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The Roots

The Roots is a horror-adventure game that tells a story of a courier who, after several unsuccessful attempts of knocking in, decides to find the recipient and hand the order to him by any means. However, the…

27 July 2022

The Roots is an adventure developed by Red_Lizard, released 27 July 2022 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Roots is

The Roots is an adventure game developed by Red_Lizard and released in 2022. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Roots is a horror-adventure game that tells a story of a courier who, after several unsuccessful attempts of knocking in, decides to find the recipient and hand the order to him by any means. However, the moment the character gets inside the mansion - imposing but unkempt - the feeling of being trapped intensifies, and it seems to be no way out, or...?
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Roots launched on 27 July 2022, within three weeks of Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Released around the same time: Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls, Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

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When did The Roots come out?
The Roots was released on 27 July 2022 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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