Mods are essential to Skylines, dev believesĪccording to Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen, who talked with Polygon about the game's success, one of the most important factors was the fact that the studio embraced the modding culture and built great tools so that fans, both experienced and newcomers, could build all sorts of things for Skylines. Thanks to word of mouth and the embrace of the modding culture on the Steam service, the game is quite popular right now and shows no sign of stopping. Cities: Skylines developer Colossal Order emphasizes the importance of mods to the actual game, and pledges to keep implementing some of the most popular ones into the game so that users who don't bother to install them can still get their benefits.Ĭities: Skylines launched last month and quick went on to become a smash hit for developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Entertainment.