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
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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...
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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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...
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!
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Hi everyone 💛
We’ve teamed up with The Roottrees are Dead for a new bundle on Steam.
Both games are built around observation and quiet investigation, but each tells its story in a very different way.
@roottrees.com
#indiegame #indiedev #cozygame
We’ve teamed up with The Roottrees are Dead for a new bundle on Steam.
Both games are built around observation and quiet investigation, but each tells its story in a very different way.
@roottrees.com
#indiegame #indiedev #cozygame
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Hi everyone 💛
We’ve teamed up with The Roottrees are Dead for a new bundle on Steam.
Both games are built around observation and quiet investigation, but each tells its story in a very different way.
@roottrees.com
#indiegame #indiedev #cozygame
We’ve teamed up with The Roottrees are Dead for a new bundle on Steam.
Both games are built around observation and quiet investigation, but each tells its story in a very different way.
@roottrees.com
#indiegame #indiedev #cozygame
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I had a blast chatting about The Roottrees are Dead on one of my favorite podcasts: eggplant.show/147-digging-...
Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games: 147: Digging Deep with The Roottrees are Dead
Laura chats with Jeremy Johnston and Robin Ward about The Roottrees are Dead, their genealogy, murder-mystery, “static deduction” game. We discuss the development process of taking a jam prototype to ...
eggplant.show
October 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I had a blast chatting about The Roottrees are Dead on one of my favorite podcasts: eggplant.show/147-digging-...
The Roottrees are Dead is now part of The Cozy Crimes Bundle with Little Problems! You can pick up both games for 20% off.
@littleproblems.bsky.social
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@littleproblems.bsky.social
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September 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Roottrees are Dead is now part of The Cozy Crimes Bundle with Little Problems! You can pick up both games for 20% off.
@littleproblems.bsky.social
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
@littleproblems.bsky.social
store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...
It turns out French people love The Roottrees are Dead! It's our biggest non-English audience by far. Merci ! 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷
September 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It turns out French people love The Roottrees are Dead! It's our biggest non-English audience by far. Merci ! 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷
The Roottrees are Dead is now available in French, German and Spanish:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
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...
store.steampowered.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Roottrees are Dead is now available in French, German and Spanish:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...
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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.
pod.link/1777156468
pod.link/1777156468
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!
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July 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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.
pod.link/1777156468
pod.link/1777156468
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.
www.npr.org
July 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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...
July 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM