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Rooten cover art

Rooten

Amortiz Games · 2021-09-08

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 06, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 09, 2022 (Xbox One), Dec 09, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

There is only you and the Forest. In "Rooten" there are no compulsory tasks, time just goes by, and days pass by independently of you. You can explore the Forest, try to get out, or even do nothing at all. The forest has always been here, and always will be. You won't change it no matter what.

80%
positive of 111 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.86★
PlayStation Store rating (71 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 26,515 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 111 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-10-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 2 of 6 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720212026Week of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.492021-09-082026-10-082021-09-08 — best price $3.992021-10-28 — best price $2.992021-11-09 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $2.492021-12-23 — best price $1.992022-01-06 — best price $2.492022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-03-07 — best price $1.992022-04-25 — best price $4.992022-06-21 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-08-02 — best price $4.992022-09-13 — best price $4.992022-11-01 — best price $4.992022-12-13 — best price $4.992023-02-20 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-04-06 — best price $0.492023-06-29 — best price $0.492023-07-17 — best price $0.492023-10-26 — best price $3.042023-11-21 — best price $3.042023-12-21 — best price $3.042024-06-27 — best price $1.992024-10-28 — best price $1.492025-09-29 — best price $0.792025-10-27 — best price $0.792026-09-17 — best price $1.992026-10-01 — best price $4.992026-10-08 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
93.9%
earned "The arrival"
23.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: Russian, English

Player tags

2D6DOFDarkIndieHorrorNatureNarrationOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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