Overview
Mini Metro is a complex and evolving puzzle game with the aesthetic of minimalist subway maps. Players are tasked with connecting various stations together, and delivering passengers to their corresponding station. Players initially start with Square, Circle and Triangle shaped stations, each generating passengers of the opposing shapes. Over the course of a playthrough, new shapes emerge - such as pluses and arrows. Every game generates a different layout of stations.
A completed playthrough of New York CityEvery week, in game time, the player is awarded with an upgrade choice - to add a new line, the ability to build extra tunnels, to expand upon an existing line with additional trains, or to upgrade a station's capacity.
The game ends when a station hits its passenger capacity for ten seconds without being serviced by a train.
Maps
Mini-Metro features levels based on actual cities, the current version includes levels based on:
- London
- Paris
- New York City
- Berlin
- Melbourne
- Hong Kong
- Osaka
- Stockholm
- Saint Petersburg
- Montréal
- San Francisco
- São Paulo
- Seoul
- Washington D.C.
- Singapore
- Cairo
- Istanbul
- Shangai
- Mumbai
- Auckland
Upgrades
Every week in the game grants the player a choice of upgrades. A new locomotive is granted to the player every Sunday, along with the choice to pick one from two of the following upgrades, some of them being map-binded:
- Carriage; Adds an extra carriage to any locomotive
- Bridges/Tunnels; Adds two additional bridges or tunnels
- Line; Grants the player an additional line (Up to seven total), requires a spare locomotive
- Interchanger; Allows more commuters to wait at a station without overcrowding it. Transfers are faster.
Modes
Mini Metro has a variety of modes such as the "standard" mode which ends when the the player's metro fails. The game also includes two additional modes:
The game also features a screenshot function that saves a completed map and score to the player's desktop at the end of the game.
Early Access Changes
- Beta 1
- Standard Game Mode
- NYC, London and Paris
- No Audio
Beta 2 (8/14/14) - Bug Fixes
- Fixed Hungarian text rendering
- Beta 3 (8/19/14)
- Added Saint Petersburg
- Bug Fixes
- Beta 4 (8/28/14)
- Beta 5 (9/15/14)
- Modified city generation
- Bug fixes
System Requirements
PC
Minimum
- OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 or later
- Processor: 2 GHz or faster processor
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: Shader Model 2.0
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Hard Drive: 150 MB available space
Mac
Minimum
- OS: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later
- Processor: 2 GHz or faster processor
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: Shader Model 2.0
- Hard Drive: 150 MB available space
Linux
Minimum
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or later
- Processor: 2 GHz or faster processor
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: Shader Model 2.0
- Hard Drive: 150 MB available space
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