The project was supported by the Dutch Game Garden, a studio incubation program.

[4] A re-release of the original game with additional content was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 23 August 2016 entitled Metrico+.

Platforms are mostly simple-toned geometric shapes, such as cubes and 3D-rectangles.

[6][7] Colin Moriarty, reviewing for IGN, praised the game's "ingenious puzzles", but noted some technical issues and the game's use of "gimmicky, sometimes broken controls".

[8] Likewise, GameSpot's reviewer Josiah Renaudin criticized Metrico's "often unwieldy controls", but noted a "beautiful audiovisual blend" and "exciting sense of discovery".