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The Roottrees are Dead

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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

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The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · 13d

The Roottrees are Dead is now part of The Cozy Crimes Bundle with Little Problems! You can pick up both games for 20% off.

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The Cozy Crimes Bundle image featuring Little Problems and The Roottrees are Dead

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Sep 1

It turns out French people love The Roottrees are Dead! It's our biggest non-English audience by far. Merci ! 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Aug 30

Thanks! So glad you like it

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Aug 18

The Roottrees are Dead is now available in French, German and Spanish:

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The Roottrees are Dead - The Roottrees are Dead is now in French, German, and Spanish - Steam News

After many months of hard work and an open beta, we're delighted to announce that you can now play The Roottrees are Dead in French, German, and Spanish. The game has roughly 100,000 words to translat...

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · Jul 31

Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 33 featuring @eviltrout.com and Jeremy from @roottrees.com is out now! Topics include the origins of the game, the remake on Steam, and genre classifications.
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Draknek & Friends Official Podcast

Join Alan and Syrenne from Draknek & Friends as they talk to developers of some of their favorite puzzle games, shedding light onto how games get made and the people behind them!

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Jul 16

The Roottrees are Dead made NPR's "Best Games of 2025 so far" list! There's so many other awesome games on the list too. You should check them out! www.npr.org/2025/07/16/n...

The best games of 2025 so far, picked by NPR's staff

From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff and contributors round up their favorite games of the year so far.

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Jul 7

The Roottrees are Dead has sold over 100,000 copies!

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The Roottrees are Dead: Over 100,00 copies sold!

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Jul 2

We're looking for French players to help beta test the French version of The Roottrees are Dead. If you'd like to help out, please contact us: eviltrout.com/contact/

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Evil Trout @eviltrout.com · Jun 18

Jeremy, Henning and I spoke to The Verge about the process of removing the generative AI artwork from Roottrees:

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How The Roottrees are Dead ditched AI and became a hit

One of this year’s hit puzzle games wouldn’t have existed without AI — but it wouldn’t have become a hit without a human to replace it.

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The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Jun 16

It depends how patient you are! Type Help is an awesome game, but I hope the remaster is the definitive version when it’s released next year.

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Jun 16

Sure there's an email address on roottrees.com

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Jun 16

It's almost ready now! Just finishing up the translation and shouldn't be too long. We also have Spanish and German in beta and I hope to release all at once.

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Jun 16

I've never played that one, but also seeking out the rights to Infocom games sounds a lot harder than partnering with small awesome devs from itch :)

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Jun 16

French is almost complete. We have Spanish and German in beta testing now too. We hope to launch all three at the same time.

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Jun 16

Our next game is The Incident at Galley House, a remake of the text game Type Help.

If you liked The Roottrees are Dead please wishlist it on Steam!

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The Incident at Galley House on Steam

In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.

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The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Jun 12

There's something very weird hidden in The Roottrees are Dead that nobody's found yet!

To all of our internet detectives and spider searchers,

How would you feel if I told you that there's something very weird hiding in this game? It's not like anything else in Roottrees. But that's because it was built as an homage to a different game series, after Eviltrout and I had discussions with one of their developers early in the production of Roottrees. I must warn you. This one's kind of... different.

Reaching the end of this search will take larger leaps of logic and outside the box thinking than anything else you're asked to do in game. In all honestly, it's the type of puzzle that admittedly won't be for some of you. When it's all over, you might read about how it was solved and think "How was anyone ever expected to find that?" And the answer is that we actually weren't expecting anyone to, really.
Over the years I've always loved reading articles, or seeing videos about games/movies/books from my past still revealing their secrets years later. Part of the appeal of hiding something like this, to me anyways, was the thought that "What if on the one year, five year, or even ten year anniversary I could announce there's something hidden in the game that nobody had ever found?" But more recently we've thought... why not give our community a chance while we have a ton of people still engaged in our discord (Who even knows if discord will exist in ten years)

Collectively, if you contribute to solving the puzzle, you can be part of something pretty special to us. Some of the information we hid a while back is about to become public. And so knowing that we were about to tell our community about the existence of this puzzle we've also adjusted the final "reward" to include a juicy new piece of information that (whoever finds first) can share in this discord. Meaning if you do reach the end of the journey... maybe you can help us with a major announcement.

Knowing this treasure hunt exists might simply be enough of a hint for all of you get this whole thing…

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · May 29

The Roottrees are Dead is on sale as part of the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase. store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...

We're also in a bundle with some of the best detective games of all time. Check it out!

Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 2025

Do you love puzzle games? Are you curious about the genre? Already a fan and looking for more puzzle gems? Look no further! The Cerebral Puzzle Showcase is the place to celebrate all the wonderful puz...

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The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · May 23

We're looking for playtesters for the Spanish and German versions of The Roottrees are Dead. If that's you or you know someone who could do that, please have them email info *at* roottrees.com please!

The Roottrees are Dead | A family tree puzzle game

The Roottrees are dead is a puzzle game where you piece together a mysterious family tree using evidence scoured from the internet circa 1998.

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · May 20

The Roottrees are Dead is on sale with Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer as part of the 90s Mystery Adventure Bundle. Check it out on Steam:

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Save 5% on The 90s Mystery Adventure Bundle on Steam

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Evil Trout @eviltrout.com · Apr 28

If you're curious about the business behind The Roottrees are Dead, we were interviewed by How to Market a Game about how the project came together: howtomarketagame.com/2025/04/28/h...

How an itch.io game became a million-dollar hit: The Roottrees are Dead – How To Market A Game

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The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Apr 23

Robin and Jeremy are on the latest episode of Escape this Podcast! You can listen and play along with the puzzles here: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-i66pv-...

Water You Solving? ft. Robin Ward and Jeremy Johnston

The creators of The Roottrees Are Dead join us to play through an audio escape room filled with water slides, cool points, and sunscreen. Find out about the game at https://roottrees.com/ Check out...

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The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Apr 1

There's now an official Soundtrack for The Roottrees are Dead on Steam. You can download it now for free! store.steampowered.com/app/3578780/...

The Roottrees are Dead Soundtrack on Steam

All of the original music from The Roottrees are Dead, plus a few bonus tracks!

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The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Mar 31

We’re currently running a scavenger hunt for obscure search results in the game. You can join now on our discord (linked in the game’s main menu).

Come and help people find stuff!

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Mar 25

Bluesky is a great way to get updates... but so is our new mailing list! You can be the first to find out when we announce new projects. buttondown.com/eviltrout

Evil Trout Game Updates

Subscribe for occasional updates on upcoming games and features from the team behind The Roottrees are Dead on Steam. We promise not to email you too often! You’ll only get major announcements. Be sur...

The Roottrees are Dead @roottrees.com · Mar 20

Stay tuned!