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
The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
Screenshots
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