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Mini Motorways cover art

Mini Motorways

Dinosaur Polo Club · 2021-07-20

Steam

CasualSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 11, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 20, 2021 (Mac), Sep 19, 2019 (iOS)

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 motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?

Mini Motorways is a Casual, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 24442 reviews).

353
playing now
96%
positive of 25k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
twitch viewers (latest)
2.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 87% recommend · from 30 critics
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

353 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

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.

Trailer

Mini Motorways trailer thumbnail

Mini Motorways - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈760,933 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 353 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,486 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~186/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 29,497 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 491k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,541 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2025-08-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.2k3.2k20212026Week of 2021-07-01: 2,977 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,168 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 773 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,469 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6772922026-09-16 05:00 — 296 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 500 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 536 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 404 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 410 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 463 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 336 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 332 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 468 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 434 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 409 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 523 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 350 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 466 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 677 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 424 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 348 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 546 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 495 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 443 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 442 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 452 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 353 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.7k304Jul 2021Aug 2026Jul 2021 — avg 5,685 · peak 9,466Sep 2021 — avg 1,317 · peak 2,406Nov 2021 — avg 768 · peak 1,272Jan 2022 — avg 622 · peak 1,160Mar 2022 — avg 462 · peak 674May 2022 — avg 578 · peak 1,122Jul 2022 — avg 478 · peak 752Sep 2022 — avg 397 · peak 695Nov 2022 — avg 490 · peak 1,042Jan 2023 — avg 377 · peak 684Mar 2023 — avg 374 · peak 603May 2023 — avg 344 · peak 614Jul 2023 — avg 676 · peak 2,355Sep 2023 — avg 404 · peak 625Nov 2023 — avg 399 · peak 631Jan 2024 — avg 388 · peak 695Mar 2024 — avg 450 · peak 958May 2024 — avg 337 · peak 475Jul 2024 — avg 471 · peak 773Sep 2024 — avg 397 · peak 650Nov 2024 — avg 339 · peak 506Jan 2025 — avg 481 · peak 837Mar 2025 — avg 420 · peak 695May 2025 — avg 386 · peak 644Jul 2025 — avg 524 · peak 912Sep 2025 — avg 532 · peak 1,120Nov 2025 — avg 455 · peak 714Jan 2026 — avg 484 · peak 720Mar 2026 — avg 405 · peak 653May 2026 — avg 341 · peak 521Jul 2026 — avg 404 · peak 638Aug 2026 — avg 353 · peak 531
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
12122026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 10 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new positive2026-10-06: 12 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative2026-10-15: 1 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$6.992021-07-202026-07-092021-07-20 — best price $8.992021-10-28 — best price $8.992021-11-24 — best price $8.992021-12-22 — best price $8.992022-01-27 — best price $8.992022-03-07 — best price $8.992022-06-23 — best price $8.992022-08-18 — best price $8.992022-11-04 — best price $8.992022-11-22 — best price $8.992022-12-22 — best price $8.992023-03-16 — best price $8.992023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-11-03 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $8.992023-12-21 — best price $8.992024-03-01 — best price $8.492024-03-14 — best price $8.492024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-07-20 — best price $9.992024-09-23 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-02-28 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-04-21 — best price $7.992025-06-26 — best price $7.992025-08-27 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992025-11-16 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-03-06 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-06-04 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

73222026-05-28 — 26 pageviews2026-06-01 — 42 pageviews2026-06-05 — 67 pageviews2026-06-09 — 54 pageviews2026-06-13 — 51 pageviews2026-06-17 — 53 pageviews2026-06-21 — 62 pageviews2026-06-25 — 39 pageviews2026-06-29 — 35 pageviews2026-07-03 — 52 pageviews2026-07-07 — 38 pageviews2026-07-11 — 46 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-19 — 65 pageviews2026-07-23 — 37 pageviews2026-07-27 — 45 pageviews2026-07-31 — 30 pageviews2026-08-04 — 33 pageviews2026-08-08 — 42 pageviews2026-08-12 — 53 pageviews2026-08-16 — 52 pageviews2026-08-20 — 30 pageviews2026-08-24 — 34 pageviews2026-08-28 — 54 pageviews2026-09-01 — 45 pageviews2026-09-05 — 46 pageviews2026-09-09 — 50 pageviews2026-09-13 — 32 pageviews2026-09-17 — 54 pageviews2026-09-21 — 45 pageviews2026-09-25 — 31 pageviews2026-09-29 — 34 pageviews2026-10-03 — 67 pageviews2026-10-07 — 58 pageviews2026-10-11 — 42 pageviews2026-10-13 — 52 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

15402026-10-01 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 2 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
98%
earned "Driver's License"
39.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)21,6511%165
Switch (Nintendo)1260%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

IndieCasualPuzzleBuildingRelaxingStrategyStylizedTop-DownBeautifulManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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