Mini Metro (Switch): all the updates (latest: Miniversary Update)

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Mini Metro on Nintendo Switch (originally released on August 30th 2019 in Europe, North America, and Japan)!

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Mini Metro – Ver. ??? (Miniversary Update)

• Release date: July 24th 2023 (North America, Europe) / July 25th 2023 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

New to Mini Metro in this update, we’ve brought over three of our favourite maps from Mini Motorways and their colourful palettes to Mini Metro. Introducing: Tokyo, Lisbon and Warsaw!

• From this map’s gorgeous pastel hues to its iconic island geography, take Tokyo’s iconic Metro lines in your own direction with this new map!
• Cross the River Vistula and take a turn delivering the Polish capital’s 1.7 million passengers to their destinations in the historic city of Warsaw.
• Take a trip to the European coast of Portugal’s capital city, Lisbon. Bordering the brilliant blue waters of the Tagus, how will you reimagine the Metropolitano de Lisboa in this tricky five-line map?

The Miniversary Update also introduces a brand-new photo mode where you can export screenshots of your own metro networks with decorative frames to show off your metro masterpieces. This is also joined by a new GIF capture feature coming to Mini Metro. Export colourful animations of your unique metro networks at any stage in the game to share with friends or just for bragging rights. This update also features various improvements and bug fixes.

• Additional notes: none
• Source: Dinosaur Polo Club (Steam)

Mini Metro – Ver. ???

• Release date: August 29th 2022 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

• adds a new city: Tashkent

• Additional notes: the release date is for the PC version of the update!
• Source: Dinosaur Polo Club (Steam)

Mini Metro – Ver. ???

• Release date: January 27th 2022 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

• adds a new city: Nanjing

• Additional notes: the release date is for the PC version of the update!
• Source: Dinosaur Polo Club (Steam)

Mini Metro – Ver. ???

• Release date: December 2nd 2021 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• A brand new map! Connect the five million commuters of Addis Ababa who call Ethiopia’s capital home.
• New achievements and challenges!
• Fixes to outstanding issues, including:
  • Fixed a looping audio bug that was affecting some players.
  • Added a warning every time you replay the Daily Challenge that only the first score is counted.
  • Fixed some bugs where buttons and UI elements occasionally behaved unusually

• Additional notes: the release date is for the PC version of the update!
• Source: Dinosaur Polo Club (Steam)

Mini Metro – Ver. ???

• Release date: August 26th 2021 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• A brand new map featuring continental Europe’s oldest metro system: Budapest! You can now recreate the iconic metro system of Hungary’s capital, alongside our twenty-five other international maps.
• Several improvements to audio quality, including the ability to turn the volume completely off so you can tune into your favourite podcast or playlist while building the metro system of your dreams.
• Updated night-mode colours for several of our existing maps such as Auckland, Chicago, Osaka and more.
• Improved visuals for our maps with smooth rivers and coastlines including New York City, Saint Petersburg, San Francisco, Cairo and Mumbai!

• Additional notes: the release date is for the PC version of the update!
• Source: Dinosaur Polo Club (Steam)

Mini Metro – Ver. ???

• Release date: February 4th 2021 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

• adds a new city: Chongqing

• Additional notes: the release date is for the PC version of the update!
• Source: Dinosaur Polo Club (Steam)

Mini Metro – Ver. ???

• Release date: December 15th 2020 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

• adds a new city: Chicago

• Additional notes: the release date is for the PC version of the update!
• Source: Dinosaur Polo Club (Steam)

Mini Metro – Ver. ???

• Release date: October 27th 2020 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

• adds two new cities: Lagos and Santiago

• Additional notes: the release date is for the PC version of the update!
• Source: Dinosaur Polo Club (Steam)

Mini Metro – Ver. ???

• Release date: July 4th 2019 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

• adds a new city: Guangzhou
• Saint Petersburg difficulty increases more gently.
• Adding more than 100 stations in Creative mode will no longer crash.
• Editing a line with no locomotives will no longer consume a spare locomotive.

• Additional notes: the release date is for the PC version of the update!
• Source: Dinosaur Polo Club (Steam)

Mini Metro – Ver. ???

• Release date: November 20th 2018 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

• adds new game mode: Creative Mode
  • Add, delete, and reshape stations, as well as control how busy they get. No more circle stations everywhere!
  • Unlimited locomotives, carriages, and interchanges.
  • All lines start unlocked.
  • An increased per-line locomotive limit.

• Additional notes: the release date is for the PC version of the update!
• Source: Dinosaur Polo Club (Steam)

How to download updates for Mini Metro for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Mini Metro, you have three options:

• let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

• try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

OR

• select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.