Watergate vs Caverna
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Watergate
This digital board game simulates the Watergate scandal. One player is a journalist uncovering evidence, while the other is the Nixon administration trying to conceal the truth. It features asynchronous multiplayer and a solo mode.
- Card-driven gameplay
- Asynchronous multiplayer
- Solo play mode
- Faithful board game adaptation
- Detailed background story
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Card-Driven Game of the Most Notorious of Political Scandals. Will Nixon triumph in his tug of war with the Press or will the truth be exposed? Nominated for Best Board Game App in the BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Awards! In Watergate, one player assumes the role of a Washington Post Journalist, while the other embodies the Nixon Administration—each with a unique set of cards. To win, the Nixon Administration must build up enough momentum to make it to the end of the presidential term, whereas the Journalist must gather enough evidence to connect two informants directly to the President. Of course, the administration will do all in its power to smother any evidence. Watergate: The Board Game is a faithful adaptation of the original board game. Languages: English, German, Dutch Play modes: Pass & Play, Cross-platform asynchronous multiplayer, Solo Includes detailed background story Game author: Matthias Cramer Publisher: Frosted Games Digital adaptation: Apps by Eerko Top 10 of all-time best 2-player-only games (BoardGameGeek). Winner Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game 2019 Winner Board Game Quest Awards Best Two Player Game 2019
Caverna
Lead a dwarf tribe to expand their cavern home and cultivate the surrounding forest. Dig deeper for resources, furnish rooms to grow your tribe, and forge weapons for adventures. Cultivate fields, breed animals, and increase your wealth to become the strongest tribe leader.
- Dwarf tribe management
- Cavern expansion and furnishing
- Resource cultivation and mining
- Animal breeding and farming
- Weapon forging and adventures
- Worker action system
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Caverna by Uwe Rosenberg makes you the head of a dwarf tribe, living in a small cavern. You cultivate the forest in front of your cavern and dig deeper into the mountain throughout the game. By furnishing rooms in your caverns you make space to grow your tribe and and create new goods from your resources. Deeper into the mountain you will find fountains as well as ore and gem mines. It's on you to decide how much ore and gems you want to mine, giving you the opportunity to forge weapons and go on adventures; a new way to do things in the game instead of using actions with your workers. Outside your cavern you can clear the forest, cultivate fields, fence pastures and grow crops or breed animals. All this in order to increase your wealth and become the strongest and best tribe leader of them all!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Caverna at 4.1 against Watergate's 3.5. Caverna also leads on chart position (#92 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). Watergate's advantage is price ($6.99 vs $11.99). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Watergate costs $6.99 and Caverna $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Caverna holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Watergate's written reviews are positive against 61% of Caverna's.
Watergate ships an update every 2 weeks, Caverna every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Watergate | Caverna |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 — better | $11.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) | 4.1 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 61.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #92 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 450 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eerko Vissering | DIGIDICED |
Customer experience
Watergate
Caverna
In-app purchases
Watergate
No in-app purchases
Caverna
No in-app purchases







