Monorail Stories
Stelex Software · 2022 · Life Sim, Female Protagonist, Simulation, Choices Matter, Funny
PC
Mixed63% · 3580Metacritic
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About Monorail Stories
Good morning and welcome to the Monorail Transit System connecting the Cities of M and L. This spectacular feat of engineering allows thousands to commute between the Cities each day and mingle with each other.
Every day a hundred new stories are born in the cars running on the track suspended above the Bay.
Every day extraordinary things happen to ordinary people. This is their story.
Silvie and Ahmal, from the City of M and the City of L. Two people who don't know each other, but still affect each other's lives through the monorail they share each day.
They commute between the cities each day at different times. Each day they choose who to talk to on the monorail, how to treat their fellow commuters, and what to do as the monorail makes its run over the Bay.
Each day is a new chapter in their shared story.
As you take control of Ahmal and Silvie each day, you'll meet dozens of people during the commute. How you choose to interact with them is up to you.
The choices you make on the monorail affect their stories - or rather, the shared story they inhabit and you create with every decision and every interaction, leading to one of the multiple endings for Ahmal and Silvie.
As the Monorail Stories unfold, so does the tale of the two cities linked by the track. The two city-states face upheaval and uncertainty, just like the people who pass between them on the monorail each day. Their destinies may very well be decided not by what the people do, but by how they treat one another.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Monorail Stories presents itself as a charming, story-driven adventure with nostalgic pixel art and multiple endings, but most players find the experience tedious and repetitive, with slow pacing, forgettable dialogue, and limited meaningful interaction across nearly identical train cars. While some appreciate the concept and visual style, the game is frequently criticized for clunky mechanics, awkward voice acting, and a lack of depth that makes even the short playtime feel like a chore, with controller-only controls adding to the frustration for a dialogue-heavy game.
[h2]A scenic ride to Nowhere, with plenty of time to regret boarding[/h2] "Monorail Stories" greets you with charming 8-bit visuals, the sort that whisper promises of nostalgia and quirky charm. Unfortunately, much like a real commute, the novelty wears off after the first few stops. What begins as a pixelated journey soon devolves into an endless loop of trudging left and right through nearly identical train cars, engaging in dialogues so inconsequential they could be replaced by elevator music without loss. The game proudly offers controller-only controls, as if shunning the mouse were some daring design statement. In reality, it’s less “bold choice” and more “hope you enjoy thumb gymnastics while reading paragraphs of dialogue.” For a title so heavy on conversation, the lack of intuitive navigation feels like designing a library where all the books are behind locked glass. Story progression ambles forward at the pace of a distracted tortoise, with decisions carrying all the weight of a “paper or plastic” checkout query. Even players who relish slow-burn narratives may find themselves wondering if the monorail is, in fact, running in circles. By the end, "Monorail Stories" fe…5 found this helpful
Super fun!!1 found this helpful
[b]As boring as waiting for a train | KAMGUSTA's MINI REVIEW[/b] Your first thing to do is to set the walking speed to maximum - and it will still be slow. Then quit the game. Joking aside, it's a simple (1 hour length) 2D adventure with monologue dialogues, no inventory and multiple endings (depending on your choices). I got the perfect one on my first casual playthrough. Strangely, you have choose how to respond to people, in a "good" or in "bad" way, but not WHAT to respond - it comes after that choice. There are no options to "rewind" the chapter and make a different choice. It's a monodimensional game like the monorail in the title. [b]Best played with joypad Recommended buy price: 1$ Score: 5/10[/b]1 found this helpful
5/10 interesting concept but very buggy
I think the title screen may actually be the best part of the game. It paints a picture of a charming game about two cities connected by a monorail, but the mechanics and writing fail to deliver. You just walk up and down the same train with largely the same people and same points of interaction, with nothing really interesting happening at any point. Conversations are forgettable at best and the voice acting sometimes makes the already janky dialogue even worse. I like the premise, I like the visual style and I like to support games like this, so I'd love to be able to recommend this, but since even my first playthrough is feeling like a chore, I just can't.
i dont know if the heat this game has gotten is deserved. it is a point n click adventure, and like any of those it has its own world and twists. there's multiple endings and ways to handle things. i thought finishing sylvie and ahmal would unlock more playable characters, was a little strange to have character selection when there is never more than one option.
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