Released Jan 15, 2025 $19.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Roottrees are Dead

By Evil Trout Inc.

Detective Puzzle Mystery Point & Click Investigation Story Rich Atmospheric Singleplayer 1990'sLogicAdventureInteractive Fiction

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Reviews 10,013 Overwhelmingly Positive

Players yesterday 217 at the busiest moment

Owners 100K–200K estimated

The Roottrees are Dead is a game tagged Detective, Puzzle and Mystery by Evil Trout Inc., released Jan 15, 2025. It has 10,013 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 100K–200K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include A Case of Fraud, The Golden Girl Case and Mr Investigator.

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.

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A Case of Fraud 92% match · Detective, Puzzle, Mystery
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Everything Steam lists for The Roottrees are Dead · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID2754380

Release dateJan 15, 2025

Last change number39783042

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Evil Trout Inc.
Publisher: Evil Trout Inc.
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic: 86
Website: roottrees.com

Windows macOS Linux 64-bit

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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Build	Branch	Updated
25910924	public	Oct 13, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
2754381	—	Windows	890.4 MB	625.3 MB	3863771233287176369
2754382	—	macOS	968.2 MB	634.8 MB	43146462881402626
2754383	—	Linux	864.2 MB	619.9 MB	3478053361046721727

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25910924	Oct 13, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/The Roottrees are Dead

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
roottrees.exe		Windows · 64-bit
roottrees.app		macOS
roottrees		Linux · 64-bit
roottrees.exe	--rendering-driver opengl3	Windows · 64-bit	The Roottrees are Dead (Compatibility)

Space per player5.0 MB

Filesup to 20

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
gameinstall		*.save	All

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The Roottrees are Dead

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