# Cities: Skylines II Office Evolution & City Stations - Available Now! - Product: Cities: Skylines II (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cities-skylines-ii) - Vendor: Iceflake Studios - Date: 2026-03-18 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/949230/view/516363883793874993 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/cities-skylines-ii/releases/2026-03-18-office-evolution-city-stations-available-now What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Office Evolution content pack with new signature buildings for high-density office zones - **added** — City Stations content pack with compact depots, detailed rail yards, alternate station designs, and new landmarks - **added** — Smooth Vibes FM radio station - **added** — Skyrail Radio radio station - **added** — Zone toggling feature for roads to remove zoning from either side or both sides - **added** — Iceflake Arena signature commercial building that boosts attractiveness and well-being within a two-kilometer radius - **added** — In-game Encyclopedia with searchable information about game systems, tutorials, and features - **changed** — Advisor replaced by Encyclopedia - **changed** — Progression feed pop-ups moved to appear above city demand - **changed** — Increase office demand as the first step of office demand rework - **changed** — Updated window textures to improve visual look on skyscraper style buildings - **changed** — Updates to glass rendering to improve visual look - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where loading an easy mode save through continue game changes the difficulty from easy to normal - **fixed** — Fixed cases where citizens could get stuck while waiting for a new home - **fixed** — Fixed cases where citizens could get stuck while trying to leave the city - **fixed** — Fixed cases where citizens could get stuck while committing a crime - **fixed** — Fixed artifacts in roundabout and cul-de-sac icons - **fixed** — Fixed shadow atlas resolution from being forced to 8k on all setting levels to improve performance on Low settings - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the camera was still invisibly moving even when the user had released the button, causing shadows to flicker - **fixed** — Fixed trees on plots not growing - **fixed** — Fixed settings file so settings should no longer reset when rebooting the game Cities: Skylines II joins the anniversary celebration today with brand-new content and a fresh free update. Available now: **Office Evolution** expands your high-density office zones with new signature buildings that blend heritage character and modern design, reshaping your business districts in bold new ways. **City Stations** enhances your transport network with compact depots, detailed rail yards, alternate station designs, and new landmarks to elevate your infrastructure game. Two new radio stations, Smooth Vibes FM and Skyrail Radio, are also ready to soundtrack your city’s growth. In addition, a **free patch** from Iceflake Studios is now available to download, marking their second update for the game and bringing further improvements to your city-building experience. - First up is a new **zoning toggle** for roads. Inspired by popular community mods, this feature lets you remove zoning from either side of a road, or both, giving you more control when designing your streets. - The patch also adds the **Iceflake Arena**, a brand-new signature commercial building that gives your citizens a place to gather for concerts, ice hockey matches, and other events. Beyond the entertainment, the arena boosts attractiveness and well-being across the city within a two-kilometer radius. - A first version of the new **in-game Encyclopedia** is also included. It gathers useful information about game systems, tutorials, and features into one searchable place, making it easier to find answers while you build. ##### Patch Notes Our second patch is here! As mentioned in our [City Corner #3](https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/city-corner-3-free-anniversary-update.1907360/page-4#post-31172323), this patch will not be the biggest one of the bunch, but has new features and bug fixes nonetheless, as well as our new signature building, Iceflake Arena! - New free signature building: Iceflake Arena. - New Content Creator Pack: City Stations. - New Content Creator Pack: Office Evolution. - New radio station: Smooth Vibes FM Radio. - New radio station: Skyrail Radio. ##### Gameplay: - New feature: Zone toggling, allows toggling zoning on or off on either side of the road. - Fixed an issue where loading an easy mode save through "continue game" changes the difficulty from easy to normal. - Fixed cases where citizens could get stuck while waiting for a new home. - Fixed cases where citizens could get stuck while trying to leave the city. - Fixed cases where citizens could get stuck while committing a crime. - Increase office demand as the first step of office demand rework. ##### UI:​ - New feature: Encyclopedia. - Advisor has been removed and is replaced by Encyclopedia - Progression feed pop-ups moved to appear above city demand. - Fixed artifacts in roundabout and cul-de-sac icons. - Fixed the icons of Bridges & Ports: - The icon of “Two-lane one-way port gate road” now has two lanes and two arrows. - The icon of “Two-lane port gate road” now has two lanes. - The icon of “Three-lane asymmetric port gate road” now has three lanes. - The icon of “Two-lane one-way port road” now has two lanes and two arrows. - The icon of “Four-lane one-way port gate road” now has four lanes and four arrows. - Custom color palettes “New palette” now fits its icon even with text scaling. - Tutorials welcome and ending messages now fit their pop-ups even with text scaling. - Tutorial task list now scales properly at 150% text scaling. - The option “Use Legacy Interface” is now localized. - Roads now properly unlock upon tutorial completion. - City demand can now be accessed with a controller. ##### Visual:​ - Updated window textures to improve the visual look especially on skyscraper style buildings. - Fixed shadow atlas resolution from being forced to 8k on all setting levels. Improves performance especially on Low settings. - Fixed an issue where the camera was still invisibly moving even when the user had re _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/949230/view/516363883793874993]_