Rusty Lake: Roots

Rusty Lake: Roots

Steam Deck Verified

Rusty Lake · Puzzle · Oct 20, 2016

Yes, worth buying.

At $3.99. It has been as low as $2.23.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
9k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 138 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 9k player reviews · updated 5 days 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
80% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
A BIG PLUS for this game is that this is the first game to actually provide us with some solid, easy to understand, plot points.
138 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay focuses heavily on exploration and puzzle-solving, with a variety of challenges that range from simple object interactions to more complex logic puzzles.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Visually, the game adopts a distinct hand-drawn art style that perfectly complements its unsettling atmosphere.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Pretty much same as the graphics, the audio design is basically identical to the previous games.
11 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 characters138 reviews
Gameplay21 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Audio11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty11 reviews
100%

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 $3.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.23.

4 points recordedtoday · $3.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
16
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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