Community21 Aug 2026Community Challenge: Concrete & ChromeThank you everyone who participated in the Nexus of Technology challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: Ryantalebz, jaggedcrayon and Ostavit (Matt's Pick). Community Challenge: Concrete & Chrome Towers belonging to big corporations fill your city's center. Behind corporate walls, executives enjoy luxury…
Thank you everyone who participated in the City of Industry challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: Ryantalebz, \ and NotABot87746 (Matt's Pick). Community Challenge: Nexus of Technology The race for technological dominance never ends. Every corporation is searching for the next breakthrough, investing…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Festival of Neon: Redux challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: Giga_Jesus , Ryantalebz, and Jaggedcrayon (Matt's Pick) Community Challenge: City of Industry In the City of Industry, work and life are inseparable. Residential blocks fill gaps between factories…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Dark Enterprises challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: Giga_Jesus , Nex, and OraneJuiceMonster (Matt's Pick) Community Challenge: Festival of Neon: Redux After all of the shady deals, illegal trade, and the not-so-pleasant underbelly, the city turns its ligh…
What’s New There is a new Billboard Media Source setting in the City Settings to allow you to set a source folder for random images on billboards. There are two options: · Default + Mods will use the original game billboard images plus any mods you’ve activated for the current city. (Default setting) · Custom Folder allows you to browse for a local folder of images. This folder can also contain…
WDC World Ocean Day Charity Sale We are excited to announce that we are supporting WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation for World Ocean Day! The WDC World Ocean Day Sale starts today and runs until 11th June, 10am PDT 2026, and you can save a fin-tastic 35% off Dystopika . We will also donate 25% of our net profits to WDC to support their conservation work.* Who is WDC? WDC, Whale and Dolphin Co…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Luxury Living challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: Churchgrimm , Nex, and Lizard Wizard (Matt's Pick) Community Challenge: Dark Enterprises While some shop and live in luxury high above the streets, real business happens below. Beneath the fancy towers lies…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Intergalactic Marketplace challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: \ , Lizard Wizard, and Catin (Matt's Pick) Community Challenge: Luxury Living After a long day of shopping at the Intergalactic Spaceport, people head to their homes to rest their heads (and the…
Bug fixes · Fixes a critical bug where exiting the game during startup may lead to loss of prop unlock progress. To help players affected by this bug, the unlock-all cheat as been enabled.
This update adds several requested quality of life improvements as well as support for the 1.2.1 ModKit update. Quality of Life · Autosave can now be enabled in the settings at various time increments. · Autoload Last Save can now be disabled in the settings. Doing so will display the Load City screen at startup instead of autoloading the most recent save. · Mod Debug tools can now be activated…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Stellar Spaceport challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: Quirther , OatsOatsOatsOats, and xs303 (Matt's Pick) Community Challenge: Intergalactic Marketplace With the spaceport operational, the city becomes a destination. Travelers, traders, and cargo from acr…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Industrial Revolution challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: \ , Soapie, and OatsOatsOatsOats (Matt's Pick) Community Challenge: Stellar Spaceport Space travel is the foundation of this city. Massive spaceports, launch pads, and docking towers dominate the sk…
This small update primarily consists of added support for the new features in Dystopika ModKit v1.2.0 New ModKit Features · Modding: Mod Prop Camera component has been added to allow for staging of custom cameras in Mod Props, similar to the Blimp Cam. · Modding: Prop Sub-groups have been added to allow for user-selectable variations of a prop. · Modding: A validation step now takes place while…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Labor of L.O.V.E challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: \ , oatsoatsoatsoats, and Ebuin (Matt's Pick) We’re also excited to welcome rogler to the Discord Moderator Team! 🎉 Rogler has been an amazing contributor to our community, and we’re grateful for everyt…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Megacity challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: rogler , Maldo_95, and Mr. System Error (Matt's Pick) Community Challenge: Labor of L.O.V.E The federal government has reached out to your office to inform you that your city has been selected as the flagship lo…
