★★★★★ Awesome but one fatal bug
Sun May 05 2024 mintyfresh15Love this game, my only qualm is that when you try to add one too many locomotives to a line, a large message covers part of the play area telling you you’re limited to 4 locomotives. The message will not disappear until a few seconds have passed within the games time - meaning if you have a station that is close to overcrowding and it is hidden under the message, there’s basically no way to monitor it without the game being unpaused while you wait for the message to disappear so that you can see what you’re doing. It’s also very hard to keep track (no pun intended) of the number of locomotives per line because when they are at a station they are hidden underneath it. So it’s very easy to accidentally add a fifth locomotive to a line and trigger the message. It would be much better if either the message was unobtrusive, or if there was a locomotive count next to the circle representing each line, like 1/4, and when you reached 4/4 it would (subtly) indicate that you can’t add anymore. Maybe if you tried to add a fifth it would simply not let you and the 4/4 would flash indicating you were trying to exceed the limit. But otherwise this is a very thoughtfully made relaxing game.
★★★★★ Great game but can improve game play experience
Mon Nov 29 2021 kikikayla1065I love the Mini Motorways and the Mini Metro games, it’s challenging but doesn’t lack the fun. However, in both games, there are some logically/common sense things that the game doesn’t allow us to do. In Mini Metro, it’s awfully hard to play via a phone. Sometimes you are just trying to extend a line and the game thinks I am trying to start a new line; You can’t drag a line to connect a different station if that section is already connected to a station; You can’t re-draw lines in the middle, and you have to find the head/tail to go back and fix something; All these things distracts from actually solving the puzzle to trying so hard to get everything how I want them to be. There’s not so much in Mini Motorways… but there was something that kept bothering me… I’ll write another review if I remembers later.
However! These are still some great games! I’ll be trying to find a way to get a higher score in motorways.
★★★★★ ONE STAR reviews for WHAT now?
Tue Dec 21 2021 i dont want to give infoSo I found a fun game that looked like a cool version of one of my favorite puzzle games, even though I hate puzzle/puzzle games, mini motorways. I started to look at the reviews and saw a bunch of one and two star reviews, so like the curious man I am I looked at them.
I was tapping on each and every review from the “most critical” tab, and started to read. “Bad tutorial” they say, “cant figure it out”, they say…
After looking at those “critical” reviews, I, of course, downloaded the game and played the tutorial. The tutorial was GREAT, and gave you some good stuff to figure out on your own. One review I specifically remember is some dude saying “what do the shapes even mean?!?!” And after looking at the tutorial, I know that there are specific “shapes” or people who want to go to the shapes that are the stations.
If you want a review that isn’t hating on the idiots who put one star reviews, here it is:
So I was browsing the apple arcade store, ‘cause I was bored, and found a game that had a title similar to one of my favorite puzzle games, mini motorways. So of course, I checked the game out. The tutorial was good and made me puzzle some stuff by myself, which I think is really cool and a neat concept. This game is, in my opinion, better than mini motorways in a couple of ways. There is some more complexity, in ways I really didn’t think would be so cool. This game is a 10/10 puzzle game that I would recommend for people who either loved mini motorways or just love puzzle games in general.
★★★★★ Elegantly Designed Game
Sat Mar 14 2026 Flakey TunesMini Metro is so elegant in its design—both aesthetically and sonically. Problem solving and resource management are its main themes. The number of different cities available to play gives Mini Metro much-needed variety. Fun, relaxing, and at times frustrating, this game has provided me with a lot of entertainment.
Because the maps/levels are small in comparison to the cities they emulate—and because you’re only given limited resources—it is extremely hard to reach scores ≥2,000 points on many of them.
Duplicate “circle” stations has frustrated a lot of players (including myself), but if you keep in mind that there’s no “beating” this game, then you realize that each game is just an exercise in the aforementioned skills of problem solving, resource management, and patience.
No two games are alike because of random generation, keeping the game from being too monotonous. Attention to small details are very important—as is relaxing and not taking it too seriously.
Finally, I’d love to see a sequel with the same simple graphic design featuring larger maps, new game parameters, and a little more variety in both management options and train, track, and terrain designs.
8/10 ☆
★★★★★ Fun until….
Fri Jun 17 2022 KaraokekoncertsI’m an avid sim city/City skylines ‘gamer’. I’m drawn to the construction aspect and moving traffic. This game is fun, LOADS of fun, so don’t get me wrong here: there is a horrendous algorithm that drops the same station type repeatedly and right next to each other (most prevalent is the circle station, 7 to 8 in a line?!? Woah….). There is such a thing as making a game challenging and a whole other thing making it discouraging, disappointing and extremely frustrating 75% of the time. I’ve opened every city, so it’s not as if I can’t play the game with success. I know that I can reroute and remake the lines, but when you’re starting out the game and all you have is one triangle, one square and eight circles…. nah. I play games for fun, not to tick me off more than my kid slipping out their bedroom window at night. Let’s get back to work and rewrite that algorithm so it is still challenging but doesn’t make me want to throw myself off a pseudo bridge (when I manage to actually get a bridge in the “rewards”……🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️)
★★★★★ Fun, Plain, & Simple
Fri Apr 02 2021 JojamuMini Metro is a minimalist masterpiece. Everything just works and looks so well. The theme extends throughout the game making time spent playing it really immersive. It’s a puzzle game to a degree, but also a game of chance and faith. There’s no way a human mind can come up with the perfect solution to the puzzles, if we could then public transportation wouldn’t be as bad as it is in some places. But for this reason, I don’t really get disappointed or mad at myself if I “lose,” making the game all the more enjoyable. The sound design is also a top notch compliment to the visual style of the game. I love that I can just pick it up and start playing with no 20 minute tutorial. It’s just a calm, serene an enjoyable time. Possibly the only time you could describe a subway experience with those words.
★★★★★ Visually confusing
Sat Sep 09 2023 ghostygrillI love mini motorways and decided to give mini metro+ a go as well. Unfortunately, I found the game very visually confusing. The use of shapes needing to get to separate destinations was good in theory, but it’s often difficult to even tell what shapes they are, which train they’re on, or where they need to go. You often have to sacrifice being able to tell what going on visually for efficiency which results in train lines overlapping and being unable to tell where they connect or where they go. I believe it would make more sense to move colors around (like you do in mini motorways) and have the trains be numbered or patterned. However that’s just my personal opinion and the game has a lot of potential. If you aren’t one who has trouble with visual processing, you might enjoy the game more than I did.
★★★★★ Could be more fun but
Sat Nov 04 2023 Dances With ElectronsThis is one of the best games out there but it makes no sense to rush the player to connect stations without the proper materials to do so. Nowhere in the world does a station get built with no tracks, and people are expected to be picked up before the tracks are laid. Leave everything just the way it is but stop with the persistent addition of stations before the player has had a chance to tweak and optimize what’s already there. It makes me abandon the game. You can still place them randomly at different places, for the challenge, but not at regular intervals. Just have a prompt “build new station”. Makes no sense to sometimes have 4 stations to connect across a river without having bridges…. Takes the fun out of the whole concept. What’s the point.
