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√Letter - Root Letter - cover art

√Letter - Root Letter -

DRAGAMI GAMES, LTD. · 2017-07-07

SteamPlayStation Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Jun 16, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jul 07, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.

√Letter - Root Letter - is a 2017 Adventure game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 579 reviews).

0
playing now
79%
positive of 579 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.32★
PlayStation Store rating (3,009 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Root Letter, stylized as √Letter, is a 2016 visual novel adventure video game developed and published by Kadokawa Games for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, Android, and iOS. It is the first entry in the Kadokawa Game Mystery brand, and was followed by Root Film in 2020.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 579 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2022-07-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420172026Week of 2017-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992017-07-082026-07-232017-07-08 — best price $14.992017-10-27 — best price $13.992017-12-21 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $9.992020-03-03 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $4.392020-10-02 — best price $3.992020-11-25 — best price $3.992020-12-22 — best price $3.592021-02-19 — best price $3.192021-06-24 — best price $2.792021-10-08 — best price $2.592021-11-24 — best price $2.592021-12-22 — best price $2.592022-02-12 — best price $2.392022-10-20 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $1.992024-06-08 — best price $1.992024-08-13 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-02-12 — best price $1.992025-04-14 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $1.992025-09-10 — best price $1.992025-10-24 — best price $1.992026-02-10 — best price $1.992026-05-09 — best price $1.992026-07-23 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3052026-06-02 — 22 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 17 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 20 pageviews2026-06-26 — 19 pageviews2026-06-30 — 19 pageviews2026-07-04 — 27 pageviews2026-07-08 — 18 pageviews2026-07-12 — 23 pageviews2026-07-16 — 14 pageviews2026-07-20 — 21 pageviews2026-07-24 — 21 pageviews2026-07-28 — 12 pageviews2026-08-01 — 21 pageviews2026-08-05 — 20 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 21 pageviews2026-08-17 — 18 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-25 — 13 pageviews2026-08-29 — 10 pageviews2026-09-02 — 12 pageviews2026-09-06 — 11 pageviews2026-09-10 — 14 pageviews2026-09-14 — 10 pageviews2026-09-18 — 13 pageviews2026-09-22 — 13 pageviews2026-09-26 — 20 pageviews2026-09-30 — 17 pageviews2026-10-04 — 25 pageviews2026-10-08 — 18 pageviews2026-10-11 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
59.4%
earned "Welcome to Shimane!"
18.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: Japanese, English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-07-07 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DAnimeHorrorMysteryRomanceViolentAdventureDetectiveSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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