Thomas & Friends Minis
Fun Kids Train Games for Boys
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Entertainment
Languages
English
Mon Dec 15 2025
Welcome back! A new game update is here with performance improvements and bug fixes.
Create your very own Thomas & Friends world and bring all your favourite trains to life with the Thomas & Friends Minis app! In the free-play Build & Play mode, players can construct their own world using dozens of interactive locations, items, buildings, and train track pieces. They can utilize different environments from the show, such as Sodor, the city of London, and even the spooky Misty Island. Players can also customize and interact with a large collection of Thomas & Friends Minis characters, including classic ones like Thomas, Percy, Gordon, and James, as well as unique themed ones like shark, robot, and prehistoric dinosaur Minis. Every day is an adventure as players drive their trains through tunnels, over bridges, and into interactive scenes, building new layouts or even sending trains on a rollercoaster ride. For those seeking speed, the Race mode allows players to challenge friends or race against other Minis. They can customize their speed and prepare for a drag race full of exciting twists, turns, and incredible stunts, boosting with special items like the Jet Engine. Furthermore, players can collect hundreds of classic, unique, and themed Thomas & Friends Minis trains from the show, growing their collection by unlocking new characters and customizing them with unique paint jobs, accessories, and liveries.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Thomas & Friends Minis is an absolute delight for young fans of the franchise, successfully blending the creativity of a digital sandbox with the excitement of a racing game. As an expert in children's digital media, I’m impressed by how Budge Studios captured the charm of the 'Minis' toy line. The building mechanics are intuitive enough for a preschooler to grasp, yet detailed enough to allow for some truly imaginative track layouts that include loops, jumps, and even rollercoaster-style drops.
The inclusion of themed environments like Misty Island and London adds a layer of variety that keeps the gameplay from feeling repetitive. Collecting the different Minis—ranging from standard engines to robotic and prehistoric versions—provides a satisfying progression loop for kids. The 'Race' mode adds just the right amount of competitive edge without being frustrating, and the visual polish is exactly what you'd expect from a top-tier licensed title. It’s a safe, creative, and highly engaging digital playground.
Features
Free-play mode to build custom Thomas & Friends worlds
Dozens of interactive locations, items, buildings, and track pieces
Utilize different environments from the show (Sodor, London, Misty Island)
Play with and customize a large collection of Thomas & Friends Minis characters
Collect hundreds of classic, unique, and themed Minis trains
Customize trains with unique paint jobs, accessories, and liveries
Drive trains through tunnels, over bridges, and into interactive scenes
Challenge friends or race against other Minis
Customize race speed and use special boost items (e.g., Jet Engine)
Two main play modes: Build & Play, or Race
Offers endless replay value and customization options
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Tips & Walkthrough
Begin by creating your custom Thomas & Friends world in the 'Build & Play' mode, selecting from iconic locations and an array of interactive items and track pieces. Populate your world with hundreds of collectible Minis trains, customizing their appearance and driving them through your unique layouts. When you're ready for action, switch to 'Race' mode to challenge opponents, fine-tune your speed, and use special boosts for an exhilarating track experience.
Gameplays
This free-play mode empowers players to design and construct their own Thomas & Friends world. It offers a wide array of interactive locations, items, buildings, and train track pieces, drawing inspiration from environments like Sodor, London, and Misty Island. Players can collect, customize, and interact with a vast collection of Thomas & Friends Minis characters, driving them through created landscapes, tunnels, and over bridges, and engaging with various interactive scenes.
The Race mode provides a competitive experience where players can challenge friends or other Minis. Participants can can customize their train's speed and leverage special items, such as the Jet Engine, to gain an advantage in drag races filled with twists, turns, and incredible stunts.
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Ratings & Reviews
The first time the two sides agreed to meet in the first meeting
Sat Apr 12 2025 Super Duper mega goodThe most importantly thing that I learned about this was how the game is designed for people to be more active in their own life than the other way round so that people don’t get stuck on their game for a while because of their personal preferences or the game itself and they have a different way of playing the same thing every day for a while so so I don’t think that was a bad idea at the end but it is what I was thinking of and I’m just not really interested at all I just think it’s kind a fun to do and it’s not a game that you can enjoy but it’s just fun and I don’t think it would make sense for a game that you like and it’s just fun and it’s just like that it’s not that I think that is a game and it’s not a good thing to be fun to be fun to be honest with people who don’t want you to me I think that was the game that you know I think that’s why you don’t want you don’t know how it just doesn’t mean that is what you know I just want you don’t like that you don’t know how I just like you don’t like that you don’t want you
Great game but recently lots of bugs
Sat Jun 05 2021 dankenpoMy kids love this game but recently there’s been a lot of bugs like it shifts the board to the side and only shows part of it when selected, won’t let me purchase any new boards, etc. Overall thought it’s been great until recently. UPDATE IN RESPONSE TO DEVELOPER COMMENT: I have over 150 GB free on my phone, so this is not a space limitation. Nothing happens when I click on the remaining locked items so I can’t purchase them. I also have plenty of memory and performance on my iPhone 12. I sent screenshots of the issue to your support email where the board is partially not visible and shifts to the side when opened which only began happening recently. I also noticed that others are reporting this issue so it isn’t just me. UPDATE: the problems are getting progressively worse so now the app is unusable. It appears to be some kind of corruption where it is mixing the contents of different builds together and not displaying them correctly. I’ve sent information to developers and we will see if they fix it. In the mean time I have to change my review to one star since the app is now unusable which is unacceptable with as much money as I’ve spent on all these tracks and such. UPDATE: I reported the bugs including sending a video to the developers and they never responded. It’s a shame since I spent so much money on new sets and now my kids can’t even use it. This is on multiple devices (same problems), so it clearly isn’t just confined to a single device. The app itself has bugs.
