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Root
Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
65 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Reasonably well-produced adaptation of an excellent game. Recommended for offline or online play with friends - I have never joined a random game lobby. ROOT is a complex game, but this digital edition REALLY helps…”
“Dis is quite possibly, the best, digital translation of a board game, dat I has ever seen.”
“Fantastic asymmetrical wargame that manages to also be super cute and well themed!”
19 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Reasonably well-produced adaptation of an excellent game. Recommended for offline or online play with friends - I have never joined a random game lobby. ROOT is a complex game, but this digital edition REALLY helps…”
“Fantastic asymmetrical wargame that manages to also be super cute and well themed!”
“Cute game but a bit complex and i'm not sure I like how some of the races play. Based on a board game of the same name without dlc you get 4 races. To simply break the races down 1)the racoons need to build to score…”
19 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“The best port of a board game in my opinion. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of everything in the physical version and this version makes everything easier. The only downside it's that unless you have people to play…”
“asymmetric and interesting gameplay, much easy to enforce rules strictly for new players like me and my friends”
“Cole Werhle (Root game designer) is one of, if not the best right now. UI is great and fairly intuitive. Dire Wolf did a great job of translating this board game into the digital realm. Now, they need to do Oath and…”
17 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Geniuenlly such a fun game.. I'm amazed at how different and unique each faction is! When I did the tutorial for the cats it seemed to me that it's a pretty basic strategy game, but after I went trough the other…”
“This is probably one of the best digital implementations of a board game I've seen. The presentation, music and flow of play all feel natural and in line with how Root should feel thematically. The AI - while not…”
“It is an excellent game for a group. it takes a minute to learn but it is totally worth it!”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Root is by far my favorite game ever! This game has so much replayability and interaction with all the expansions and factions. Root has amazing visuals with the cute little critters, mixed with a dynamic and asymmetric…”
“Geniuenlly such a fun game.. I'm amazed at how different and unique each faction is! When I did the tutorial for the cats it seemed to me that it's a pretty basic strategy game, but after I went trough the other…”
“It was really confusing for me at first but after playing a few games as each character I started to get the hang of it. The gameplay is pretty satisfying to get good at and the animals are cute!”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Cute game but a bit complex and i'm not sure I like how some of the races play. Based on a board game of the same name without dlc you get 4 races. To simply break the races down 1)the racoons need to build to score…”
“It's pretty fun, the asymmetry of the factions is cool but makes it hard to be balanced and you feel compelled to have two 'wide' factions to fill out the map. However I will say that toast has hands and I don't know…”
“play the board game instead, the game itself is good but the adaptation missed every opportunity to make it a bit more interactive, especially when it's another player's turn.”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“The best port of a board game in my opinion. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of everything in the physical version and this version makes everything easier. The only downside it's that unless you have people to play…”
“I havent played with other people. So my experience is only with the AI. The anti-player bias the AI has is bonkers. It will go out of its way to pin the player to the ground, even if there are better options. It wont…”
“i love this game, i really do, but as a solo player the ai is god awful and horrible to play with and im keeping my review as negative until it is improved”
6 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Cute game but a bit complex and i'm not sure I like how some of the races play. Based on a board game of the same name without dlc you get 4 races. To simply break the races down 1)the racoons need to build to score…”
“It's pretty fun, the asymmetry of the factions is cool but makes it hard to be balanced and you feel compelled to have two 'wide' factions to fill out the map. However I will say that toast has hands and I don't know…”
“This is a really really hard game to get along with, sadly I just can't enjoy it at all. Everyone has their own set of rule, and to play it well you need to know all 4 character's special ability (for the bird there are…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I haven't played much yet, but these are my early impressions. As someone familiar with the board game, I think the user experience could use some work. [list] [*] It's difficult to quickly look up relevant rules. You…”
“play the board game instead, the game itself is good but the adaptation missed every opportunity to make it a bit more interactive, especially when it's another player's turn.”
“Every time I start to play, I'm reminded that for every turn I take, there is 3 minutes of sitting while the AI does their turns and the same same unskippable "fight" animation plays a half dozen times. Its boring, it's…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“the Root Bundle does not follow the complete my bundle format, which left me unable to purchase the DLC content at an affordable rate. this has completely ruined my enthusiasm for the game.”
“Brilliant adaptation of a brilliant board game. The expansions are a bit costly, considering the base game price. And the soundtrack, while brilliant, is definitely too expensive for what you get. But the base game…”
“I like it but there are also a lot of REALLY REALLY ANNOYING things about this game. It's really scummy that the first thing you see is DLC, if you're going to have all the overpowered, complex characters be in the…”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“A game too good for common people. Nearly impossible to find other players in real life.”
— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs played“I know it shows I have very few hours on this game, but it has really helped me learn to play the physical game!”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“If you are like me. you got root physical, and really want to play but no one in your local play group wants to play this is an AMAZING way to go about playing root, while also being a much more affordable price tag compared to root physical (due to not needing to pay for the…”
— a player, Steam review · 94 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Root 2.1.2 Patch Notes
We have another small patch update, with an adjustment to the Duchy and a bug fix for a known issue. Thank you for your feedback, Woodland warriors!Bug FixesThe Duchy must now move at least one warrio
Root Digital 2.1.1 Patch notes
Today's hotfix addresses a few bugs following the release of the 2.1 update. Thank you as always for your reports, Woodland warriors!Bug FixesWarriors removed by an Ambush and returned with Feline Phy
Root Digital Patch Notes - 2.1.0
A new patch update comes to Root Digital, bringing new changes to the leaderboards and a variety of bug fixes! The new leaderboards will reset every month and only account for online games, allowing f
Root Digital 2.0.14 Patch Notes
Today's hotfix brings improvement to the Woodland with fixes for various bugs. Thank you, as always, for your reports, which help us to identify these issues and resolve them as soon as possible!Bug F
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Board Game · Tabletop · Strategy · War · Wargame · Cute · Indie · Turn-Based Strategy · Simulation · PvP · Multiplayer · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Russian * |
| Achievements | 58 |
| Official site | https://www.direwolfdigital.com/root/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit version only) Processor: Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card with DX11 or OpenGL 3.x capabilities DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space