The Roottrees are Dead

The Roottrees are Dead

Steam Deck Playable

Evil Trout Inc. · Detective · Jan 15, 2025

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $14.99.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
10k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 137 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 10k player reviews · updated a day ago

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
57% of themes are praise29% are divided14% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
All the illustrations are drawn by Henning Ludvigsen, a professional artist for board games, so all of the characters have that "board game" look to them, I quite like it!
137 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay loop is quite satisfying!
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The game's voice acting and original music is also very good.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
It is a bit like Hypnospace Outlaw, using a 90's-style setting and PC GUI as the primary interface for the game.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters137 reviews
Gameplay43 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty37 reviews
86%
Graphics9 reviews
89%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes9 reviews
89%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $14.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
22
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.