Mini Motorways

Mini Motorways

September 19, 2019

PuzzleSimulationStrategy Nintendo SwitchPC

Have you ever been stuck in traffic and wished you could do something to fix it? In Mini Motorways, the city’s traffic problems are in your hands. From the makers of Mini Metro, Mini Motorways is a game about drawing the roads that drive a growing city. Build a road …

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A.J. Maciejewski Video Chums Sep 2019
83.0 /100

"Mini Motorways is the kind of deceptively simple puzzler that you&s;ll somewhat dig at first but as you formulate new strategies and practice levels over and over again, you&s;ll absolutely fall in love with what it has to offer, especially …"

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Beatrice Vogt Gamer&s;s Palace Sep 2019
89.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

92.0

Story

30.0

"A great game for minimalists who like to puzzle over it."

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Ben Schuster Qualbert.com Sep 2019
80.0 /100

Graphics

75.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

30.0

"Mini Motorways is a simple concept designed for a touch screen but elegantly adapted for PC, and retains every element of its captivating procedurally-generated gameplay with little to no compromise. What may seem simple on the surface has significant depth …"

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Blake Grundman PlayStation LifeStyle Sep 2019
80.0 /100

Graphics

60.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

70.0

"Despite its rather brief runtime, Mini Motorways shows what made the game so successful on mobile platforms. Featuring a gameplay loop that&s;s hard to resist, the only thing holding it back is a lack of true variety. Luckily, when the …"

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Brian Shea Game Informer Sep 2019
85.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

95.0

Story

30.0

"Though it lacks content and features, Mini Motorways has consumed much of my gaming time since I downloaded it more than a week ago. The simple gameplay, clean interface, and satisfying difficulty ramp led me to say, “Just one more …"

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Christian Donlan Eurogamer Sep 2019
100.0 /100

Graphics

97.0

Gameplay

100.0

Story

96.0

"The Apple Arcade classic comes to PC and is as glorious as ever."

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Cosmin Vasile Softpedia Sep 2019
70.0 /100

"The team at Dinosaur Polo Club clearly has a knack for creating stripped-down but beautiful graphics and for simplifying mechanics down to their essence, which is a clear strength for a title that aims for success on mobile devices. But …"

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Dashiell Wood PC Gamer Sep 2019
70.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

70.0

Story

30.0

"Mini Motorways is an enjoyable and often beautiful puzzler, but the lack of long term replayability makes it harder to recommend over its already excellent predecessor."

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Davi Sousa Nintendo Blast Sep 2019
85.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

30.0

"It&s;s fun to see how Mini Motorways manages to mix a peaceful and rhythmic environment with a management puzzle that requires concentration and attention worthy of the best urban engineers."

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Eduardo Rebouças Entertainium Sep 2019
80.0 /100

Graphics

75.0

Gameplay

90.0

Story

40.0

"Mini Motorways is in many, well, ways, a terrific, truly addictive pick-up-and-play game for the Switch. Its fast-paced level structure and simplicity are incredibly well conceived and feel great to come back to time and time again. I’ve always been …"

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Elliot Hilderbrand Gaming Nexus Sep 2019
74.0 /100

Graphics

68.0

Gameplay

62.0

Story

35.0

"Good puzzle games make you see the pathways in your mind before they show up in the game. Mini Motorways does this, and does it well. At its heart, Mini Motorways is about failure. Or your attempt to push failure …"

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Ethan Anderson GameSpot Sep 2019
80.0 /100

"Mini Motorways is a short game, for sure, but it’s one of those games that you can get lost in for a little while as you rack your brain trying to figure out how to make all the traffic on-screen …"

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Farley Santos GameBlast Sep 2019
85.0 /100

Graphics

30.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

20.0

"Mini Motorways uses simple and elegant concepts to create an addictive puzzle and strategy game. It is easy to create streets and roads to connect different locations, but the constant expansion of cities makes this task a great challenge, as …"

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Geoff Girardin KeenGamer Sep 2019
90.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