I played this game before and I think I was 3 or 4 or 5 years old but now I’m 8 years older than tht
Mon Jul 20 2026 Leland LovelyThis is not my Review but soon now and I lost this game and just now I finally found this game back and I love this game so much even more zoo more much zoo much that I love this game It’s so much fun like I can’t even stop playing it it’s so fun and I love it and so amazing and awesome and who ever made this game I love them so much because they were so much aejjeges and so much more smert and they are so much what I said just now and dubble it and put it there and now this is my Review I love this game so much and if you hear this who ever made this game I just want you to know I love you so much and you are so smart and amazing and awesome and you made this game so much more fun and so much good and so much more addictivt
WARNING to parents from a parent
Sat Apr 09 2022 JulesmanThis game would get 5 stars if it didn’t, in my opinion, have a very unethical approach to in-app content. My three and a half year old loves the game. But it is literally IMPOSSIBLE for me as a parent to give him a version that doesn’t MAKE him ask for more. And that puts me on the hook for maybe $100. There is no free version here. Maybe to an adult looking at it. But to a kid, they just see a) all locked content as a part of the main navigation and b) continuous internal ads for that content. Repeat: Paying for content does NOT remove ads that are just a part of this app. And that’s a shame, because frankly, my kid loves it and I can’t afford all of it, so I’m gunna have to delete it. To be clear, the app makes it impossible that my child will be happy with it. That is unethical and also probably not good business practice. If you buy this app your child will quickly be asking you for the rest of the content. If you can afford to throw $100 at it, maybe you get the friendly version of this app that I’d rate highly. But as is, I find the whole thing really insulting and legally suspicious.
Great game for the price!
Wed Aug 12 2020 ThadoighMy son and I enjoy building together but the repetitive advertisements for more stuff does get a little annoying. A previous reviewer said they couldn’t find tunnels to go different ways (horizontal vs. vertical) that took us a while to figure out, too: lay some plain tracks pieces across the area you want to put the tunnel (or whatever) then when you carry the tunnel over that area, it will automatically flip to match the existing track. This is different than the instructions! Hey developers, you could change the game instructions to reflect this :). Overall my favorite free game for my 3 yr old. So yeah, I’m about to buy one of the expansion packs because it’s hard to say no to a 3 yr old stuck at home in a pandemic... 😆
Fun But some Ideas!
Sun Apr 10 2022 im sophia mancilla alfaroOk so when you finish the first set (Thomas) You get the next one That was number #1 This is number #2 The platform that you put the items on could be a bit bigger. #3 (Not really a idea) I just started playing and I Realized that this Was so FUN! I would actually start watching the show since I wasn’t really a fan. #4 A suggestion box in the game so you don’t have to leave the game that’s actually kinda long That’s my opinion. #5 Making the game online,you need permission for the person to let you join it. #6 (Last one) Using your skins and racing on your track to upgrade your skin.
WARNING WARNING WARNING!!!
Fri Apr 07 2023 EmiGee2012Parents read before you download! This app is amazing, super high quality and so much fun. However, to unlock the entire thing it costs over $70. Sure, there are bits you can play for free but the app is constantly showing your child all the things that have to be paid for, so either they are constantly disappointed and frustrated or bugging you to drop more and more money to unlock it all. Honestly if the entire game was $20 it would be worth it, without a doubt I would have unlocked it all. I actually did this with another Thomas racing game, where $20 unlocked the entire game, which felt worth it to me. But this game feels unethical and gross. Which is such a shame because it’s a truly wonderful game. I highly recommend not ever downloading it, because there’s no going back once your kid falls in love with it, which they will.
Some approving but good
Mon Nov 23 2020 Jack-Jack Edward HudsonI think this game should have a story mode and a online mode I’m not gonna talk about what I think you’re doing what you have and all that valley something more than you build track and search how are you like to see year fixed on track and do maybe some tiny vases I don’t see other minis I don’t know something that like is is that I’m just building drag like maybe having to fix Jack’s games are in parts for surgeons you’ll be able to customize your engines like that I want to have a little bit we can drive out your. Microphone doesn’t work the best
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