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Root cover art

Root

Dire Wolf · 2020-09-24

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Sep 24, 2020 (Mac), Nov 16, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 24, 2020 (iOS), Aug 29, 2020 (Android)

Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!

Root is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 5565 reviews).

95
playing now
90%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

95 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Root trailer thumbnail

ROOTS Season 1 TRAILER (2016) History Channel Series

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 95 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 576 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~72/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 49,616 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 112k–252k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,596 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32532520202026Week of 2020-08-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

274642026-09-15 13:00 — 108 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 169 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 106 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 162 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 269 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 168 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 111 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 274 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 234 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 132 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 244 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 201 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 91 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 166 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 209 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 121 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 193 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 177 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 93 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 178 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 209 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 92 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 95 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
23758Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 230 · peak 409Oct 2020 — avg 114 · peak 307Dec 2020 — avg 94 · peak 293Feb 2021 — avg 112 · peak 230Apr 2021 — avg 133 · peak 481Jun 2021 — avg 82 · peak 175Aug 2021 — avg 68 · peak 130Oct 2021 — avg 81 · peak 273Dec 2021 — avg 66 · peak 139Feb 2022 — avg 78 · peak 161Apr 2022 — avg 70 · peak 129Jun 2022 — avg 82 · peak 206Aug 2022 — avg 72 · peak 136Oct 2022 — avg 58 · peak 125Dec 2022 — avg 92 · peak 203Feb 2023 — avg 79 · peak 150Apr 2023 — avg 120 · peak 298Jun 2023 — avg 105 · peak 276Aug 2023 — avg 72 · peak 141Oct 2023 — avg 84 · peak 180Dec 2023 — avg 118 · peak 347Feb 2024 — avg 104 · peak 256Apr 2024 — avg 114 · peak 301Jun 2024 — avg 103 · peak 253Aug 2024 — avg 179 · peak 388Oct 2024 — avg 129 · peak 330Dec 2024 — avg 159 · peak 387Feb 2025 — avg 237 · peak 495Apr 2025 — avg 164 · peak 343Jun 2025 — avg 150 · peak 314Aug 2025 — avg 160 · peak 297Oct 2025 — avg 157 · peak 349Dec 2025 — avg 164 · peak 371Feb 2026 — avg 217 · peak 830Apr 2026 — avg 176 · peak 420Jun 2026 — avg 176 · peak 409Aug 2026 — avg 173 · peak 346
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$4.492020-08-202026-08-142020-08-20 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-04-14 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-10-25 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-06-12 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-04-04 — best price $14.992024-05-20 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-08-10 — best price $14.992024-09-24 — best price $14.992024-11-07 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-02-02 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-04-09 — best price $7.492025-05-23 — best price $7.492025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-07-29 — best price $7.492025-09-11 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-25 — best price $7.492025-12-04 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-01-26 — best price $5.992026-03-11 — best price $7.492026-03-19 — best price $5.242026-04-19 — best price $5.242026-06-11 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
38.3%
earned "Sneak Attack"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam Turn Notifications7 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Polish

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2020-11-20, latest 2025-10-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,6780%58
Steam (Steam)6191%29
Switch (Nintendo)260%0
Steam (Steam)0—53

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPWarCuteIndieWargameStrategyTabletopCard GameBoard GameSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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