Been fancying playing for a little while. Launched a rocket in Factorio so thought I'd take a break, and I've been looking for something similar but different.

Turns out it's in the Steam Summer Sale right now - yay!

I install it, run it, it immediately crashes. Try the usual stuff, verify game files, restart laptop, still crashes.

Google a bit, and find this oddly specific fix: uninstall Citrix Workspace. Flippin' heck I actually still have that installed on my laptop from when we started working from home in 2020. Uninstalled that, Cities: Skylines runs!

I've never seen such a specific answer like that to a problem and have it actually be the exact thing that fixes it for me. I'm going to have to have a cup of tea and sit down