Skate City

Whether you are taking on the game’s numerous challenges, or carving your way across the concrete in endless mode, Skate City is the perfect way to kick, push and shove your way through a digital world.

Skate City is a side-scrolling skateboarding game developed by Agens and Room8 and published by Snowman. The title was originally developed as a mobile game for iOS, releasing on Apple Arcade in 2019. It’s now getting more love, releasing across multiple consoles and PC.

Skate City came to consoles last year, following it's success on the Apple Arcade. There is a soothing atmosphere in Skate City, with various real-world locations recreated in the unique art-style for you to skate. The controls are easy to pick-up too, making the game friendly to both skaters and non-skaters alike.

Though admittedly basic, Skate City has brought a bit of the "pick-up-and-play" mechanics of mobile to PC, with mixed results. The basic visuals are countered by fairly complex controls, that are a fairly substantial time-suck to perfect. Some may not find this to be their cup of tea, but if your willing to invest the time and effort to 'git gud,' there's plenty of fun, just waiting to be uncovere...

Skate City isn’t going to wow you. If you have the patience to master its awkward controls, however, it’s a game you can keep going back to, delving into it for as long or little as you please. With its action more grounded, it’s not as exciting to play as some of its competitors, but some will enjoy its more technical gameplay and showboating element that arises out of its video editing features.

Simplistic, light on content, and if played in longer sessions, repetitive. However, when played in short bursts and after you have got to grips with some of the games nuances it can be fun and rewarding. There are better skateboarding games out there without a doubt but if you have played them all and want to shred, Skate City does have its merits.

Skate City is a chilled-out but ultimately shallow experience. Don't go in expecting anything too involving and you should have fun.

Had Skate City been released on consoles just a mere year ago, I am pretty sure this game would have been considered a savior of the skateboarding genre. By then, we wouldn’t have had news about the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise making a comeback. We wouldn’t have known about Skater XL, a mediocre yet still occasionally interesting spiritual successor to the Skate franchise. Hell, we wouldn’t h...

When the easy flow and music clicks just right, it hits well, but there is little else on offer here. Its lack of deeper mechanics or aspects for players to sink their teeth into is rather disappointing and leaves Skate City with nothing to hook players after experiencing the vibe it offers.