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Moving the Game to a Different Disk Drive

If you just copy the game to a new drive, things go horribly wrong - especially with mods.

Correct Procedure:

  1. Backup your save games

    • Usually found at C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Local\Colossal Order\Cities_Skylines\Saves on Windows

    • Alternatively, you can save them to Steam Cloud, but many users say it's unreliable :/

  2. Reinstall Steam desktop

  3. Follow this guide: Moving a Steam Installation and Games

    • This will ensure you properly move Steam and Games to a new drive

    • Simply copying stuff over manually won't work, you have to do the correct procedure linked above

  4. Reinstall Cities: Skylines

    • Steam will automatically download any DLCs and workshop mods/assets you were subscribed to

    • You will need to re-enable mods and check their settings

    • Restore your saved games (Steam will automatically restore any that you stored in Steam Cloud, assuming it works)

Last modified: 09 June 2024