There’s also Mini Motorways. Same concept, different pieces. Heavily recommend both, both can scratch those “I just want to have a chill time” and “I wanna optimize and challenge myself” itches.
Super easy to pick up, spend your lunch break placing lines, and go back to whatever you were doing.
Still waiting for Mini Motorways to not be gatekept by Apple Arcade on iOS.
I’ve been playing Mini Metro for almost ten years now.
From a different studio, but Mini Settlers is also worth a try.
My friend, you are about to see Mini Metro in every metropolitan subway system map from now until eternity. Godspeed.
Mini Metro is great, both on PC and Mobile.
It’s a great game for starting and stopping while your partner pauses a movie to get a snack. Available on iOS too.
word "addictive " being accepted in the context of video games…
yeah why do people use this as a positive? it’s literally a way for lots of AAA titles to manipulate their audience.
that being said mini metro isn’t addictive. it’s fun and chill and it can get hectic; depending on the mode you’re playing.
being good enough that you want to play more isn’t addictive.
Do you have a suggestion for another word that would be better ?
I think in most cases it could easily be replaced with fun, enjoyable or great. if you’d like something more about how you interact with it: engaging, compelling, maybe even captivating depending on the context.
you might think it doesn’t make a difference but addicting is something that a lot of big publishers deliberately aim for, and unfortunately knock it out of the park. it’s best not to relate that to small developers without that sinister goal.
Thanks, just edited the title to “engaging”
Do you have a suggestion for another word that would be better ?
Im not sure, Just fun? . Having a good time playing?. Reconfortable. Rewarding. Challenging . Passionate. Contentment . Fulfillment.
I went with engaging!
Interesting, never thought about it.
Doesn’t look like it’s on sale, at least in the US
OP was a little too patient, and waited to post this until just 3 hours before the end of the steam winter sale lol
I plead guilty
That’s fine, the spring sale will be here soon enough, and maybe it’ll be on sale for the lunar new year sale or whatever. Steam sales are pretty frequent, and according to ITAD, it goes on sale about every month.
Am I the only one here to remember it being a game that you played on a website for free?
I lost many hours like 10 years ago on this game.
I remember. I was like, wait, people paying for this? Good times though, definitely fun.
Great game for mobile, too. My partner was hooked for months straight, got into some of the daily top ten leaderboards.
I like this game (and mini motorways) but it sort of requires you to pause a lot. It doesn’t significantly take away from the experience (and a lot of games I really enjoy are like this, FTL is a big example) but it still bothers me
Love Mini Metro, it’s great for when I’m in a “don’t feel like anything” mood
Oh, a lovely game and so is it’s sequel. I recently gave a spare copy to a student of mine, too, so it was on my mind when I read this post. Enjoy!
I recommend it. It’s a nice little time waster that you can pick up and put down with relative ease. There are modes without timers and such as well so you aren’t stressing out while playing. This game has been out for a while and over the years I’ve picked it back up several times.
Never been so stressed about shapes and lines and Auckland otherwise lol
Brilliant game, and remember: the only reason to play normal mode is to unlock extreme mode!
I played that game couple months ago, loved it but I got bored after some time. It’s a slow game, let’s you rearrange all the lines, but after some point it gets difficult. Long lines are slow for the subway and too much people.
