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You can appreciate it on a very simple level, but if you really get into it you’ll discover all sorts of layers of strategy. Mini metro reminds me a whole lot of SimCity, and in the best way. This is good, because I miss my cities once they’re gone and sometime you just want to watch the trains run and not stress out, you know? That option doesn’t exist yet on iOS, though Dinosaur Polo Club says they’ll add it in an update. Now, on the Steam version, once you lose the game you’re offered a chance to play in “endless” mode, where you can just keep building your transit lines as your city grows. You lose when a station gets too crowded-because you’ve failed in your job as a transit planner. But of course, the sound gets more complicated as the maps get complicated. It’s soothing, which is good because once the map gets complicated you can get pretty stressed out. But once you get the hang of it, the tactile interface is great fun.Īll the while, there’s an adorable, minimalist soundtrack playing in the background. You have to tap on a line and then hold on a station to disconnect the station from that line, and sometimes selecting the right line can be tricky. But there’s enough complexity here that it takes a little time to learn some of the most important gestures.

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The touch interface of iOS and Android seems perfect for this game-it’s just so easy to draw out transit lines with your fingers. You can see the little shapes riding around in the train cars-and see them get deposited at their destinations. The app simulates all of their commutes, and the game ends if one of your stations gets too crowded for too long. Your commuters are represented by shapes waiting at each station, indicating their destination. Oh, and all the while, the commute traffic in your simulated city increases. After every week of simulated commutes, you get more resources, like additional subway lines, more trains and train cars, and station upgrades. You set up the lines and equip them with trains. In Mini Metro, your job is to connect stations on a map-represented by circles, triangles, squares, and the occasional special shape (I like to imagine they represent things like hospitals, stadiums, and Superman’s Fortress of Solitude)-in an efficient way to keep people moving around your city. And now it’s available for iOS and Android.

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And it is amazing.ĭeveloped by Dinosaur Polo Club and available as a $10 Mac/PC download on Steam since last fall, Mini Metro is a game inspired by the classic style of Harry Beck, creator of the famous London Underground map. “It just got ported to mobile this week and it’s great.” “Hey, have y’all played Mini Metro?” he asked. Note: This story has not been updated for several years.

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