map editor, not in a city. In autumn 2020 the JAPAN series showed how to bring real-world terrain and street maps into Cities: Skylines. The map overlay tutorial from November 2020 is still one of the most-watched videos on the channel. See the JAPAN map series.
2020–2021: Westfield, Springdale, Verville
Three long Let’s Plays followed in quick succession: Westfield (40 episodes, December 2020 – January 2021), Springdale with the Snowfall DLC (16 episodes) and Verville (20 episodes, to October 2021). Out of them came the tutorials people still find today: 81 Tiles, Realistic Population Revisited, parking lots, hotels and highway signs.
2023: Springvalley
After a long break, Springvalley became the channel’s longest series: 57 episodes in 4K from April to October 2023, ending a week before Cities: Skylines II launched.
2023–2024: the first Cities: Skylines II cities
Launch week brought Oakside County, then a full season in Fair Banks County (26 episodes) — including the underwater highway and train tunnel that replaced the map’s bridge. A run of short road tutorials (elevated, stacked and sunken roads, quays and roundabouts) became the best-performing CS2 videos. In spring 2024 Shiroku returned to Japan: a seaside town on a custom map.
2025–2026: Takaoka and One Tile at a Time
Takaoka, an island city in 22 episodes, has the most-watched episode on the channel. Then came the One Tile at a Time format: Cedarpoint County (until the save was lost) and Horizon Springs, whose sixth episode built a riverside downtown under a Japanese-style elevated highway.
What the numbers say
- Tutorials win. 23 tutorials earned about two thirds of all views on the channel.
- Episode 1 is always the peak. Long series lose most viewers after the first episode.
- The Japanese thread works. The JAPAN map series, Shiroku and Takaoka are among the strongest content.
What changes now
The relaunch keeps building cities — but every video now answers a question, and every video gets a written page here. Project Shinano is the new flagship, Traffic Surgery takes your junctions, and the Engineering hub collects the tutorials, old and new.
Browse the archive: Legacy · Cities: Skylines 1 and Legacy · Cities: Skylines 2.
FAQ
Where can I find the old series?
Every series is archived under Legacy · Cities: Skylines 1 and Legacy · Cities: Skylines 2, with the full episode list for each.
Will the old series continue?
They stay online as an archive. New episodes go into Project Shinano and Traffic Surgery.