What is Tradle?
Tradle is a geography game about trade. Each day you see a colourful chart that breaks down one country's exports, with boxes sized by how much each product is worth: crude oil, cars, coffee, copper and so on. From that picture alone you have to guess the country. You get six guesses, and after each wrong one the game tells you how far away your guess is in kilometres and which direction the answer lies, much like Worldle. Some days are easy, when a single product dominates the chart; others are tricky because several countries export similar things. Tradle is made by the team behind the Observatory of Economic Complexity, an economic data website, so the numbers are real trade data. It suits geography fans, economics students and anyone curious about what different countries actually sell to the world. Be aware that copycat versions exist on other websites.
How to play
- Look at the chart of the mystery country's exports.
- Guess a country. You'll see the distance and direction to the answer.
- Find it within six guesses.
