The year is 1998. A private jet belonging to the Roottree Corporation has crashed. On it were the Roottree Sisters and their parents. Combined, they were worth over a billion dollars.
Now, due to the eccentricities of their great-great-grandfather Elias, their money must be redistributed to the rest of the family. But who's actually a BLOOD RELATIVE? That's where you come in.
Armed only with the power of your mighty dial-up modem, you'll scour for photos, books, articles and other evidence. Then, you'll make connections and deductions based on the family relationships you uncover. With every spot on the tree you fill in correctly, the names and photos left in your possession will have fewer and fewer places to go — but the evidence will also be harder and more obscure to find.
Can you put together the final pieces of the puzzle?
The Acclaimed Armchair Detective Game, Re-imagined on Steam
The Roottrees are Dead was originally created for the Global Game Jam 2023 and released as a free browser game. It was beloved by many for its clever puzzles, retro computing interface and novel world-building. The Steam version is the same great game, but enhanced in many ways:
Hand-drawn illustrations from acclaimed board game artist Henning Ludvigsen.
A 3D living-room perspective that ties together all the unique puzzle systems
An enhanced user interface with many quality of life improvements to make your mystery solving easier to use and more intuitive
1. Click the download button to start.
2. When the download is complete, right-click the .rar file and select 'Extract to current folder'.(If you run into any errors while extracting, make sure you’re using WinRAR or 7-Zip.)
3. Open the unzipped folder, find the .exe file, and double click it to run. (If there's a _Readme.txt in the folder, it's probably worth checking out.)
4. Enjoy. If you get any missing .dll errors, check for a 'Redist' or '_CommonRedist' folder and install everything inside.
This game may contain content not appropriate for all ages,
or may not be appropriate for viewing at work.
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