Mini Motorways Receives New Challenge City Update

Written by Brandon Hofer on December 10, 2021

News: This new update brings new maps, missions, accessibility options so more people can enjoy the game, and more.

Mini Motorways, the minimalist strategy simulation about designing growing cities’ road maps from developer Dinosaur Polo Club, cuts the ribbon on the Challenge City Update, expanding each metropolis with new maps, missions, leaderboards, accessibility options, and more, available now for free download on Steam via Windows PC and macOS as well as Apple Arcade. The Nintendo Switch version planned for next year will include this new content at launch.

Experience a new way of designing fan-favorite cities by unlocking handcrafted, brain-teasing challenges specific to each city’s map. Take the scenic route through the newly added city of Wellington, New Zealand, as well as Tokyo, Los Angeles, and other iconic locations Master specific trials round after round until the metropolis runs at peak efficiency.

Keep a cool head and don’t get too much road building rage while comparing efficiency stats across other community members, thanks to histogram-style leaderboards. You will be able to celebrate and get festive with seasonal holiday photo frames to capture the beauty and synergy of a roadmap built from the ground up. Dinosaur Polo Club greatly values accessibility and is expanding this update to allow colorblind drivers to select preferred road colors for optimal visibility as well as improved controller support.

In addition to recently hitting a unit milestone of over 500,000 sold on PC, Mini Motorways was recently awarded the Grand Prize at this year’s New Zealand Game Awards as well as the Choice Award at IndieCade. Apple Arcade also shared some community stats to showcase how far Mini Motorways has come and as a glimpse of where it is headed into the new year.

Total Points Scored: 12,650,438,793

Total Concrete Tiles Placed: 1,755,660,997

Total Bridges Placed: 29,033,453

Total Tunnels Placed: 3,780,135

Total Motorways Placed: 27,614,920

Total Traffic Lights Placed: 9,759,614

Total Roundabouts Placed: 18,429,457

Total Concrete Tiles Deleted: 1,162,399,002

Daily Challenges Played: 1,478,989

Weekly Challenges Played: 793,921

“Mini Motorways has become our pride and joy thanks to the overwhelming support and interactions we’ve received from the community,” said Casey Lucas-Quaid, Community Manager, Dinosaur Polo Club. “The Challenge City Update adds a new dimension that casual gamers and puzzle fanatics alike can enjoy day in and day out.”

Mini Motorways’ Challenge City Update is available for free download now on Windows PC and macOS via Steam as well as on Apple Arcade supporting Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish, and Turkish languages.

Do you play Mini Motorways? If not, will this new update get you to give the game a chance? Tell us what you think in the comments below.