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Mini Metro (2015)

Dinosaur Polo Club, Radial Games

Android · Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · iOS

3.56 from 424 ratings

2171 members have it in their collection · 39 playing now · 913 backlogged · 72 wish listed

How long? Main story 16h · with extras 6h · 100% 4h (from 3 logged playthroughs)

Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
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Details

Developers
Dinosaur Polo Club, Radial Games
Publishers
Dinosaur Polo Club, PLAYISM, Playdigious, Radial Games
Genres
Arcade, Indie, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy
Themes
Business, Educational, Sandbox
Steam
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Release dates

  • Oct 22, 2015 (Worldwide) Mac
  • Nov 06, 2015 (Worldwide) Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 06, 2015 (North_America) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Dec 25, 2015 (Worldwide) iOS
  • Oct 17, 2016 (Worldwide) Android
  • Aug 10, 2018 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
  • Aug 30, 2018 (North_America) Nintendo Switch
  • Sep 10, 2019 (Worldwide) PlayStation 4
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Rating distribution

5 stars
50
4 stars
181
3 stars
153
2 stars
37
1 star
3
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Brady2406

Review Brady2406 2/5 · Sep 23, 2025

Repetitive

I didn't know much about the game when I bought it. I thought it was a puzzle game that depends on designing your own city transport system, but I would barely call this a puzzle game.

It is simplistic and aesthetically appealing for the first couple of hours. but every level is the same and I think it would have …

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I didn't know much about the game when I bought it. I thought it was a puzzle game that depends on designing your own city transport system, but I would barely call this a puzzle game.

It is simplistic and aesthetically appealing for the first couple of hours. but every level is the same and I think it would have taken me 10 more hours to get a run where i actually made any improvements. I'm not interested in repeating the same thing over and over, and certainly not in exploring the other 30 or so levels that are identical to the first 5 I played.

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itamar

Review itamar 2/5 · Apr 6, 2025

Not my cup of Tube

Mini-metro, at least from what I've seen in playing 10 or so levels, is a bit of a one-note guitar. It's pleasing to the eyes, can generate head-scratching moments, but really doesn't reward my time and effort. It's very minimalist...too much so, IMHO. Most levels have no minimum scores or specific objectives, a lot of level are named after different …

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Mini-metro, at least from what I've seen in playing 10 or so levels, is a bit of a one-note guitar. It's pleasing to the eyes, can generate head-scratching moments, but really doesn't reward my time and effort. It's very minimalist...too much so, IMHO. Most levels have no minimum scores or specific objectives, a lot of level are named after different cities but seem largely the same (give or take a river) and there's not much to make one go back and play a level again after playing it once (no minimum scores, see?) I feel this is more a toy than a game. I still don't know what Exchanges are good for or what makes a certain station be a circle, a square or a star.

So, play it if you like something to dabble with while you do something else, or if you're really keen on high-score tables. Otherwise, there are much better puzzle games out there.

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Juleske

Review Juleske 3/5 · Jun 25, 2023

So slick

I think I'm finally over this game for now, but I think I'll be back for a bite-size aesthetic level soon enough.

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paranoodle

Review paranoodle 5/5 · Oct 13, 2018

i swear i'm not a nerd but if i was then i would give this game five stars.

this game is a really weird mix of "soothing" and "incredibly stressful" and it's really hard to pinpoint which of the two is happening at any given moment.

i'm very proud of having now designed some of the worst-thought-out metros in the …

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i swear i'm not a nerd but if i was then i would give this game five stars.

this game is a really weird mix of "soothing" and "incredibly stressful" and it's really hard to pinpoint which of the two is happening at any given moment.

i'm very proud of having now designed some of the worst-thought-out metros in the entire world.

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thewritingj

Status thewritingj Jun 19, 2016

This is such a calm, relaxing game.........................

Until it's NOT.

Whoever put me in charge of this city should be fired... haha.

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thewritingj

Status thewritingj Jun 7, 2016

This is my newest addiction. It's a super simple puzzle game that is smooth and lovely and well-done. It's a subway sim without any of the business elements. You just arrange lines and try to keep the entire thing from falling apart. It's simple and then........ it's really, REALLY hard.

My favorite aspect of the game is the sounds. The …

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This is my newest addiction. It's a super simple puzzle game that is smooth and lovely and well-done. It's a subway sim without any of the business elements. You just arrange lines and try to keep the entire thing from falling apart. It's simple and then........ it's really, REALLY hard.

My favorite aspect of the game is the sounds. The background is some ambient sound, and then each line has its own tone. When passengers get on/off the line, it makes a sound. When new stations pop up, that makes a sound. It builds and becomes a chorus and it's so lovely. (Reminds me of Portal, how all the different things you have going on in a room make a sound until it builds into this electronic ambient pretty thing)

Anyway - another puzzle game that I am addicted to. ;)

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