Mini Metro on Steam
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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?
  • Rose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.ee
    48·
    9 days ago

    There’s also Mini Motorways. Same concept, different pieces. Heavily recommend both, both can scratch those “I just want to have a chill time” and “I wanna optimize and challenge myself” itches.

    Super easy to pick up, spend your lunch break placing lines, and go back to whatever you were doing.

    • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
      16·
      9 days ago

      Still waiting for Mini Motorways to not be gatekept by Apple Arcade on iOS.

      I’ve been playing Mini Metro for almost ten years now.

    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
      3·
      9 days ago

      That’s a great description of both games. I jump back and forth depending on how I feel.

  • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish
    30·
    9 days ago

    My friend, you are about to see Mini Metro in every metropolitan subway system map from now until eternity. Godspeed.

    • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      9 days ago

      I cannot for the life of me figure out the overpasses in this game. I’ve done the tutorials tons of times and when I go to place one in the game, I’m obviously doing something wrong because it won’t let me place it or it places it in some convoluted way that I didn’t want.

      I cannot find an explanation. I love the game but ultimately quit playing because of this.

      • Kernal64@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        8 days ago

        Are you talking about the highways? If so, those gave me trouble at first too, but I figured it out. Once you select one from the toolbar, tap a point on the map. That’ll be where it starts. Then, tap the location of the destination, and the highway will form itself automatically connecting those two points.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    112·
    9 days ago

    It’s a great game for starting and stopping while your partner pauses a movie to get a snack. Available on iOS too.

  • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    9 days ago

    Great game for mobile, too. My partner was hooked for months straight, got into some of the daily top ten leaderboards.

  • moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    7·
    8 days ago

    Am I the only one here to remember it being a game that you played on a website for free?

    I lost many hours like 10 years ago on this game.

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
    5·
    9 days ago

    Oh, a lovely game and so is it’s sequel. I recently gave a spare copy to a student of mine, too, so it was on my mind when I read this post. Enjoy!

  • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
    5·
    8 days ago

    I like this game (and mini motorways) but it sort of requires you to pause a lot. It doesn’t significantly take away from the experience (and a lot of games I really enjoy are like this, FTL is a big example) but it still bothers me

  • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
    51·
    9 days ago

    Brilliant game, and remember: the only reason to play normal mode is to unlock extreme mode!

  • Rose56@lemmy.ca
    4·
    9 days ago

    I played that game couple months ago, loved it but I got bored after some time. It’s a slow game, let’s you rearrange all the lines, but after some point it gets difficult. Long lines are slow for the subway and too much people.

    • pyre@lemmy.world
      8·
      8 days ago

      yeah why do people use this as a positive? it’s literally a way for lots of AAA titles to manipulate their audience.

      that being said mini metro isn’t addictive. it’s fun and chill and it can get hectic; depending on the mode you’re playing.

      being good enough that you want to play more isn’t addictive.

        • pyre@lemmy.world
          4·
          8 days ago

          I think in most cases it could easily be replaced with fun, enjoyable or great. if you’d like something more about how you interact with it: engaging, compelling, maybe even captivating depending on the context.

          you might think it doesn’t make a difference but addicting is something that a lot of big publishers deliberately aim for, and unfortunately knock it out of the park. it’s best not to relate that to small developers without that sinister goal.