Cities: Skylines Sells 250K in First 24 Hours

Cities: Skylines has sold 250,000 copies within the first 24 hours of its availability (including pre-orders) Paradox Interactive has announced. The sales milestone shatters records for the publisher, beating out every previous game in the Paradox catalog released within the same period of time.

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Cities: Skylines was released on March 10, 2015 and is available on Steam for $29.99 while a deluxe edition that includes five in-game historical monuments is available for $39.99. FullCleared.com enjoyed its time with the city builder game and considers it one of the best, if not the best, available in today’s market.

“We would like to offer our deepest and heartfelt thanks to the community for their passionate support and to let them know that we are committed to supporting this wonderful game for years to come, in the same way that we have for our Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis communities,” said Paradox Interactive CEO Fredrik Wester. “We knew that we had a great game on our hands and so to be able to continue to provide fans of the game with a multitude of new content for it going forward is fantastic.”

Source: Paradox Interactive