Imagine the trope: you come from a small town, living the big city life, when suddenly something comes calling for you at home. Caravan SandWitch puts a spin on it by changing the scale, swapping cities for planets.

The protagonist, Sauge, receives a distress signal from her older sister’s spaceship – the sister who had been presumed dead for the last six years. Dropping everything, Sauge returns to the family’s largely deserted home planet of Cigalo – where only people from her childhood still remain, begrudgingly.

You could argue that the second main character is the yellow van Sauge receives early on in the game, which is key to the exploration of the planet. There is a lot to see, and the van receives handy upgrades as you progress through the story.

The game takes inspiration from some of the classic exploration worlds, where most of the surfaces you see are reachable, climbable, jumpable, drivable or zip-line-able, providing depth to a seemingly simple and cosy world. There’s no danger or risk of any kind, either – both Sauge and her van can fall off cliffs of any height and just carry on. Always fun.