ROOT

Buy76%

Mostly Positive · 213 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Skunkape Interactive · Action · Nov 17, 2015

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Price
$4.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
29
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy ROOT?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 33 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 213 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 120 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
63% of themes are praise25% are divided12% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
33 of 120 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay is minimalistic but somewhat fun and is carried by the wish to get deeper into the building, which I believe might lower the replay-value.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
25 of 120 sampled reviews raised it
I also really love that some of the objects like office cubicles are transparent allowing you to spot enemies – the graphics can be both functional and stylish.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
15 of 120 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay is fine, the atmosphere/story is interesting and I didn't mind the difficulty.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
13 of 120 sampled reviews raised it
The engine or the maps could be optimized a bit better: It's all smooth most of the time, but I did notice some lower FPS dips sometimes.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 120 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack turned out to be good too, it makes up for the 95's Hackers vibe with it's choice of solid breakcore tunes coupled with deeply enveloping sci-fi acapellas on top of usual sythy ambient.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay33 reviews
Graphics25 reviews
Story15 reviews
Performance13 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
56% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
58% still recommend

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 Trading Cards

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
$4.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.

8 points recordedtoday · $4.99

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