Press release

Best-Selling Strategy Sim Mini Motorways Speeds into the Holiday Season with Challenge City Update

New Maps, Missions, Leaderboards, Celebrating Milestone of 500,000 Units Sold on PC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Dec. 10, 2021 - 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.  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,  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.
 
For more information, please visit the Dinosaur Polo Club website, follow the studio on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or search for #MiniMotorways on social media.
 
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About Dinosaur Polo Club
 
Dinosaur Polo Club is an independent game development studio based in beautiful Wellington, New Zealand. Founded in 2013 by brothers Peter and Robert Curry, the studio first made waves with their award-winning and BAFTA-nominated debut Mini Metro. Created in collaboration with Disasterpeace and Jamie Churchman, Mini Metro explores relaxed and minimalist subway design.
 
With an inclusive and supportive culture that believes in giving back to its creative community, the studio has grown and is now home to 18 dinos as it works on new titles with relatable simplicity.
 
Media Contacts
 
Ryan Tatum | Bailey Mathieu
Stride PR for Dinosaur Polo Club
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