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Minami Lane

Blibloop · Doot Tiny Games · 2024-02-28

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 08, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 08, 2025 (Xbox One), Aug 15, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 28, 2024 (Linux), Feb 28, 2024 (Mac), Jul 09, 2025 (PlayStation 4)

Welcome to Minami Lane! Build your own street in this tiny cozy, casual management sim! Unlock and customize buildings, manage your shops, and maximize the happiness of your villagers to complete quests and fill your street with love!

Minami Lane is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $3.34, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 6628 reviews) sentiment.

17
playing now
97%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (11 downloads)
4.61★
PlayStation Store rating (104 ratings)
2h
to beat · completionist 3.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.34
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Minami Lane is a 2024 management video game created by Dorian "doot" Signargout and Doriane "blibloop" Randria. The game tasks the player managing a street, where they can build various shops, buildings, and parks to complete missions. There is also a sandbox mode. It was released for Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 platforms. The PC version received favourable reviews from critics, while the Xbox Series X/S received mixed reception. The game's art style has been lauded, while the short length has been criticised.

Trailer

Minami Lane trailer thumbnail

Minami Lane – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch

≈99,217 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 520 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 29,057 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 134k–302k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,710 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.24 at Steam (2025-02-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20242026Week of 2024-02-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,064 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

10452026-09-15 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 104 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 68 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 30 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 28 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 39 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 28 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 30 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 30 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 23 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 31 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 29 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 23 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12715Mar 2024Aug 2026Mar 2024 — avg 127 · peak 467Apr 2024 — avg 59 · peak 119May 2024 — avg 49 · peak 179Jun 2024 — avg 85 · peak 255Jul 2024 — avg 111 · peak 261Aug 2024 — avg 48 · peak 94Sep 2024 — avg 42 · peak 115Oct 2024 — avg 26 · peak 58Nov 2024 — avg 37 · peak 137Dec 2024 — avg 53 · peak 123Jan 2025 — avg 39 · peak 127Feb 2025 — avg 58 · peak 587Mar 2025 — avg 45 · peak 160Apr 2025 — avg 22 · peak 52May 2025 — avg 22 · peak 123Jun 2025 — avg 37 · peak 108Jul 2025 — avg 30 · peak 70Aug 2025 — avg 31 · peak 89Sep 2025 — avg 21 · peak 47Oct 2025 — avg 20 · peak 68Nov 2025 — avg 21 · peak 56Dec 2025 — avg 22 · peak 61Jan 2026 — avg 25 · peak 65Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 43Mar 2026 — avg 17 · peak 42Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 41May 2026 — avg 15 · peak 52Jun 2026 — avg 20 · peak 46Jul 2026 — avg 17 · peak 52Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 66
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$3.242024-02-282026-08-172024-02-28 — best price $3.992024-05-30 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-07-22 — best price $3.992024-11-14 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $3.742024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-02-22 — best price $3.242025-03-13 — best price $3.742025-05-28 — best price $3.992025-06-27 — best price $3.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-08-14 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-11-24 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-01-28 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-24 — best price $4.992026-06-07 — best price $4.992026-07-08 — best price $3.492026-07-23 — best price $4.992026-08-17 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3342026-05-13 — 10 pageviews2026-05-17 — 18 pageviews2026-05-21 — 15 pageviews2026-05-25 — 12 pageviews2026-05-29 — 13 pageviews2026-06-02 — 18 pageviews2026-06-06 — 23 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-14 — 16 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 18 pageviews2026-06-30 — 20 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-08 — 22 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 21 pageviews2026-07-28 — 16 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 17 pageviews2026-08-21 — 15 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 6 pageviews2026-09-06 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 13 pageviews2026-09-18 — 13 pageviews2026-09-22 — 12 pageviews2026-09-26 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 17 pageviews2026-10-04 — 17 pageviews2026-10-08 — 4 pageviews2026-10-12 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
88.6%
earned "Welcome to Minami Lane"
41.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-02-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4,15433%20
Steam (Steam)3,27032%20
PS4 (PlayStation)14064%21
Switch (Nintendo)1030%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CozyCuteIndieCasualColorfulLife SimRelaxingStrategyStylizedIsometric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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