Silk Roads: Caravan Kings

Silk Roads: Caravan Kings

Priory Games · October 1, 2020 · Interactive Fiction, Trading, Choose Your Own Adventure, Medieval, Life Sim

Silk Roads: Caravan Kings is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Mostly Positive74% · 46
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About Silk Roads: Caravan Kings

In Silk Roads: Caravan Kings you follow in the footsteps of the legendary Marco Polo on a journey into Cathay in search of riches and adventure.

Forge Your Own Journey


This solo developed indie game puts you in control of a journey through a foreign world scarcely explored in popular media, including the famous Mongolian Steppes, the sandy deserts of Arabia, the wet jungles of India and the civilized empire of China. You can choose your path across the world.

Create Your Destiny


Over 100 unique events will challenge you on your journey, with multiple endings, luck based decisions and unique artwork.

Live the Perilous Life


Managing your supplies, camel train, health and morale as you travel across a hand drawn map.

Trade Across the World


Stop in over 30 cities along the roads for a chance to rest, recuperate, resupply & work. Visit the markets of distant lands and trade your way to China.

Walk the Roads


Manage your relations with the various cultures on the routes to Cathay, improve your skills to help you trade and obtain essential equipment.

Silk Roads: Caravan Kings — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Nov 17, 2025
Игра 'Silk Roads: Caravan Kings' – это увлекательная смесь экономической стратегии и приключений, переносящая игрока в эпоху торговли вдоль Шелкового пути. Интересно управлять караваном, добывать ресурсы, торговать различными товарами между городами и развивать свой бизнес. Разнообразие доступных товаров, особенности каждого города и динамично меняющиеся цены делают каждую торговую экспедицию уникальной и заставляют постоянно адаптироваться к рынку. Графика игры приятная, хотя и не поражает воображение, но хорошо передает атмосферу древних торговых путей. Интерфейс интуитивно понятен, что позволяет быстро освоиться и начать погружаться в геймплей. Единственный минус – иногда повторяющиеся события и однообразные задания. Хотелось бы больше разнообразия в случайных встречах и возможностях взаимодействия с другими караванами и персонажами. Однако, в целом, игра оставляет положительные впечатления и способна увлечь на долгие часы. Рекомендую всем любителям экономических стратегий и исторических сеттингов!
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Recommended Aug 8, 2025
Thank you! I enjoyed this caravan sim. A lot of events, adventures and management.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 24, 2025
The game is very good, and is even better for new players, as it is now free to play. BTW, if you try Silk Roads and like it, you can also buy Silk Roads II, which is really excellent and somewhat different.
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Not recommended Nov 16, 2025
"Silk Roads: Caravan Kings" is a simple trading game where you tycoon your way through running caravans on the silk road... which might be really cool if this wasn't just an ultra simple browser game (not sure if this was released as a browser game but it has all the same properties). So this looks like an old 1990's Adobe Flash game that you might play in a web browser, and the problem there is obviously Steam wasn't intended to try compete with Chrome and Firefox. If it can be done in a web browser, it's not even close to a cutting edge PC gaming experience. That's a problem. The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?). Gamers don't spend thousands of dollars on gaming rigs and the latest 3D graphics cards to play 2D games. Even mobile phones and game consoles can do 3D graphics now. There's no excuse. This game is fairly dated at 5 years old... and even back then it looked old and busted compared to contemporary, professionally made 3D games of the same period. It looked bad then, it looks worse now. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. There's no initial download price, but the devel…
Recommended Sep 24, 2025
Very fun but slightly repettive. the game should add more alternate routes, and add more abrupt endings.
Recommended Sep 11, 2025
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