20 Minute Metropolis

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"20 Minute Metropolis" is a fast-paced city-builder game where players must quickly layout and develop a thriving metropolis in just 20 minutes. Balance resources, meet citizen needs, and respond to challenges as you strive to create a successful city before time runs out. With endless replayability, each game offers a new and exciting challenge.

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Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

66%

Audience ScoreBased on 64 reviews

story1 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

20 Minute Metropolis offers a unique twist on city building with a 20-minute time limit that adds pressure and focus to gameplay.
The game is simple and easy to understand, making it accessible for casual players looking for a quick gaming experience.
For its low price, the game provides a fun and engaging challenge, with potential for improvement and expansion in future updates.

The game suffers from a lack of replayability due to having only one map and a single objective, leading to repetitive gameplay.
The user interface is poorly designed, making navigation cumbersome and detracting from the overall experience.
Gameplay feels shallow and more like a puzzle than a true city builder, stripping away the joy of creative city planning.

gameplay
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is criticized for being shallow and lacking depth, with many users noting that it feels like a missed opportunity to explore its potential. The initial scenarios meant to introduce players to the mechanics do not effectively engage or develop the gameplay experience, leading to a sense of dissatisfaction. Overall, while there are hints of promising mechanics, they remain largely unutilized.
- “At first, you complete 11 scenarios, in which the gameplay is explained.”
- “The gameplay is incredibly shallow.”
- “It feels like there's a lot of potential behind these gameplay mechanics, but they go completely unexplored.”
- “At first you complete 11, they call it scenarios, in which the gameplay should be explained.”
replayability
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
13%
49%
38%
The game has extremely low replayability, primarily due to its single map and objective, which limits players to one way of playing. While some users note that this may not be a significant issue given the game's price, the consensus is that replay value is virtually nonexistent.
- “Not a lot of replayability, but for the price that's not exactly a problem.”
- “Replayability is therefore near zero.”
- “There's no replayability - only one map, only one objective, only one way to achieve it.”
- “Zero replayability, due to only one map for main mode.”
graphics
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The game's graphics are generally pleasant and visually appealing, though they are accompanied by some noticeable glitches. While the overall design is simple, it is complemented by a nice musical background, which adds to the experience, albeit with some bias from fans of the developers.
- “The game offers some nice graphics; although there are some glitches here and there, it is pleasant all the same.”
- “The graphics are very simple, and the musical background is very nice too.”
- “I'll confess I'm biased because a friend who works for me did some of the artwork on this, and I've long been a fan of Dejobaan.”
- “The graphics are very simple.”
- “The graphics are very simple.”
- “I'll confess I'm biased because a friend that works for me did some of the artwork on this and I've long been a fan of Dejobaan.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The story aspect of the game is primarily conveyed through well-designed tutorial missions that effectively ease players into the gameplay. However, there is a desire for additional bonus missions beyond the main focus of building parks to enhance the narrative experience.
- “The tutorial missions were really well done and made it easy to get into.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The optimization aspect of the game has been criticized for reducing the experience of city building to a mere optimization challenge, detracting from the enjoyment and creativity typically associated with the genre.
- “Strips away all of the joy of a city builder and turns it into a single optimization problem.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game features appealing graphics, but users have reported occasional glitches that detract from the overall experience. Despite these issues, the game remains enjoyable.
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music in the game is consistently praised for its pleasant background quality, complementing the simple graphics effectively.
- “The musical background is very nice.”

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