The Roottrees are Dead

Our next game, The Incident at Galley House, is coming out July 14, 2026! You can wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/...

We're excited to announce that the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase will begin TOMORROW and run from May 28 - June 4! Featuring discounts on a selection of excellent puzzle games, streams from our favorite streamers, demos for upcoming games & plenty more! Links below 👇 www.cerebralpuzzleshowcase.com

Today we embrace the genealogy with The Roottrees are Dead, and Roottreemaniafrom @roottrees.com We loved this one, with John destroying his sleep schedule to keep playing. There's a reason this game is a major inspiration in the space. open.spotify.com/episode/3q9x...

We're in a bundle with Wax Heads, a narrative game about working in a record shop, with amazing illustrations and atmosphere. The game is out today, so please check it out: store.steampowered.com/app/2769240/...

Our friends at Wax Heads interviewed Jeremy about game design, writing, and 80s music. We'll also be in a bundle with them on May 5th when the game comes out. store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...

Do you speak Italian? Do you know anyone who does? We're looking for playtesters for an upcoming Italian translation of The Roottrees are Dead. Please contact us! roottrees.com/en/help/cont...

For #LDJam, @rosekeller.bsky.social and I teamed up with Marcus and @flatfootsandfools.bsky.social to put together an ambitious narrative deduction game! Decode foreign words, untangle relationships, and solve a complex family tree. jamwitch.itch.io/trevosa #gamedev #ld59 #ludumdare

Our little game has done phenomenally well in China. To say thank you, today we've launched a full Mandarin voiceover! store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...

We're nominated for Best Narrative at the Gamescom Latam BIG Festival. Also, we recently released Brazilian Portuguese, which should be of interest to our Latin American players!

The GLAAD Media Awards are today, and The Roottrees are Dead is nominated for Outstanding Video Game! To celebrate, we've joined a Steam bundle with some of our fellow nominees: store.steampowered.com/bundle/69389...

A reminder that The Roottrees are Dead is nominated for Game of the Year, Most Innovative Game, and Best Expansion at this year's Thinky Awards, streaming on Feburary 4th. Our next game, The Incident at Galley House, is based on the game Type Help, which is also nominated for Best Free Game.

We’ve taken a close look at how Roottrees is priced in parts of Latin America and lowered our regional pricing to make it more accessible to local players. store.steampowered.com/news/app/275... Español: store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...

The Roottrees are Dead is now a year old! In this post we take a look back at all the cool stuff that's happened since. store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...

If you like detective games, remember to check out our bundles. We're in one now with Confidential Killings, a noir golden-idol-esque game about solving murders in classic Hollywood.

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...

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!

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.

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...

Thanks to Polygon for including us on their list of best games of 2025!

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 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/...

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...

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

“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-...

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...

The Roottrees are Dead is on the New York Times top ten games of 2025! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/a... 😭😭😭

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...

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.

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...

Wow! The Roottrees are Dead has been nominated for Best Narrative Game at the Indie Game Awards!

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

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 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 ! 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷

The Roottrees are Dead is now available in French, German and Spanish: store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...

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

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 Roottrees are Dead has sold over 100,000 copies! store.steampowered.com/news/app/275...

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/

Jeremy, Henning and I spoke to The Verge about the process of removing the generative AI artwork from Roottrees: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

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! store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/...

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

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!

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 is on sale with Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer as part of the 90s Mystery Adventure Bundle. Check it out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/bundle/54007...