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Book of Travels

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Linux • 2021

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Quick resume

Ready your pack, grab your walking stick and step into a world of mystery. Craft your character and immerse yourself in the enchanted lands of Braided Shore. Set your own goals and adventure alone or together with Travellers you meet on the road in this serene TMORPG.

Global score

75/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Early Access, Massively Multiplayer

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    Pros

    • Unique and immersive world
    • Relaxing and meditative gameplay
    • Rich lore and exploration
    • Meaningful social interactions
    • Creative character customization

    Cons

    • Early access bugs and glitches
    • Slow pacing may not suit all players
    • Limited multiplayer features
    • Real-time day/night cycle can be inconvenient
    • Lack of quest log requires note-taking

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal exploration and building rather than competing with others; multiplayer is cooperative and casual."

      Capsule for Aloft Aloft

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report long play sessions and habitual engagement due to immersive exploration and story."

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      "Many players report long play sessions and habitual engagement due to the immersive world and ongoing discoveries."

    • Cooperation

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      3

      "Supports cooperative play on servers with friends and communities; teamwork is beneficial but solo play is also viable."

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      "Small server sizes encourage occasional cooperation and shared challenges, but solo play is fully supported."

    • Creativity

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      "Players can customize characters extensively, build housing, craft items, and influence the ecosystem creatively."

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    • Domination

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      "Interactions are balanced and respectful; no evidence of power imposition or trash talk."

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    • Escapism

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      "Strongly emphasized as a relaxing, stress-relieving experience that helps players escape real-life worries."

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      "Strongly emphasized as a meditative, relaxing experience that helps players escape real-life stress."

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of curiosity and interest, not obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Players explore different mechanics, paths, and strategies, including magic and science."

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    • Exploration

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      "Core motivation is discovering new areas, secrets, lore, and hidden content in a richly detailed world."

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    • Expression

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      "Strong self-expression through character customization and choice-driven narrative paths."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Imaginative world with magical creatures, whimsical story, and fantasy elements."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Strong community and social play with friends; online community small but passionate."

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      "Small community feel with meaningful, limited social interactions and shared experiences."

    • Growth

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      "Players learn controls, explore lore, and develop skills over time; some personal development through gameplay."

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      "Players learn skills, trade mastery, and uncover lore, supporting personal development."

    • Health

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      "Primarily sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or rehab elements."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention on reading and exploration; not designed for background or idle play."

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      "Requires focused attention to exploration and note-taking; not designed for background play."

    • Intimacy

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      "Limited communication via emotes but players form friendships and cooperative bonds."

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      "Limited social interaction via emotes fosters gentle connections but not deep relationships."

    • Leadership

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      "No evidence of leadership roles; players mostly participate equally and cooperatively."

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      "No evidence of leadership roles; players participate equally or in small cooperative groups."

    • Progression

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      "Progression through collecting loot, upgrading skills and equipment."

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      "Progression through acquiring items, skills, and upgrades, though at a slow, deliberate pace."

    • Relaxation

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      "Highly relaxing experience with calming music and peaceful atmosphere."

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      "Highly relaxing and meditative experience with calming music and atmosphere."

    • Sensation

      Game with the same Sensation vibe

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      "Enjoyable visual and auditory experience with detailed art and music, though not intense sensory stimulation."

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    • Status

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      "Minimal social recognition or status seeking; focus is on personal satisfaction."

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    • Story

      Game with the same Story vibe

      4

      "Narrative unfolds through lore, NPC dialogue, and player discovery, creating immersive story engagement."

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      "Narrative immersion through lore, NPC interactions, and player-driven story discovery."

    • Strategy

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      "Requires planning weapon loadouts, combat tactics, and exploration routes, though not deeply complex."

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    • Thrill

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      "Low suspense or risk; gameplay is calm and focused on exploration and story rather than tension."

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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      "Some survival elements like managing food and resources but no direct threats or combat."

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Intimacy, Survival, Violence, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Survival, Fellowship.

    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.

    Last update: 30/04/2026