The Roottrees are Dead overview

Overview

The Roottrees are Dead comes from Evil Trout Inc. and is published by Evil Trout Inc.. It arrived on Steam on Jan 15, 2025, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Roottrees are Dead's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 402 players at 9 October 2026 - 09:07:23 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2,922. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 96% positive across 10,255 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Roottrees are Dead is available in 8 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Roottrees are Dead has sold up to 437,224 units and has 9,814 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $6,324,925. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Roottrees are Dead overview details

The Roottrees are Dead combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The year is 1998. A private jet belonging to the Roottree Corporation has crashed. On it were the Roottree Sisters and their parents. Combined, they were worth over a billion dollars. Now, due to the eccentricities of their great-great-grandfather Elias, their money must be redistributed to the rest of the family. But who's actually a BLOOD RELATIVE? That's where you come in. Armed only with the power of your mighty dial-up modem, you'll scour for photos, books, articles and other evidence. Then, you'll make connections and deductions based on the family relationships you uncover. With every spot on the tree you fill in correctly, the names and photos left in your possession will have fewer and fewer places to go — but the evidence will also be harder and more obscure to find. Can you put together the final pieces of the puzzle? The Acclaimed Armchair Detective Game, Re-imagined on Steam The Roottrees are Dead was originally created for the Global Game Jam 2023 and released as a free browser game. It was beloved by many for its clever puzzles, retro computing interface and novel world-building. The Steam version is the same great game, but enhanced in many ways: Hand-drawn illustrations from acclaimed board game artist Henning Ludvigsen. A 3D living-room perspective that ties together all the unique puzzle systems An enhanced user interface with many quality of life improvements to make your mystery solving easier to use and more intuitive Remastered music and sound effects, with fully voiced cinematics. A handful of Easter eggs and little touches for those who c…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Roottrees are Dead is listed as a game with $14.99 (25% off from $19.99). It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure. SteamPulse's latest observation records 402 players at 9 October 2026 - 09:07:23 UTC, a tracked peak of 2,922, and 96% positive reviews.

Overview tags

MysteryPuzzleDetectivePoint & ClickAtmosphericStory RichInvestigationSingleplayer1990'sAdventureLogicInteractive FictionRetroIndieStylized

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