This a small release fixing some minor non-critical bugs reported over the past few weeks. Minor Changes · (MODDING) Allowed for light objects to have unique scale attributes. Bug fixes · Fixed a corrupted Russian language translation · Fixed a bug where editing mods for a saved city would cause unpredictable activation of the Save button. · Fixed incorrect signage alignments on a C-Ville build…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Corpo HQ challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . For this challenge we welcomed Community Challenge legend rogler to take over Matt's pick. This week's selected highlights were submissions by: lhoxris , ChrisGM, and Stephen (rogler's Guest Judge Pick) Community Challenge: Megacity The world is a big place and th…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Dystopika Community Challenge s by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord in 2025! We love getting to see everyone's creativity, and we're excited to share our community's favorites from 2025. We would like to congratulate rogler , Don Petrol, tomcsimomcsi, and Cazelais on their submissions being selected as the best submissi…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Dirty Bomb challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: Tsogainam , Don Petrol, OatsOatsOatsOats , and Lhoxris (Matt's Pick) The next challenge will beginning following the announcement of our Best of 2025 Winners, which is open for voting right now for one day onl…
What’s New Larger Map Sizes (Beta) When creating a new city you can select 100% , 200% , and 400% map size to increase the buildable area. 200% and 400% will utilize more system resources and be less performant. Not all Mod Landscapes may be compatible with the new map sizes. A Note For Modders The next ModKit release (imminent) will include the ability to mark your landscapes as compatible wit…
Thank you everyone for your patience during this short reprieve of the Community Challenge. We're back with a new challenge a new theme following the release of the B-Sides DLC . Community Challenge: Dirty Bombs The bombs have fallen and an eerie silence permeates the landscape. The once-living city lies in shadow, its streets coated in ash and dust. Skyscrapers are now hollow monuments, their…
A small release the fixes some reported bugs from the v1.7.0 and B-Sides releases. Minor Changes · Updated Hall of Fame button to reflect new link · Added a special resolution scaling case for the main menu to prevent it from becoming un-usable at lower resolutions e.g. Steamdeck. Bug fixes · Fixed a bug where cloned buildings with billboards would occasionally move back to old world positions…
Today, we are releasing the new B-Sides DLC for Dystopika. Like the B-sides of a record, this DLC contains unreleased experiments and concepts that were previously cut at the sketchbook or concept art phase phase which have now been fully realized as new props and districts. This DLC is optional bonus content for our most enthusiastic city-builders, new and old. The Dystopika: Meditations from…
Release Notes New DLC: B-Sides v1.7.0 coincides with the release of the new B-Sides DLC : a small content expansion for Dystopika. Like the B-sides of a record, this DLC contains unreleased experiments and concepts that were previously cut at the sketchbook and concept art phase which have now been fully realized as props and districts. This DLC is optional bonus content for our most enthusiast…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Titans of Industry challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: rogler , aylacide, and Shameless23 (Matt's Pick) The next challenge will beginning following the release of the B-Sides DLC. To learn more about the challenges and how to submit, please swing by our Di…
Since the launch of Dystopika v1.6.0 , the Workshop has been buzzing with creativity. The community is breathing new life into the cityscapes and experiences of Dystopika. I want to take a moment to celebrate and salute these incredible creators who continue to push the boundaries of Dystopika bugs to exploit. These are a few of my favorites, but be sure to visit the Dystopika Workshop to brows…
This is a minor patch, addressing some issues that have been reported in our modding community. Minor Changes · Custom Fonts from Mods can now display Emoji Bug Fixes · Fixed a bug where Steam Workshop-based mods were being frequently re-copied from the Steam download cache. · Added error-catching if a Mod cannot be loaded properly during game startup. If a mod cannot be loaded it will ignored,…
Thank you everyone who participated in the Parade of the Undead challenge by submitting and voting on their favorites in the Dystopika Discord . This week's selected highlights were submissions by: rogler , Hamster, and Lemoneatingshark (Matt's Pick) Community Challenge: Titans of Industry They said that there was no limit to progress, and your corporation is out to prove it. Towering smokestac…
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