75.0

Story

30.0

"There&s;s no shortage of simulation titles on the market, but Mini Motorways truly shines in both visual aesthetics and skill ramp. But does this mobile port succeed in the move to PC, or is this a wrong turn that took …"

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80.0 /100

"Considering it’s a game all about cars and congestion, you’d think Mini Motorways would be a tense and stressful endeavor, but it’s by far one of the most addictingly chill game I’ve played in recent memory. I’m pretty sure it …"

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Jake Su SavePoint Gaming Sep 2019
88.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

75.0

Story

60.0

"A stunning follow-up that continues to show the excellence of Dinosaur Polo Club, Mini Motorways is a smooth drive from start to finish."

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James Luff LadiesGamers.com Sep 2019
80.0 /100

Graphics

80.0

Gameplay

80.0

Story

80.0

"Mini Motorways is a relaxing game that’s ideal for those gaming sessions where you don’t want to think too much. Simple premise but highly addictive. This is a game about controlling traffic, only you won’t get hot and bothered like …"

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John Rairdin NintendoWorldReport Sep 2019
85.0 /100

Graphics

80.0

Gameplay

95.0

Story

70.0

"Experimentation with how best to use each element is fun and satisfying when something clicks. And when it doesn&s;t, you simply pick that piece back up and try something else. It has been quite a while since a puzzle game …"

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Justin Nation Nindie Spotlight Sep 2019
93.0 /100

Graphics

75.0

Gameplay

92.0

Story

30.0

"Whoever out there would say that simple games, or at least ones that at a glance could be "casual" are always trash has obviously never played the likes of Mini Motorways..."

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Justin Oneil ThisGenGaming Sep 2019
80.0 /100

"Mini Motorways is a puzzle game with a simple premise but one that I’ve grown quite addicted to. It doesn’t have a ton of content to play through but each time I attempted to build out the roads in one …"

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Kyle Foley But Why Tho? Sep 2019
90.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

93.0

Story

65.0

"While Mini Motorways isn’t going to present you with an incredible story or massively varied mechanics, the experience is one you’ll want to keep coming back to. There are seemingly countless options to choose from, and the new Challenge City …"

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Leonardo Faria WayTooManyGames Sep 2019
80.0 /100

Graphics

65.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

30.0

"It could have been a really pretentious and mediocre art game, but Mini Motorways ended up being the complete opposite. This is pure arcade bliss, a simple but ridiculously challenging puzzler that won me over like few games in the …"

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Nuno Nêveda Starbit Sep 2019
80.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

40.0

"Mini Motorways may seem like a simple game made for shorter sessions but the level of challenge and its growing complexity mean that it packs enough for many, many hours of entangled engagement with its gameplay mechanics. The audiovisual environment …"

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Seb Hawden Rapid Reviews UK Sep 2019
80.0 /100

Graphics

75.0

Gameplay

80.0

Story

30.0

"From the moment I started Mini Motorways on the Nintendo Switch, I had a nagging thought of familiarity in the back of my mind. A scratching déjà vu sensation like I had been here before. When I did some research, …"

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Seungjin Kang INVEN Sep 2019
80.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

95.0

Story

50.0

"Gameplay loop that&s;s hard to resist, is the greatest time-wasters."

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Tiago Sá Game Forces PT Sep 2019
90.0 /100

Graphics

85.0

Gameplay

90.0

Story

30.0

"With intuitive mechanics, a calming sound environment and an uncomplicated design, Mini Motorways is the perfect game to relax and at the same time work our gray matter. It&s;s always rewarding to raise our high scores, while our losses are …"

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Tom Hutchison Daily Star Sep 2019
80.0 /100

Graphics

70.0

Gameplay

85.0

Story

30.0

"It can be almost hypnotic and certainly helps to calm your stresses in a weird but welcome way."

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Ville Kovanen Fintendo Sep 2019
90.0 /100

Graphics

68.0

Gameplay

52.0

Story

43.0

""What do you mean, how is urban planning difficult?""

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