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...

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/

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...

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...

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-...

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/...

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!

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

The Roottrees are Dead is 25% off right now in the Steam Spring Sale. If you know someone who's been waiting to try it out, now is a great time! store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/...

The Roottree Sisters have a new look in the latest patch. We've updated the key artwork based on feedback and experience. Apologies if it feels weird to see them suddenly change!

It's a nice indie double bill kind of week at FR to help you through the slow release period www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRab...

I played my 2025 GOTY already and the review for it is right here As a huge fan of The Return of the Obra Dinn, The Roottrees are Dead was right up my alley. I’m still floored at the amount of content this game has, and how well clues were laid out throughout. www.qualbert.com/reviews/the-...

Wikipedia rabbit holes trained me for this genealogical mystery game

The Roottrees are Dead is recommended by the New York Times! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/a...

On the latest Gamers’ Inn, we test our luck with the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience. I finished up Arcane Season 2, and @joceplays.bsky.social searches for Laser Eyes-like games with The Roottrees are Dead. All that and an Xbox Direct recap! gamersinnpodcast.com/episode/tgi-...

I wrote up a long technical blog post about how I built The Roottrees are Dead: eviltrout.com/2025/01/27/b... - it was a super fun project to work on and #Godot was a big part of it.

REVIEW: The Roottrees are Dead "The Roottrees are Dead is a triumph of investigative fiction, offering a compelling yet grounded family mystery within countless articles, websites, and archives waiting for you to uncover." @roottrees.com checkpointgaming.net/reviews/2025...

Pop culture critic @lindaholmes.bsky.social doesn't want battles or competition in her games — but she loves a satisfying puzzle she can figure out at her own pace. Sound like you, too? Here are recommendations.