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Root Of Evil: The Tailor

You will play a telepath named James. He has the ability to connect with the soul thus he can understand their past. He was hired to explore what happened in the previous 20 years in a haunted house This is the puzzle game!

Released Dec 8, 2016 Developer EastFog Studios Platforms Windows · Mac Adventure Horror Indie Casual Action

View on Steam ↗ $6.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

83.0%positive560 reviews

Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Interesting short game and worth it at the low price. Small imperfections are not a problem”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Wow ! I've enjoy this game so much, nice story, creepy atmosphere, (and thanks that there are no stupid gosts our monsters that kill you everytime, like in much other games !), nice puzzels where the solution is always somewhere close to you. This game is made by only one…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played

Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I wanted to like it so bad. This is my kind of genre. Puzzle with heavy atmosphere and some jump scares. Could be a solid game if the bugs are worked out. Kept getting stuck where I would click to do an action but couldn't press the back button because of the placement of the…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

18achievements

34.2%median completion

14.2%rarest: Third

Almost everyone has

55.2%Cart — Hidden symbol in the house

51.3%Scale — Hidden symbol in the house

47.6%House — Hidden symbol in the house

Rarest badges of honor

14.2%Third — Hidden symbol in the house

16.9%X symbol — Hidden symbol in the house

17.6%Tree — Hidden symbol in the house

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 10, 2017
Updated Language Chinese and Korean for Mac OS

Updated Language Chinese and Korean for Mac OS ːsteamhappyː - Add new option change resolution screen http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27107367/08e164294ca4fabef1c6

May 10, 2017
Updated Language Chinese and Korean for Mac OS

Mar 26, 2017
New Project Game

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27107367/4ec52f4489c9db6af9f00fff0212a0b53e5bf476.jpg I just start a new project about role-playing simulation game Name is : Win

Mar 26, 2017
New Project Game

Mar 26, 2017
Update version 1.05 - Fix english version and add a new voice character

- Add new Fix english Sub - Add new Voice character Special thank for voice actor : Sara Adams and Greg Petrovic.

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

Genres	Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation
Player tags	Adventure · Horror · Indie · Casual · Action · Simulation · Puzzle · First-Person (Steam store community voting)
Features	Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
Languages	English * , Russian, French, German, Korean, Simplified Chinese *
Achievements	18
Official site	http://www.eastfog.com/

Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64 Bit/ Windows 8 64 Bit/ Windows 10 64 Bit Processor: Core i5 processor or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD4400 / AMD Radeon 5750 1Gb VRAM / NVidia Geforce 640 1Gb VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space