The Roottrees are Dead
@roottrees.com
The official BlueSky account for “The Roottrees are Dead,” a puzzle game where you piece together a family tree using the Internet circa 1998.
Developed by: https://bsky.app/profile/eviltrout.com
Developed by: https://bsky.app/profile/eviltrout.com
We're part of the Steam Detective Fest. You can pick up the game for 20% off right now
January 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
We're part of the Steam Detective Fest. You can pick up the game for 20% off right now
The Roottrees are Dead is nominated for Outstanding Video Game at the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards: glaad.org/releases/gla...
GLAAD ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR THE 37th ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS | GLAAD
“HEATED RIVALRY,” “STRANGER THINGS,” “PLURIBUS,” “ABBOTT ELEMENTARY,” “THE HUNTING WIVES,” “HACKS,” “SEVERANCE,” “LAS CULTURISTAS CULTURE AWARDS,” “I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER,” “ON SWIFT HORSES,”...
glaad.org
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The Roottrees are Dead is nominated for Outstanding Video Game at the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards: glaad.org/releases/gla...
Thanks! We’ve been on a bunch of critics’ year end lists lately so more people are learning about the game.
December 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Thanks! We’ve been on a bunch of critics’ year end lists lately so more people are learning about the game.
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Reminder to vote for the Thinky Awards! If you're into deduction games that'll have you busting out a physical notebook, @roottrees.com is nominated in a few categories. Also, The Incident at Galley House should be your "Most Anticipated Game."
As for "Best Content Creator," follow your instincts!
As for "Best Content Creator," follow your instincts!
Vote in the 3rd annual Thinky Awards · Thinky Games
Vote for the best thinky game of 2025, your most anticipated game, and your favorite content creator in the latest Thinky Awards.
thinkygames.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Reminder to vote for the Thinky Awards! If you're into deduction games that'll have you busting out a physical notebook, @roottrees.com is nominated in a few categories. Also, The Incident at Galley House should be your "Most Anticipated Game."
As for "Best Content Creator," follow your instincts!
As for "Best Content Creator," follow your instincts!
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Happy Holidays from Evil Trout Inc! Here's a little Christmas Card we made to thank our fans for an amazing year and to tease our next game, The Incident at Galley House.
December 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Happy Holidays from Evil Trout Inc! Here's a little Christmas Card we made to thank our fans for an amazing year and to tease our next game, The Incident at Galley House.
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I've been making top-ten GOTY lists every year for more than a decade, and this might have been the hardest ever to narrow down. What a year for video games!
Here are the 10 best games of 2025: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Here are the 10 best games of 2025: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Best Video Games of 2025
Almost all of them are independently developed, which speaks to the state of the games industry
www.bloomberg.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I've been making top-ten GOTY lists every year for more than a decade, and this might have been the hardest ever to narrow down. What a year for video games!
Here are the 10 best games of 2025: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Here are the 10 best games of 2025: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Thanks to Polygon for including us on their list of best games of 2025!
A bonanza of peak set the blueprint for the year
The 50 best games of 2025
A bonanza of peak set the blueprint for the year
www.polygon.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Thanks to Polygon for including us on their list of best games of 2025!
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We're delighted to announce that The Roottrees are Dead is now available in Simplified Chinese! This was our most ambitious translation to date and we hope that it means even more people can enjoy the game.
We're also 20% off for the Winter Sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
We're also 20% off for the Winter Sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We're delighted to announce that The Roottrees are Dead is now available in Simplified Chinese! This was our most ambitious translation to date and we hope that it means even more people can enjoy the game.
We're also 20% off for the Winter Sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
We're also 20% off for the Winter Sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
We're delighted to announce that The Roottrees are Dead is now available in Simplified Chinese! This was our most ambitious translation to date and we hope that it means even more people can enjoy the game.
We're also 20% off for the Winter Sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
We're also 20% off for the Winter Sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We're delighted to announce that The Roottrees are Dead is now available in Simplified Chinese! This was our most ambitious translation to date and we hope that it means even more people can enjoy the game.
We're also 20% off for the Winter Sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
We're also 20% off for the Winter Sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
The Roottrees are Dead made the Onion AV Club’s best games of 2025 list.
Also, Type Help, the next game Evil Trout Inc. is working on, is on the list too!
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
Also, Type Help, the next game Evil Trout Inc. is working on, is on the list too!
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
The A.V. Club's best games of 2025
Unsurprisingly, the best games of 2025 came from the fringes of the industry. Here's what The A.V. Club's games critics loved the most this year.
www.avclub.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Roottrees are Dead made the Onion AV Club’s best games of 2025 list.
Also, Type Help, the next game Evil Trout Inc. is working on, is on the list too!
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
Also, Type Help, the next game Evil Trout Inc. is working on, is on the list too!
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
Sorry, after much deliberation we realized the game is only really good with a keyboard and mouse. Our next game will have controller support though and consoles as an option.
December 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Sorry, after much deliberation we realized the game is only really good with a keyboard and mouse. Our next game will have controller support though and consoles as an option.
As always, please do check out the other nominees. There are so many amazing thinky games worth checking out.
December 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
As always, please do check out the other nominees. There are so many amazing thinky games worth checking out.
We are nominated for a bunch of Thinky Awards!
