The game was released on September 27, 2001 in Japan, October 3, 2002 in North America, and on November 8, 2002 in Europe. The main objective of the game is to talk with NPCs to populate various towns. A sequel called Metropolismania 2 was released on August 21, 2007 in North America and on July 13, 2006 in Japan. Another sequel, called Metropolismania 3, was released for the PlayStation Portable in Japan only.