Progression: Garbage Management development tree

About this game

Developer: Colossal Order · Publisher: Paradox Interactive · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: Focus / Tech Trees

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What to study

Progression drawn as a service roadmap: the Garbage Management tree runs from Basic Garbage Management Services through an Incinerator Plant (cost 2) and a Recycling Center to Industrial Waste Processing (cost 8), with colored paths showing which unlocks are spent and which are still open. The right detail panel explains the selected service in plain language (a landfill site sending out garbage trucks) and the footer counts 14 Available Development Points, so the cost of the next unlock is always visible next to the choice. Frame at about 91.8s in the Release Trailer 2026 (Steam). No trailer burn-in or caption on this frame.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

branching-paths detail-panel

Components

Parts on screen.

Window Tree / web Tabs Resource bar Clock

Screen inventory

• a Progression window with Development, Milestones, and Achievements tabs
• a Garbage Management development tree with Basic Garbage Management Services, Incinerator Plant (cost 2), Recycling Center, and Industrial Waste Processing (cost 8) nodes joined by colored paths
• a detail panel describing Basic Garbage Management Services as unlocked, with landfill and garbage truck service text
• an Available Development Points counter reading 14
• a bottom city bar reading Small City, Sulbai, 16,091 population

Top 3 colors

#3d4242 25%#2e3438 22%#535246 16%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Colossal Order / Paradox Interactive, Cities: Skylines II screenshot: Release Trailer 2026 (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Paradox Interactive.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-31. verified 2026-10-31: frame inspected visually at full resolution; Development tabs, Garbage Management nodes with costs 2 and 8, detail panel, and 14 development points counter all legible; frame from the official Release Trailer 2026 on Steam

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