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Rusty Lake: Roots
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Akin to the point and click horror flash games of new grounds and armor games, this game recreates the nostalgia of having to click random stuff to find what you're looking for. lol PROS + Really eerie artstyle and the game's highlight. Made me stay because of how weird and…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“being 81 and liking this type game, I would highly recommend it for people enjoying quiet, gentle puzzles with an interesting story line!!”
— a player, Steam review · 83 hrs played“I love all rusty lake games, each and every spectacle keeps you entertained and has wonderfully riddles puzzles.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:39 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Rusty Lake: Roots is 44% OFF in the Rusty Lake Summer Sale
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Rusty Lake: Roots is 40% OFF in the Steam Spring Sale! 🌸
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Rusty Lake: Roots is 15% OFF in the Rusty Lake Winter Sale! 🎄
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Point & Click · Indie · Adventure · Psychological Horror · Horror · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Hidden Object · 2D · Mystery (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Dutch, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 16 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.rustylake.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7,8, 10 Processor: 1.8 Ghz Processor Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Direct X 9.0c compatible video card DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 100 MB available space