Originally released for PC in 2015, Cities: Skylines would later see releases on Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. The game was praised for being accessible to new players, while still providing a deep experience for fans of the city building genre.

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Now the Cities series is getting a VR spin-off game for the Meta Quest 2, which will be released on April 28, 2022. A new trailer for Cities: VR was shown as part of a Meta Quest 2 showcase stream that revealed many new games and updates coming to the VR system. Other games shown off during this stream include Among Us VR and Ghostbusters VR. The Cities: VR trailer reveals the game to be functionally identical to Cities: Skylines on PC and consoles, but with a new VR perspective and controls.

Although some players would have preferred a full-blown sequel to Cities: Skylines, a VR version should provide enough of a new gameplay experience. The game’s new VR perspective allows the player stand over and move around their virtual city as if it were a model. Players can also paint in roads and place trees or buildings by hand. However, the cities in Cities: VR will be limited to a much smaller size than those found in Cities: Skylines. This is the trade-off for the game having its new VR perspective.

This new perspective provided by VR could end up changing the feel of the game quite radically. City building games often cast the player as the mayor, or some other figure of authority over the area they are designing, and Cities: VR is no exception. The camera’s perspective over the city is usually there to help the player gain an overview of the city’s design, and to highlight which areas need more administrative attention. But with a VR game, players won’t just have a mayoral overview perspective, they will be an actual ethereal presence, which looms over their tiny city like an invisible Godzilla.

There are some city building games that play into the idea of the players apparent Godhood, albeit a Godhood limited by a civil administration budget. Cities: Skylines did have a DLC pack that allowed the player to activate natural disasters in the city, but a VR version opens up a whole new option for casting the player themselves as the classic Godzilla-style monster, such as those seen back in the original SimCity games.

Cities: VR is coming to Meta Quest 2 on April 28, 2022.

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