Game info

• Title Mini Motorways
• Developer [Dinosaur Polo Club]
• Publisher [Dinosaur Polo Club]
• Year 2019
• Platforms iPhone, iPad
• Genre Strategy

Mini Motorways is a game about drawing the roads that drive a growing city. Build a road network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your city to keep the traffic flowing, and carefully manage upgrades to meet the changing demands. How long can you keep the cities of the world moving?

Player Select

This game is a follow up to Mini Metro which I had previously played. They are relatively simple games that are in the bracket where you can pick them up and put them down at ease, and generally playing is a low stakes endeavour, as long as you’re keeping on top of the new elements as they pop up every now and again. I enjoyed Metro but was keen for a new take on the genre when Motorways arrived.

It’s in the Game

I love how easy this game is to play. Your sole aim is to connect small houses to bigger buildings, using the limited amounts of road tiles that you’re allowed. As time passes in the game, you’re given rewards such as roundabouts, motorways and traffic lights to help ease the traffic routes, but the aim of the game is to be efficient and make sure the little cars are getting from the little buildings to their little destinations. It’s simple, effective, and addictive.

As you get better, you unlock further aspects to the game - different modes, new cities with their own challenges such as mountains, rivers and existing rail networks. And if you’re bossing all of it, you can get more entertainment from the daily and weekly challenges - trying your best to get as many journeys completed as possible. Do you do everything you can to keep the different coloured journeys on their own paths? Or use as few road tiles as possible but risk traffic jams?

I’ve been playing this game on and off for quite a while. It’s the kind of app that I get into, and play relentlessly for a few days, then drop it for a while before picking it up again. That cyclical nature means I’m sometimes surprised when a new city is added or a new feature, and it’s a real treat.

Thoughts

I really think this is a step up on the Metro game, as fun as that is, and when I’m playing it, I’m really obsessed with it. It’s easy to pick up and put down as you need, so can be as demanding of your time as you let it, and it’s endlessly entertaining when you’re in it - lots of cities, lots of challenges, and more than anything, just that desire to beat your own previous score. A simple premise delivering a great casual gaming experience.

Rating: 5 / 5