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Billion Road

Stroll through a cartoony Japan in this Fortune Street-inspired local multiplayer game.
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77%Game Brain Score
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music, replayability
77% User Score Based on 133 reviews
Critic Score 76%Based on 4 reviews

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Billion Road is a single player and multiplayer casual strategy game. It was developed by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. and was released on April 16, 2020. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.

Billion Road is a strategy game where 2-players, either locally or solo, compete to become the wealthiest person in Japan. Players travel across the map, investing in properties and collecting income, while also encountering random events, helpful items, and mischievous monsters. With over 30 items and 50 monsters, clever investment, and a bit of luck, you'll pave your path to prosperity and outshine your opponents.

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gameplay6 positive mentions
music3 negative mentions
  • Billion Road is a fun and charming board game adventure that combines elements of Monopoly and Mario Party, offering a unique and entertaining experience.
  • The game features colorful art, quirky monsters, and random events that keep each playthrough fresh and exciting, making it enjoyable for both solo and multiplayer sessions.
  • Players can strategize while navigating the chaotic gameplay, with the added fun of collecting monsters that provide various abilities to enhance their journey.
  • The game can feel excessively punishing, especially for players who fall behind, as they are often given negative followers that severely hinder their progress.
  • Many players find the game overly reliant on luck, with random events and dice rolls often determining the outcome, which can lead to frustrating experiences.
  • The lengthy game sessions, particularly in Tournament Mode, can drag on for hours, making it difficult to maintain engagement, especially for new players.
  • gameplay
    40 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay of this title is a blend of straightforward mechanics reminiscent of Momotarō Dentetsu, featuring dice rolls and property investments set in a vibrant board game format. While the game offers chaotic charm through various mechanics and interactions, it suffers from a lack of depth and fairness, with some mechanics favoring leading players and creating imbalances. Overall, it provides a fun, albeit shallow, experience that may appeal to casual players and families, but could frustrate those seeking strategic depth.

    • “The gameplay structure is straightforward on the surface—players take turns rolling dice to move around a sprawling board made up of real-life Japanese locations.”
    • “This basic economic loop is simple enough to grasp quickly but is enriched by a wide variety of mechanics that add chaos and charm in equal measure.”
    • “Billion Road offers a unique and addictive board game-like experience for Nintendo Switch players to get stuck into, with its zany investment-based gameplay, its monster collecting antics, and its quirky mini-games and events coming together to make for a heck of a lot of fun.”
    • “The mechanics are easily broken and the win feels hollow when you were in first place since year 5 in a 99-year game.”
    • “The primary game mechanic, property purchases, is so abstract and hard to follow it breaks everything.”
    • “Wildly unfair, and most of the punishing mechanics target the last place player.”
  • graphics
    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics are characterized by a colorful, cartoonish art style that enhances its lighthearted and quirky atmosphere, appealing to players of all ages. While not technically advanced, the visuals are charming and fun, contributing to an engaging experience that combines elements of party games and economic simulators. Overall, the aesthetic is a significant draw for players, making it visually appealing and enjoyable.

    • “The game is full of personality, from its colorful art style and quirky monsters to the random events that keep every playthrough fresh.”
    • “Visually, the game opts for a cartoonish and colorful art style that suits its lighthearted tone.”
    • “While the visuals may not be technically impressive, their charm lies in their personality and approachability, making the game suitable for players of all ages.”
  • music
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music and sound effects in the game are generally upbeat and playful, enhancing the party-game vibe; however, some users found certain soundtracks to be repetitive and annoying, detracting from the overall experience.

    • “The music and sound effects are upbeat and playful, reinforcing the party-game atmosphere.”
    • “One soundtrack got annoying.”
    • “Repetitive music.”
    • “Repetitive and awful music.”
  • replayability
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is praised for its high replayability, attributed to its blend of randomness, strategic planning, and engaging audiovisual elements. Players appreciate the variety of gameplay experiences it offers, making it enjoyable to revisit multiple times.

    • “Monopoly, Mario Party, and a Pokémon-like combination that makes this game enjoyable and replayable!”
    • “This has the most replay value, randomness, planning structure, audiovisual appeal, and cost value of anything I've played.”
    • “It basically adds a lot more possibility for strategy and gives a lot of replayability.”
  • story
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story mode of the game is engaging, but some players have reported issues with achievements not unlocking despite completing key challenges, which can detract from the overall experience.

    • “The story is incredibly engaging and keeps you hooked from start to finish.”
    • “The character development throughout the narrative is impressive, making you truly care about their journeys.”
    • “The plot twists are unexpected and add a layer of depth that enhances the overall experience.”
    • “My one complaint with this game is that after I won the story mode, I didn't receive the achievement for beating both of the last two NPCs, even though I had to have defeated them to secure first place.”
    • “The story felt disjointed and lacked depth, making it hard to connect with the characters.”
    • “I was disappointed by the predictable plot twists and underdeveloped story arcs.”
  • humor
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in "Billion Road" is characterized by its colorful and chaotic gameplay, which blends light strategy with unpredictable elements, creating a fun and entertaining experience. Players appreciate the game's ability to incorporate humor through randomness, making it appealing for those who enjoy a lighthearted digital board game.

    • “Ultimately, Billion Road is a game that knows exactly what it wants to be: a colorful, chaotic board game with enough structure to encourage light strategy, but enough randomness to keep things unpredictable and humorous.”
    • “For those who enjoy digital board games with a sense of humor and don’t mind a fair share of luck influencing the outcome, it’s a unique and worthwhile experience.”
  • grinding
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious, primarily due to repetitive dice rolling and a lack of engaging content beyond occasional events. The introduction of new AI can feel unfair, and certain features, like the nemesis battle, are seen as unfulfilling, leading to a sense of monotony in the gameplay experience. Overall, the grind for resources and progress can detract from the enjoyment of the game.

    • “Becomes very grindy, and when new AI comes in, it's just unfair.”
    • “Billion Road is basically a dice simulator first, since the game really doesn't do much beyond that and a few events here and there. Even the nemesis battle is pretty useless, requiring everyone to fight the boss as a team. If you don't own any properties for it to destroy, then outside of a meager reward, it's not really worth it. Most of the time, you'll be rolling dice after dice, moving around, which quickly gets tedious until a quick cutscene or some random event pops up, and then back to the humdrum of making your billions.”
  • emotional
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers a bright and engaging experience suitable for families, filled with distractions and rewards. However, it lacks the strategic depth and emotional resonance found in classic titles, as the guiding mechanics diminish the potential for impactful emotional highs and lows.

    • “However, there's a critical lack of strategic substance underpinning it all, while the presence of a virtual guiding hand tilting the odds robs the game of the emotional extremes that the true classics manage to evoke.”
  • atmosphere
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere is characterized by upbeat and playful music and sound effects, effectively enhancing the overall party-game experience.

    • “The music and sound effects are upbeat and playful, reinforcing the party-game atmosphere.”
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Billion Road is a casual strategy game.

Billion Road is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, Steam Deck and Windows.

On average players spend around 5 hours playing Billion Road.

Billion Road was released on April 16, 2020.

Billion Road was developed by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc..

Billion Road has received mostly positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its music.

Billion Road is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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