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Mini Motorways cover art

Mini Motorways

Dinosaur Polo Club · 2021-07-20

Steam

CasualSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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?

475
playing now
96%
positive of 24k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
86/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

475 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 475 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 2% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 487k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,365 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 7 of 15 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

4752602026-08-06 22:00 — 323 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 265 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 389 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 365 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 260 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 384 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 343 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 287 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 422 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 351 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 280 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 428 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 327 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 286 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 407 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 312 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 286 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 410 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 417 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 276 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 361 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 399 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 324 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 330 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 393 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 305 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 265 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 419 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 338 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 475 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

132222026-05-28 — 26 pageviews2026-05-31 — 35 pageviews2026-06-03 — 34 pageviews2026-06-06 — 43 pageviews2026-06-09 — 54 pageviews2026-06-12 — 45 pageviews2026-06-15 — 64 pageviews2026-06-18 — 37 pageviews2026-06-21 — 62 pageviews2026-06-24 — 37 pageviews2026-06-27 — 60 pageviews2026-06-30 — 37 pageviews2026-07-03 — 52 pageviews2026-07-06 — 51 pageviews2026-07-09 — 37 pageviews2026-07-12 — 42 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-18 — 62 pageviews2026-07-21 — 60 pageviews2026-07-24 — 43 pageviews2026-07-27 — 45 pageviews2026-07-30 — 58 pageviews2026-08-02 — 37 pageviews2026-08-05 — 37 pageviews2026-08-08 — 42 pageviews2026-08-11 — 36 pageviews2026-08-14 — 40 pageviews2026-08-17 — 38 pageviews2026-08-20 — 30 pageviews2026-08-23 — 47 pageviews2026-08-25 — 132 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

15702026-08-26 19:15 — 2 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 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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