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Mini Motorways

Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your…

86 19 September 2019

Mini Motorways is an indie developed by Dinosaur Polo Club, released 19 September 2019 on Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.

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What Mini Motorways is

Mini Motorways is an indie game developed by Dinosaur Polo Club and released in 2019. It is available on Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Mini Motorways is a puzzle strategy game released by the New Zealand studio Dinosaur Polo Club. It is a follow-up to their 2015 video game Mini Metro. The game tasks the player with creating a network of roads to connect coloured houses to buildings. Through the use of upgrades such as traffic lights, roundabouts, and motorways, the player aims to build an efficient network, allowing cars to reach their destination before the timer runs out.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 165 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Mini Motorways holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 50 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 5 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz or faster processor and Shader Model 4.0.

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What it launched against

Mini Motorways launched on 19 September 2019, within three weeks of Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019) and Gears 5. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Borderlands 3, GreedFall, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019), Gears 5.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Mini Motorways — frequently asked questions

When did Mini Motorways come out?
Mini Motorways was released on 19 September 2019 for Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Mini Motorways?
At minimum, Mini Motorways needs 2 GHz or faster processor, Shader Model 4.0 graphics, 350 MB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Mini Motorways?
The main story of Mini Motorways takes around 5 hrs.
How many GB is Mini Motorways?
The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("350 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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