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Mini Metro challenges you to provide subway services for a rapidly growing city

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Mini Metro challenges you to provide subway services for a rapidly growing city
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There are two reasons I want to write about Mini Metro.

Firstly, it hasn't yet graced the online pages of PG before. Secondly, I wanted to type the name of the company making it...Dinosaur Polo Club.

That's better.

Mini Metro is a minimalistic subway management game. That may not sound very exciting but, trust me, this is a slick little game worth keeping a beady eye on.

You're constantly kept busy with redesigning the underground railway tracks in Mini Metro. You can't just design it once and be done with it.

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That's due to the city it services rapidly expanding, meaning there are more people who want to go to more places.

You can design the metro for New York, London, and Paris in three different game modes: Commuter (quick score), Scenic (stress-free), and Rush Hour (the game's ultimate challenge).

Each of the cities have a unique colour scheme and will randomly generate each time you play.

While Mini Metro is hectic, it has the abstract subway map-style of art created by Harry Beck. It's very pleasing to look at and means you can actually scan over your entire metro with relative ease.

Mini Metro

You know what makes it all even better? The soundtrack has been provided by Disasterpeace, of Fez fame (and loads of other games).

Mini Metro is currently still in development, but Dinosaur Polo Club (that still feels good) hopes to bring it to iOS and Android by the end of 2014.

If you're after more information about the game then check out its website.

Chris Priestman
Chris Priestman
Anything eccentric, macabre, or just plain weird, is what Chris is all about. He turns the spotlight on the games that fly under the radar.