"The Battle Royale genre has reached the point where anything less than fantastic new titles are doomed to failure, and unfortunately for Mini Royale, it is far from being a fantastic title. "
Massively Multiplayer. The Army Men games hold a special place in the hearts of gamers of a certain age.
The games were fantastic for their time, and even the less-than-stellar entries were decent fun. For the most part, they were released before the advent of social media, before players allowed random internet dwellers to decide how they felt about new releases, and hating on almost every new release that fell short of perfection became fashionable.
Gaming before the rise of social media was a different time, and because of this, many of us enjoyed even the most lacklustre Army Men titles, as we were unaware that “we were not supposed to”.
Unfortunately for Mini Royale, those were long ago and very different days.
Unfortunately for [developer,] there was more that people liked about the Army Men games than playing as green plastic men, something that the developers of Mini Royale, and other “toy warfare games” repeatedly fail to grasp, is the reason Army Men games were so beloved was more to do with how much fun they were to play and how well made they were for the time, than the fact you could play as green plastic men.
While being able to play as a plastic soldier was part of what made the games unique, for one thing Army Men games were viewed as a child friendly alternative to more violent games by many parents, and for many people from my generation they were as close to a cwar game as we were allowed to get.
Because of that, many gamers from my generation (elder millennials) have warm and nostalgic feelings about the Army Men Franchise and would gladly purchase a new entry if one were to be released today.
However, Mini Royale is not the continuation of a beloved franchise; rather, it is a very generic Battle Royale, with poor map design, barely passable gunplay, and some of the most generic character models I have ever seen in a title produced by a real developer. Only asset flips by solo “devs” surpass Mini Royale‘s generic and uninspired character models.
Don’t get me wrong, if Mini Royale launched as a paid title, it would have died within seconds of launch, and the small community that it managed to attract is entirely due to it being free-2-play, however, free-2-play games relay on microstransations to survive, and after expaming what the store had to offer, my initial thought was “Who would want to buy any of this stuff?”
Just because something is for sale doesn’t mean most people will buy it.
Yes, some people will gladly throw away money to appear slightly different, but for most people, being “slightly less generic” is not enough reason to part with their hard-earned money, especially for a game that appears to be already circling the drain, with daily peaks of around 2000 players, there is no realistic scenario where Mini Royale is making enough income to support itself long term.
Mini Royale is a battle royale video game developed and published by IndigoBlue, it was released on 27 March 2025 and it is Free-2-Play.
Mini Royale is available exclusively on PC.
As of April 2025, around 5000 people play Mini Royale on a fairly regular basis.
Mini Royale suffers from low activity, meaning that while off-peak matchmaking is possible in populated regions, finding full lobbies in less populated regions is unlikely outside of peak playtimes.
Mini Royale offers the following matchmaking options:
The Mini Royale in-game store sells:
The following peripherals are officially supported:
Mini Royale is unrated and contains:
I do not want to be cruel, but making a game is never easy. I know that the developers of Mini Royale undoubtedly did their best. Still, with so few people online and a very unattractive selection of cosmetics available to purchase, there is no realistic path to suitability for Mini Royale without a drastic overhaul, which I am not sure the developers have the resources to bankroll.
Mini Royale isn’t a terrible game, but it is devastatingly average.
With so many better games on the market vying for players’ time and attention, I see no reason to play Mini Royale in 2025.
Based on how few people are online right now, many others seem to feel the same way I do.
By all means, give Mini Royale a try. It is free to play, and there is fun to be had. However, I cannot recommend purchasing anything, as Mini Royale is too small to survive in any meaningful way. Players may not enjoy any purchases they make for more than a few months before Mini Royale matchmaking becomes unviable or the developers are forced to pull it offline altogether.
We found Mini Royale to be a mediocre game, meaning that while it has some redeeming qualities, it's held back by noticeable flaws that prevent it from being truly enjoyable.
