Who owns Cities: Skylines?
Cities: Skylines is owned by Paradox Interactive (Sweden, Nasdaq Stockholm: PDX).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Paradox Interactive AB (publ) Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Paradox Interactive AB (publ) reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇪 Sweden, Stockholm
- Origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland, Tampere
- Founded
- 2015
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Video games
- Parent ticker
- Nasdaq Stockholm: PDX
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Cities: Skylines
Cities: Skylines is the city-building series made by Colossal Order, an independent studio in Tampere. The first game was released on 10 March 2015 and Cities: Skylines II on 24 October 2023. Paradox Interactive owns the IP and publishes both games. After Paradox and Colossal Order decided to go separate ways, Paradox's own Iceflake Studios took over all development at the turn of 2025 into 2026.
Ownership timeline of Cities: Skylines
- Current owner Paradox Interactive [1] reported
Where Cities: Skylines sits in Paradox Interactive
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in video games, and who owns them
The 87 brands in video games on Brandtree belong to 22 owners. The largest is Take-Two, with 7; Paradox Interactive has 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fantasy Westward Journey | NetEase | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| 2K | Take-Two | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Apex Legends | EA | 🇺🇸 United States |
| eFootball | Konami | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA | KRAFTON | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| ARC Raiders | Nexon | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Bingo Blitz | Playtika | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| Mega Man | Capcom | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive is a publicly listed company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 1999. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as Nasdaq Stockholm: PDX.
Paradox Interactive is a Stockholm developer and publisher of strategy and management games for PC and consoles. Until the early 2000s it was the video game division of Target Games, and the current company became independent in 2004 with seven employees. It owns the IP behind most of what it publishes, including the World of Darkness universe, and every studio it holds is wholly owned. Its shares moved from First North to the Nasdaq Stockholm main market on 9 June 2026.
Paradox Interactive: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇫🇮 Cities: Skylines and other Finnish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 67 brands that began in Finland. 23 of them (34%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Cities: Skylines among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Cities: Skylines?
The parent company of Cities: Skylines is Paradox Interactive, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sweden.
Is Cities: Skylines Finnish or Swedish?
Cities: Skylines originated in Finland in 2015, but it is owned today by Paradox Interactive, which is headquartered in Sweden. So Cities: Skylines is a Finnish-origin brand under Swedish ownership.
Is Cities: Skylines still owned by Paradox Interactive?
Yes. As of 28 October 2026, Cities: Skylines is still owned by Paradox Interactive. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Paradox Interactive AB (publ) Annual Report 2025 — Paradox Interactive AB (publ), Annual report; retrieved 28 October 2026.
- [2] Colossal Order — about us — Colossal Order Ltd., Official document; retrieved 28 October 2026.
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