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Cities: Skylines is pretty much the gold standard of city building on any platforms and it has some good expansions too. One of which, Cities: Skylines - Parklife, can be picked up free.

It's one of the bigger DLCs available for Cities: Skylines and it's proven to be quite popular with players too. With it you can build new amusement parks, nature reserves, city parks and zoos, and giving new life to your empty land with custom parks and gardens.

Paradox announced that from now until April 26, anyone who signs up for their newsletter that already owns the base game will be eligible. However, it's only currently for Steam and you need a Paradox account.

How to claim:

  • Create a Paradox Account ( accounts.paradoxplaza.com).
  • In the Settings tab, sign up for Paradox newsletter.
  • Verify your email (remember to check your spam and promotion folders on your mailbox).
  • Back on your Paradox account Settings, sign up for Cities: Skylines newsletter.
  • Link your Paradox and Steam accounts on the Settings tab.
  • Set your Steam account to “Public” so our team can confirm you own the base game. You can reset your Steam profile to private after you’ve received the giveaway.
  • Wait up to 36 hours for DLC to appear in your Steam library.

Already done that before? You're good to go.

If you want more info they setup an FAQ here.

For other Paradox news, don't miss out on building up your DLC collection in the current Humble Store bundle building promotion.

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eldaking Apr 21, 2020
Quoting: GuestIt's not really free if you have to do a bunch of digital gymnastics, is it?

That's like saying "I'll give you $20 for free* for every hour you perform this task for me."

It's like work, only instead of getting paid, you're getting...a...DLC? I would honestly rather just buy it, but since I'm not that interested in the first place, I won't bother jumping through all those hoops for something I'll probably never use anyway.

I get it, it'll appeal to some people. And good, they should take advantage of this. But I've always been leery of linking my Steam account with others. Call me paranoid; 99.8% of the time it probably is.

I very much agree with the sentiment, though in this case in particular it is not a bother to me (I already had met most of the requirements, as I am quite deep in the Paradox rabbit hole, and it's a game I like).

But in general... yeah, I'm not jumping through hoops to get random games I wasn't already very interested in. If it isn't something I am looking to buy, chances are I just don't care enough to play it even for free. (Not that I have a lot of money to spend on games, quite the opposite; but I already have a decent backlog of games I like and often have played too little).

Some people that I know keep getting every free game deal they find as if that was a big benefit, but I personally would be more annoyed by having a bunch of trash on my accounts than happy for having those games. Creating an account or subscribing to a newsletter? Nope. (Unless I was already interested in doing that, of course...)
eldaking Apr 22, 2020
Quoting: The_Aquabatthere are several reasons for accumulating free games at least on steam one of them is that you get better booster pack rate drop and I think you increase your chance of getting foil cards. (Because accumulating games can increase your steam badge level thus improving your card rate drop)

That's... not high in my priority list :P

This is just me personally, and what I prefer. I think it is very understandable to want to hoard games given for free, and I sometimes do it; I used to do it more often.

But I also think it is important to think about it a bit more, and consider value beyond... for the lack of a better word, beyond "consumerism". Understand that this kind of effort is a cost, that taking a more chill approach (not caring so much about saving those few dollars) also has real value in terms of life quality. When looking at money savings, we tend to try to maximize the quantifiable (money, time) and ignore things like the psychological effects or the loss of privacy.

Which doesn't mean obsessing about free games is a problem for for everyone, but it was for me. Now I think about it not as "neat, I can participate in this marketing campaign and get a game worth 10 bucks" but as "I'm not jumping through these hoops for a game I don't really care about".
Perkeleen_Vittupää Apr 22, 2020
"Create a Paradox Account"

Arghh just can't be bothered on these, too lazy.
Mountain Man Apr 22, 2020
Quoting: CatKillerOh, that's interesting. I already own the game and some of the DLCs and...
Quoteanyone who signs up for their newsletter
No. Just no.
Sign up, get the DLC, and then cancel the subscription (or just mark it as spam). Easy. You won't lose the DLC once it has been added to your Steam account.
dpanter Apr 23, 2020
Subbed, got the DLC, unsubbed. Done.
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