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Road Not Taken
Road Not Taken is a roguelike puzzle game about surviving life’s surprises. You play as a ranger adventuring through a vast, unforgiving forest in the aftermath of a brutal winter storm, rescuing children who have lost their way.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“This is my gold standard for a good indie game; good mechanics, good story, good writing and a cute pithy ending that loops back around and makes sense in the frame of the story. I find myself wanting to know more about the world. Hidden gem honestly.”
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— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“So, what to say and not to sound bitter… I came back to this game after almost 10 years - I put the game on hiatus in 2016. All I could remember about it was that it quickly became rather hard… well, still a valid point. [i]Road Not Taken[/i] is a roguelike puzzle game with…”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs playedLatest official news
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Major new update! (v731) Timed mode, modding & more!
Hi folks! We're pleased to announce the next major free update to Road Not Taken is now publicly available! New "just for fun" Timed Mode: try to rescue all the kids within four minutes! You lose time
Major new update! (v731) Timed mode, modding & more!
Hi folks! We're pleased to announce the next major free update to Road Not Taken is now publicly available! New "just for fun" Timed Mode: try to rescue all the kids within four minutes! You lose time
New update v662
Hi folks! Road Not Taken now contains two difficulty modes, "normal" and "hard." The latter, hard mode, is basically what the default mode of the game used to be. The new "normal" mode has less crowde
New update v662
Hi folks! Road Not Taken now contains two difficulty modes, "normal" and "hard." The latter, hard mode, is basically what the default mode of the game used to be. The new "normal" mode has less crowde
"Testers" beta branch now contains new mode
Hi folks, If you're brave and don't mind potentially stumbling across a bad bug or two, you can opt into the "testers" beta branch of Road Not Taken and experience some of our latest work. Here are in
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Rogue-like · Indie · Puzzle · Adventure · Turn-Based · Cute · Atmospheric · Difficult · Procedural Generation · Singleplayer · Female Protagonist (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://spryfox.com/our-games/road-not-taken/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Memory: 2 GB RAM