Skate City

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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.

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Play Modes

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

81%

Audience ScoreBased on 75 reviews

music7 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

Skate City offers a relaxing and chill experience with great graphics and a soothing soundtrack, making it enjoyable for casual play.
The game features simple controls that are easy to pick up, allowing players to perform tricks and enjoy the flow of skating.
Despite its limitations, the game has a fair amount of challenges and missions that provide a decent level of replayability.

The game is criticized for its lack of content, with only three maps available and many players feeling it is incomplete compared to the mobile version.
Controls can be awkward and unintuitive, leading to frustration during gameplay, especially when trying to execute specific tricks.
There are performance issues, including significant frame rate drops during challenges and when recording gameplay, which detracts from the overall experience.

music
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
47%
33%
20%
The music in Skate City is widely praised for its soothing and chill hip-hop instrumental soundtrack, which enhances the relaxing gameplay experience. While some players noted that the music can become repetitive, it effectively complements the game's aesthetic and allows for enjoyable skating sessions. Overall, the soundtrack is considered a standout feature, contributing to the game's appeal as a laid-back skateboarding experience.
- “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 art is wonderful, and the music blends perfectly to paint picturesque and memorable scenes.”
- “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 Positive Neutral Negative
70%
30%
The graphics of Skate City are praised for their soft aesthetic and calming ambiance, which enhance the overall relaxing gameplay experience. While some players may find the art style not to their taste, the 2.5D visuals and immersive sound design contribute positively to the game's charm. Overall, the graphics are considered good for the game's genre, providing a visually appealing backdrop for the fun and easy movement mechanics.
- “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, but 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 games like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, but this little curiosity caught my eye with its soft aesthetic.”
gameplay
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
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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. 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.”
- “One final tip: watch an actual gameplay video on YouTube before purchasing.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
75%
The story in Skate City is primarily driven by a series of short missions and challenges across three skatable cities, offering a mix of main missions and side content. While players can engage in 63 missions and numerous mini-challenges, the overall narrative experience is brief, leading to a sense of limited content after completion. The free skate mode provides some extended gameplay, but ultimately, the story lacks depth and longevity.
- “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.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The game offers strong replayability, making it a valuable addition to players' libraries, even if it isn't designed for marathon gaming sessions.
- “Great replayability too!”
- “It's not a game that you will sink hours into in one sitting, but there's a lot of replayability, and I'm glad it's in my library.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor aspect of the game is minimal, with users noting that it focuses more on delivering a genuinely enjoyable skateboarding experience rather than incorporating comedic elements.
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players appreciate the grinding mechanics in Skate City, finding enjoyment in navigating through various urban environments like Los Angeles and Barcelona, despite some desire for improved controls and options.