The Roottrees are Dead (2025)

Developer

Robin Ward

Publisher

Evil Trout

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux

Genres

Adventure

Rating

4.8 of 5, 9,299 player ratings

Typical playtime

about 14 hours

Where to get it

Steam

How it feels

You feel like a detective hunched over a clunky monitor in 1998, patiently piecing together family trees and cross-referencing clues from scanned documents.

puzzlemysteryinvestigativeretroatmosphericdialogue-free deductioncasual pacing

What players say

Players describe it as a deeply addictive genealogical deduction game where you piece together a sprawling family tree by searching a simulated 1998 internet. The hint system is praised, but many say the second part is more confusing and frustrating than the first.

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