- Game of the Year
- Most Innovative Game
- Best Expansion (Roottreemania)
Also, Type Help is nominated for "Best Free Game." We're remastering it as The Incident at Galley House, nominated for "Most Anticipated Game"!
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
- Game of the Year
- Most Innovative Game
- Best Expansion (Roottreemania)
Also, Type Help is nominated for "Best Free Game." We're remastering it as The Incident at Galley House, nominated for "Most Anticipated Game"!
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
The 3rd annual Thinky Awards · Thinky Games
We're celebrating the very best thinky games of 2025 in the latest Thinky Awards.
thinkygames.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We are nominated for a bunch of Thinky Awards!
- Game of the Year
- Most Innovative Game
- Best Expansion (Roottreemania)
Also, Type Help is nominated for "Best Free Game." We're remastering it as The Incident at Galley House, nominated for "Most Anticipated Game"!
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
- Game of the Year
- Most Innovative Game
- Best Expansion (Roottreemania)
Also, Type Help is nominated for "Best Free Game." We're remastering it as The Incident at Galley House, nominated for "Most Anticipated Game"!
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
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The Roottrees Are Dead is in Game Informer’s 2025 Top 10 Games of the Year! Be sure to read the full list of our Top 10 Games of the Year to learn more. gameinformer.com/best-of-2025...
#GOTY #GOTY2025 @roottrees.com
#GOTY #GOTY2025 @roottrees.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The Roottrees Are Dead is in Game Informer’s 2025 Top 10 Games of the Year! Be sure to read the full list of our Top 10 Games of the Year to learn more. gameinformer.com/best-of-2025...
#GOTY #GOTY2025 @roottrees.com
#GOTY #GOTY2025 @roottrees.com
“with a compelling mystery to unravel, it'll dig into your brain just like falling down a Wikipedia rabbit hole.”
Thanks so much for including us on this list of awesome games! (Play them all)
www.gamespot.com/gallery/the-...
Thanks so much for including us on this list of awesome games! (Play them all)
www.gamespot.com/gallery/the-...
The Best PC Games Of 2025
More games than ever are being released on PC, but we've narrowed down that sizable number to the 10 best we played this year.
www.gamespot.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“with a compelling mystery to unravel, it'll dig into your brain just like falling down a Wikipedia rabbit hole.”
Thanks so much for including us on this list of awesome games! (Play them all)
www.gamespot.com/gallery/the-...
Thanks so much for including us on this list of awesome games! (Play them all)
www.gamespot.com/gallery/the-...
Roottrees made it onto another year end list. Such amazing company. Play all these games!
2025 was a massive year for indie games, and while plenty were worthy of players' time, these 15 titles are the best of the best.
The 15 Best Indie Games of 2025
2025 was a massive year for indie games, and while plenty were worthy of players' time, these 15 titles are the best of the best.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Roottrees made it onto another year end list. Such amazing company. Play all these games!
Love this fan art from byobyoman! www.instagram.com/p/DRjzOxvDA5...
December 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Love this fan art from byobyoman! www.instagram.com/p/DRjzOxvDA5...
The Roottrees are Dead is on the New York Times top ten games of 2025! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/a...
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Top 10 Video Games of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Roottrees are Dead is on the New York Times top ten games of 2025! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/a...
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Aw thanks! A shorter game that’s similar is A Case of Fraud. Otherwise we have The Incident at Galley House out next year and who knows after that!
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Aw thanks! A shorter game that’s similar is A Case of Fraud. Otherwise we have The Incident at Galley House out next year and who knows after that!
The Roottrees are Dead made NPR's best games of 2025 list. We're still blown away at the reception our little game has had :) www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff
From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Roottrees are Dead made NPR's best games of 2025 list. We're still blown away at the reception our little game has had :) www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
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Wow, Type Help is currently the third highest rated game of *all time* on the IFDB: ifdb.org/search?browse
This is a great excuse to mention that The Incident at Galley House, our remaster of the game, is coming along great! Here's some new artwork we haven't shown yet.
This is a great excuse to mention that The Incident at Galley House, our remaster of the game, is coming along great! Here's some new artwork we haven't shown yet.
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Wow, Type Help is currently the third highest rated game of *all time* on the IFDB: ifdb.org/search?browse
This is a great excuse to mention that The Incident at Galley House, our remaster of the game, is coming along great! Here's some new artwork we haven't shown yet.
This is a great excuse to mention that The Incident at Galley House, our remaster of the game, is coming along great! Here's some new artwork we haven't shown yet.
The Economist named The Roottrees are Dead as one of the best video games of 2025. That's pretty cool! www.economist.com/culture/2025...
The best video games of 2025
Try your luck as a museum curator, detective or samurai
www.economist.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Economist named The Roottrees are Dead as one of the best video games of 2025. That's pretty cool! www.economist.com/culture/2025...
Ah thanks! It really means a lot to us.
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Ah thanks! It really means a lot to us.
If you enjoyed The Roottrees are Dead, please consider nominating us for a Steam Award: store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you enjoyed The Roottrees are Dead, please consider nominating us for a Steam Award: store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
Wow! The Roottrees are Dead has been nominated for Best Narrative Game at the Indie Game Awards!
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Wow! The Roottrees are Dead has been nominated for Best Narrative Game at the Indie Game Awards!