A new DLC is now the worst rated game on Steam

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The city building simulation Cities: Skylines 2 was heavily criticized when it was released in October 2023: the game was unfinished and technically a disaster. Now the first paid DLC is appearing and is being punished harshly by the fans. Cities Skylines 2: Beach Properties is now the worst-reviewed thing on Steam. The Steam reviews are only 4% positive.

How bad are the reviews? The €10 DLC was released on March 25th. It has received 951 reviews. Only 4% are positive (via Steam).

  • For comparison: Even Overwatch 2, which was heavily criticized on Steam after Blizzard removed PvE, has 17% positive reviews
  • Even The Day Before, which many saw as a scam, still has 13% positive reviews
  • According to PCGamesN, the DLC is now ranked 68,914th on Steam. Another DLC for Cities: Skylines 2, which has not yet been released, is at number 68,913 – a bundle for the game at 68,912

    • The release trailer for the building game Cities: Skylines 2

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    Players are taking out their frustration with the state of the game on the DLC

    That’s the criticism of the DLC: The criticism is very clear: The launch of Cities: Skylines 2 was a disaster – the developers should be ashamed.

    Players say:

  • “Why did I only buy the Ultimate Edition? I could have burned the money.”
  • A user says about the new DLC: “4 trees and no beach for 10 € borders on theft”
  • Another asks: “Did you drink paint?”

    • One user explains that he still understood why Cities: Skylines 2 was released like that. Paradox needed to rescue its share price after the Lamplighters League fiasco. But he resented the fact that it took six months before you could play halfway.

    Now the developers had the chance to make up for it with a big DLC. But the $10 asset pack isn’t worth $2.50:

    If the mod workshop was truly open, we would have more and better booth assets available for free within 24 hours than this $10 pile of junk.

    That’s what lies behind it: The anger about the DLC is further increased by the fact that the important and promised mod support is not running smoothly.

    The frustration in the city building community is still high six months after the release and is now being expressed through the DLC.

    Not a good run for publisher Paradox recently:

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