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Mini Metro cover art

Mini Metro

Dinosaur Polo Club · 2015-11-06

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 25, 2015 (iOS), Oct 22, 2015 (Mac), Aug 30, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 17, 2016 (Android), Sep 10, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Nov 06, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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?

110
playing now
96%
positive of 17k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
100/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (137 ratings)
15h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

110 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Mini Metro is a 2015 puzzle strategy video game developed by New Zealand indie development team Dinosaur Polo Club. Players are tasked with constructing an efficient rail transit network for a rapidly growing city. The game's visual style makes use of bold colours and simple geometry to replicate the appearance of modern transit maps. The game uses a procedural audio system to generate sounds based on the player actions and transit network, with inspiration from works of minimal music.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 110 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 559 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~70/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 418k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,729 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at WinGameStore (2021-09-21) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 36 of 56 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32632620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

185842026-08-06 22:00 — 136 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 94 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 160 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 146 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 129 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 184 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 148 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 113 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 180 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 163 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 99 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 154 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 129 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 105 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 181 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 139 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 122 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 145 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 162 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 98 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 148 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 150 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 111 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 129 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 185 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 121 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 111 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 130 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 110 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.13$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $6.992015-09-11 — best price $5.242015-12-02 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $8.492016-04-11 — best price $8.882016-06-14 — best price $9.992016-08-06 — best price $5.942016-11-10 — best price $5.992016-12-26 — best price $4.992017-03-27 — best price $4.382017-05-29 — best price $9.992017-07-13 — best price $9.992017-09-05 — best price $9.992017-12-20 — best price $4.992018-02-15 — best price $5.992018-06-25 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-06-18 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-01-31 — best price $9.992020-07-27 — best price $4.992020-11-27 — best price $4.992021-04-30 — best price $6.492021-09-13 — best price $4.992021-12-04 — best price $9.992022-02-21 — best price $9.992022-08-19 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-07-04 — best price $9.992023-12-13 — best price $4.992024-09-23 — best price $9.992025-02-28 — best price $4.992025-08-14 — best price $4.992025-10-28 — best price $4.992026-02-12 — best price $6.492026-06-09 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.3k372026-05-30 — 40 pageviews2026-06-02 — 63 pageviews2026-06-05 — 79 pageviews2026-06-08 — 92 pageviews2026-06-11 — 59 pageviews2026-06-14 — 44 pageviews2026-06-17 — 65 pageviews2026-06-20 — 54 pageviews2026-06-23 — 60 pageviews2026-06-26 — 85 pageviews2026-06-29 — 63 pageviews2026-07-02 — 62 pageviews2026-07-05 — 62 pageviews2026-07-08 — 65 pageviews2026-07-11 — 51 pageviews2026-07-14 — 41 pageviews2026-07-17 — 75 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1,303 pageviews2026-07-23 — 85 pageviews2026-07-26 — 103 pageviews2026-07-29 — 103 pageviews2026-08-01 — 59 pageviews2026-08-04 — 50 pageviews2026-08-07 — 63 pageviews2026-08-10 — 59 pageviews2026-08-13 — 40 pageviews2026-08-16 — 51 pageviews2026-08-19 — 50 pageviews2026-08-22 — 51 pageviews2026-08-25 — 79 pageviews2026-08-27 — 89 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
77.3%
earned "Oyster"
10.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

25 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)29,6732%73
PS4 (PlayStation)26712%46
Switch (Nintendo)750%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DIndieCasualPuzzleTrainsBuildingRelaxingStrategyManagementMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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