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The Roottrees are Dead
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I would play dozens of games with the same basic mechanics, uncovering different family mysteries along the way!”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs played“Terrific little game that's absolutely worth the money. Completed the base game in 13 hours, then put 3 more into the follow-up campaign "Roottreemania" before deciding to quit. I had my fill once I realized I would have to go back over previous evidence that featured updated…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“I'm going to rate this positively, because the main game is a lot of fun and a great puzzle game. But man, is Roottreemania, the extra second campaign, really bad. The first, main campaign is great. You're searching around the late-'90s internet and magazines, looking for clues,…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 10:21 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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Minor fixes for Italian
Thanks to some keen Italian players, we've caught some minor issues and fixed them.
The Roottrees are Dead arrives in Italian!
As promised, Italian armchair detectives can now take a crack at untangling the Roottrees’ family tree.Big thanks to our translation team and to our Italian players for their patience while we prepare
Update Notes for Apr 29
- Contains fixes for typos on French - Added simplified Chinese logo for Galley House for Chinese players.
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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 |
| Player tags | Mystery · Puzzle · Detective · Point & Click · Atmospheric · Story Rich · Investigation · Singleplayer · 1990's · Adventure · Logic · Interactive Fiction (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese * , Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Achievements | 22 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://roottrees.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-Bit Processor: 2.0Ghz Dual Core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 510 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Your graphics card needs at least 2GB of VRAM