Caravan Stories
Caravan Stories is a Japanese, cross-platform fantasy MMORPG with an anime-inspired art style. Pick from six playable races, build a party by recruiting allies and taming monsters, then take your caravan across a wide world filled with bosses, dungeons, and arena-style PvP.
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Publisher: Aiming Playerbase: Medium Type: Anime MMORPG PvP: Colosseum PvP Release Date: September 10, 2019 (NA/EU), 2017 (JP) Pros: +Striking anime visuals with a colorful world. +Play across PC and mobile on supported versions. +Monster capturing and party-building depth. Cons: -PvP leans on asynchronous matchups. |
Caravan Stories Overview
Caravan Stories is an anime-styled MMORPG from Japanese developer Aiming, the studio also known for the mobile MMO Logres (which reached the West in May 2017). Where Logres stayed firmly in the mobile lane, Caravan Stories aims broader, supporting play across devices and leaning into a more exploration-driven format centered on your traveling caravan.
The core loop mixes roaming the overworld with party management. You expand your roster by recruiting story characters and taming monsters, then assemble squads to handle everything from routine questing to tougher encounters. Along the way you upgrade your caravan, hunt down large-scale enemies, and test your teams in Colosseum battles against other players.
Caravan Stories Key Features:
- PC & Mobile Cross Play – Jump in from Windows or mobile and continue the same adventure, designed for play at home or while traveling.
- Six Playable Races – Choose from Human, Elf, Dwarf, Orc, Gessy, and Lizardman, each fitting cleanly into the game’s light fantasy tone.
- Tame Monsters & Recruit Allies – Build a large collection (roughly 200 to 300) of characters and creatures, then form teams of 6 for PvE and 10 for PvP.
- Open World Raids – A mix of instanced content for progression and shared-world raid targets, with groups of up to 3 players (18 characters total) working together.
- Spectator Mode – Watch other groups tackle difficult raid fights to pick up strategies and team compositions before attempting them yourself.
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Caravan Stories Review
Caravan Stories leans hard into the appeal of a “traveling adventure” MMO, where the sense of place matters as much as the combat. The first thing most players will notice is the presentation: it is bright, expressive, and consistently anime in its character work. Towns and fields have a storybook quality that makes casual exploration feel rewarding, even when you are simply moving between objectives.
Combat is party-based and built around assembling the right lineup rather than mastering a single avatar. That design gives the game a strategic edge, because your power comes from roster depth and synergy. Recruiting new allies and capturing monsters becomes more than collection for its own sake, it is the primary way you open up new approaches to content. If you enjoy games where team building is the main “progression puzzle,” Caravan Stories is at its best when you are experimenting with who to bring and why.
Progression is closely tied to your caravan and your growing stable of units. Upgrades and roster development provide the long-term chase, while dungeons and raid bosses supply the spikes of challenge. The raid structure is particularly interesting in how it scales around small player groups controlling multiple characters, which can make cooperative play feel distinct from traditional MMO roles. Spectator Mode is a nice quality-of-life touch here, since difficult fights often hinge on positioning, timing, and understanding what a boss is trying to punish.
PvP, branded around Colosseum play, is present but not the main reason to start. With asynchronous elements, it tends to emphasize preparation and team strength over on-the-fly adaptation. That can be appealing if you want competitive rewards without scheduling around live matches, but it may disappoint players looking for highly reactive, real-time duels.
Overall, Caravan Stories succeeds most as a visually charming MMO built around collecting and improving a large cast. It is a good fit for players who like anime worlds, roster-driven combat, and a steady drip of new allies and monsters to chase, with raids and light competitive modes as endgame side pillars.
Caravan Stories Links
Caravan Stories Official Site
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Caravan Stories YouTube [Developer’s Profile]
Caravan Stories System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
Operating System: Windows 7/8.1/10 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.4GHz/AMD A4-7300
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT (VRAM 256MB) or AMD Radeon HD 8470D
Storage: 2 GB available space
Mobile:
Operating System: Android 4.1 or later / iOS 8.0 or later
These are estimates based on our own speculation. We will update this section as official requirements become available.
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Caravan Stories Additional Information
Developer: Aiming
Publisher: Aiming
Platforms: Windows, Android, iOS
Announcement Date: August 19, 2016
Release Date: 2017 (Japan)
Western Release Date: September 10, 2019 (PS4)
Development History / Background:
Revealed during a live broadcast on August 19, 2016, Caravan Stories was introduced under the codename Project Caravan and positioned as Aiming’s most ambitious effort at the time. Early messaging pointed toward a late-2017 launch window, alongside talk of a PC client that would support cross play, although a specific date for that version was not provided.
In the West, Caravan Stories arrived on PS4 on September 10, 2019 following a brief delay, since it had previously been planned for a late-July 2019 release. The regional platform situation also differs between versions, the Japanese release is available on PS4 and mobile, while the Western release is PS4 only.