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Spirit Roots

Fireart Games · Drageus Games S.A. · 2019-12-13

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 11, 2019 (Android), Jan 31, 2019 (iOS), Nov 27, 2019 (Mac), Nov 01, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 13, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 03, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Spirit Roots is a fun, old-school 2D platformer with a touching story and a happy ending. Your journey will take you through five atmospheric worlds, each with its own unique gameplay mechanics, enemies, and level design. Defeat the enemies to return to your family!

Spirit Roots is a 2019 Action, Adventure, Casual and Indie game priced at $6.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (54% of 26 reviews) and an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

54%
positive of 26 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.73★
PlayStation Store rating (99 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

"Long ago, on the outskirts of a small, but undoubtedly very warlike star system, armed conflict raged for a hundred years among the system’s inhabitants. The fighting was so fierce that in the end only one small piece remained of each of the planets. At that point the inhabitants of all of the planets decided that they would have to stop fighting in order to survive. And so they stitched together the remaining pieces of their worlds into one large planet with a single, absolute condition: no one could violate anyone else's borders. But what happens when someone breaks this rule? Let's find ou(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 27,975 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 1 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220192026Week of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian

Census log

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