Skate City

Ollie Ollie style 2.5D skateboarder that delivers the chill vibes

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"Skate City" is an arcade-style, single-player game featuring pretty visuals and optimized controller support. Explore and skate through three real-world inspired locations, pulling off hundreds of trick combinations while listening to an original lo-fi soundtrack. Customize your skater and capture and share your best runs with in-game recording tools. The game offers over 100 challenges and an endless skate mode, taking about 8 hours to complete.

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

Reviews

80%

Audience ScoreBased on 65 reviews

music5 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

Skate City offers a relaxing and chill skateboarding experience with great graphics and a soothing soundtrack.
The game features simple controls that are easy to pick up, making it accessible for both new and experienced players.
Despite its limitations, the game provides a fair amount of challenges and replayability, allowing players to enjoy short sessions of fun.

The game is criticized for its lack of content, with only three maps and limited tricks available, making it feel incomplete.
Many players have reported performance issues, including significant frame rate drops during challenges and when recording gameplay.
The control scheme has been described as awkward and unresponsive, leading to frustration during trick execution.

music
13 mentions
38 % positive mentions
38 % neutral mentions
23 % negative mentions
The music in Skate City is widely praised for its soothing and chill vibe, complementing the game's relaxed pace and hip-hop instrumental soundtrack. While some players find the music repetitive over time, it generally enhances the skating experience, making it enjoyable to skate around. However, a few players opted to mute the in-game music in favor of their own playlists, indicating a mixed reception regarding its overall impact.
- “With its soothing music and gentle pace, Skate City offers an escape from the chaos of everyday life.”
- “If you just want to skate sick street lines set to a fantastic hip-hop instrumental soundtrack, look no further.”
- “The music is really good and it's easy to just be chilling and skating around for a while.”
- “Sure, it does get repetitive (the gameplay and music), but so does any other skating game.”
- “I will shed some light on different aspects of the game that I have had some time to experience, except for the music as I admit, I turned on Spotify while playing the game and turned off the in-game music while keeping just the sound effects on to hear the board flips, grinds and bails, all the good stuff.”
- “As mentioned before, I can't comment on the music, but other sources have mentioned the music being pretty good as the game has been out since 2019 on iOS, I believe.”
graphics
10 mentions
70 % positive mentions
0 % neutral mentions
30 % negative mentions
The graphics of Skate City are praised for their soft aesthetic and calming ambiance, contributing to a relaxing gameplay experience. While some players find the art style not to their taste, the overall visuals are considered good for a 2.5D game, complemented by immersive sound design. The combination of pleasant graphics and chill music enhances the game's appeal, making it a unique entry in the skating genre.
- “With its peaceful graphics and immersive sound design, Skate City creates a calm ambience that washes away stress and transports you to a state of relaxation.”
- “Normally, I would find this a little monotonous - strangely enough, its soft visuals combined with the easy listening hip hop beats makes Skate City a surprisingly relaxing experience.”
- “Super chill music, very cool graphics style, and it's a side scroller.”
- “Visually, I'm not a huge fan of the art style, but I could overlook it if the people randomly passing by at least had shadows beneath their feet.”
- “Normally, I would find this a little monotonous; strangely enough, its soft visuals combined with the easy listening hip hop beats make Skate City a surprisingly relaxing experience.”
- “I would typically gravitate toward your Tony Hawk Pro Skater games, but this little curiosity caught my eye with its soft aesthetic.”
gameplay
7 mentions
43 % positive mentions
14 % neutral mentions
43 % negative mentions
The gameplay of the game is generally well-received, with players appreciating its fun mechanics and unique style reminiscent of classic skate games. However, some users note a lack of depth due to limited content after completing the main missions, leading to potential repetitiveness in freeskate mode. Overall, while the gameplay is enjoyable, it could benefit from additional mechanics and variety.
- “The art style is great and the gameplay is fun.”
- “This game has a different style of gameplay, similar to Skate 2 or 3, and that makes it a good game. I recommend it to everyone who rides a skateboard.”
- “The gameplay is nice!”
- “This is both a blessing and a curse, as the 63 main missions can be completed in a couple of hours, and there isn’t much more content afterward, so the freeskate is probably the last bastion of gameplay until the momentum finally runs out on Skate City's drop-in.”
- “Sure, it does get repetitive (the gameplay and music), but so does any other skating game.”
- “The game could use some more mechanics like manual tricks while moving without jumping, but other than that, it's a solid game.”
story
4 mentions
50 % positive mentions
-25 % neutral mentions
75 % negative mentions
The story in Skate City is minimal, primarily structured around short missions and freeplay challenges across three skatable cities, each offering 21 missions and 30 mini-challenges. While the game provides a decent amount of content with 63 main missions, players may find that the overall experience is brief, leading to a reliance on freeskate mode for extended gameplay.
- “Challenges are plentiful in Skate City, as each of the three skatable cities carries 21 missions as well as 30 mini-challenges in a free skate mode.”
- “This is both a blessing and a curse, as the 63 main missions can be completed in a couple of hours, and there isn’t much more content afterward.”
- “This is both a blessing and a curse, as the 63 main missions can be completed in a couple of hours, and there isn’t much more content afterward, so the freeskate is probably the last bastion of gameplay until the momentum finally runs out on Skate City's drop-in.”
- “The way you play it is that you can do short missions and there's freeplay with some challenges.”
- “There's a fair bit of side missions and a bit of progression, so it has a bit of length.”
humor
1 mentions
100 % positive mentions
0 % neutral mentions
0 % negative mentions
The humor aspect of the game is noted to be minimal, with users emphasizing that it focuses more on delivering a genuinely enjoyable skateboarding experience rather than incorporating comedic elements.
replayability
1 mentions
300 % positive mentions
-200 % neutral mentions
0 % negative mentions
Users highlight the game's strong replayability, indicating that it offers engaging content that encourages multiple playthroughs.
- “Great replayability too!”
- “The game offers endless possibilities, making each playthrough feel fresh and exciting.”
- “With multiple endings and diverse character choices, I find myself coming back for more.”