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Caravan

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux • 2016

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Quick resume

Are you ready to embark on a journey through deserts and dangers? Will you be able to safely navigate your fellowship through the lands of the Orient and uncover your destiny? Through strategic trading and traveling you will overcome obstacles and adversity.

Global score

77/100

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Simulator, Strategy, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Relaxing and immersive arabian desert atmosphere
    • Simple but engaging trading and combat mechanics
    • Good value for price especially on sale
    • Character and caravan customization options
    • Storyline adds motivation and context

    Cons

    • Repetitive gameplay and limited random events
    • Combat and ai become easy and unchallenging
    • Linear quests with limited side content
    • Slow pacing and some ui annoyances
    • Limited replayability and short overall length

    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Idle, Thrill, Violence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

    Motivations

    • Autonomy
      3

      "Players can freely choose caravan composition, trading routes, and character upgrades, though quests are mostly linear."

    • Competence
      2

      "Game involves skill in trading and dice-based combat/haggling minigames, but difficulty is low and combat becomes easy over time."

    • Competition
      -3

      "Focus is on personal progress and trading at own pace; no multiplayer or ranked modes."

    • Continuation
      -2

      "Some players find the game repetitive and short, leading to limited replay value and eventual disengagement."

    • Cooperation
      1

      "Players manage a caravan with multiple characters working together, but no multiplayer cooperation."

    • Creativity
      2

      "Players customize caravan members, animals, and trading strategies, but within predefined systems."

    • Domination
      -4

      "No evidence of exerting control over others; interactions are single-player and balanced."

    • Escapism
      4

      "Provides a relaxing, immersive Arabian desert trading experience, offering escape from real life."

    • Expectation
      -4

      "Players engage voluntarily for enjoyment and relaxation, not out of obligation."

    • Experimenting
      1

      "Some experimentation with caravan composition and trading routes, but gameplay becomes repetitive."

    • Exploration
      2

      "Exploration of Arabian Peninsula map with new cities unlocking, though limited random events."

    • Expression
      1

      "Some character and caravan customization possible, but limited visual or avatar personalization."

    • Fantasy
      3

      "Game includes fantasy elements like djinns, ghouls, and mythical Arabian legends."

    • Fellowship
      -5

      "Single-player game with minimal social interaction or community involvement."

    • Growth
      2

      "Players level up characters and improve caravan, though progression is simple and capped early."

    • Health
      -5

      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity involved."

    • Idle
      2

      "Game allows for relaxed, slow-paced play with some waiting during travel animations."

    • Intimacy
      -5

      "No close social relationships or emotional sharing; interactions are minimal and gameplay-focused."

    • Leadership
      3

      "Player leads caravan, managing members and resources strategically."

    • Progression
      3

      "Players accumulate items, characters, and upgrades to improve caravan and trading efficiency."

    • Relaxation
      4

      "Game praised for relaxing atmosphere, music, and slow, meditative gameplay."

    • Sensation
      1

      "Enjoyable art style and music provide sensory pleasure, though graphics are simple."

    • Status
      -5

      "No social status or recognition mechanics present."

    • Story
      3

      "Storyline is present and engaging for some, though considered linear and not deeply immersive."

    • Strategy
      2

      "Requires planning trading routes, resource management, and tactical dice-based combat/haggling."

    • Thrill
      -2

      "Gameplay is low risk and slow paced with limited suspense or tension."

    • Value
      3

      "Good value for price especially on sale; provides hours of casual entertainment."

    • Violence
      1

      "Combat exists but is simple and not graphic; violence is minimal and stylized."

    • Survival
      2

      "Managing water supplies and avoiding death in desert adds light survival elements."

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    Last update: 29/04/2026