The Roottrees are Dead

Buy96%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 10k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Evil Trout Inc. · Detective · Jan 15, 2025

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
22
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
8
Full audio2 of 8
Subtitles8 of 8

Should I buy The Roottrees are Dead?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 109 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 10k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
100% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews0% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
109 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The puzzles make sense and follow an engaging difficulty curve, and the characters and plot are thought-provoking yet endearing.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Other than that, the gameplay loop is still very good and I did enjoy my time with it.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I knew it was supposed to be harder than the first one going in, and it seemed like it was, with each piece of information coming with more difficulty than it did in the first part.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I loved the OST and all the image blurbs you find, most of the stuff that I assume were made for this remaster version are good quality and enhances the experience by a long shot (even minor details like the sound of the keyboard typing or the sound of the rain are chef kiss ).
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In terms of art style, it's one of the more unique games I've looked at.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I expected to burn a couple of hours with it, but the combination of the immersive interface, the twisting storyline, and the perfectly concocted mechanics hooked me for days on end.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story109 reviews
Gameplay64 reviews
Difficulty27 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Graphics11 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Co-op6 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $14.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $19.99