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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 a board game, tabletop and strategy game developed and published by Dire Wolf.
Released on September 24th 2020 is available on Windows and MacOS in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Polish and Russian.

It has received 4,251 reviews of which 3,829 were positive and 422 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 6.24€ on Steam with a 50% discount.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64bit version only)
  • Processor: Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Graphics card with DX11 or OpenGL 3.x capabilities
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: OS X 10.11
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Graphics card with OpenGL 3.x capabilities
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
The game is very fun, though finding a game for online play can be difficult. I recently increased my winrate from 0 to 10% so I'm very happy about that
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March 2025
The board game is great and this digital implementation is great too. The only thing missing is the option to play with 5-6 players.
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Oct. 2024
I'd like to discuss the pros and cons of ROOT digital version compared to its board game. I have played both of them. PROS 1-The digital version includes a relatively complete guide, and you can practice with AI, which is friendly to newbies. This empowers you to quickly grasp the rules, which is important when you're teaching someone who is unfamiliar with the game. 2-In-game calculating does great job, including battles, control of clearings, win conditions, and more. 3-The undo action is more convenient in digital ROOT than in board games, making it especially user-friendly for Eyries. When playing as Eyrie, each move is clearly visible, allowing you to easily rearrange them according to your preferred order. 4-There's no need for setup in digital ROOT, and it costs less money overall. CONS 1-Some fascinating components are not available in the digital version, such as the landmarks pack and the hirelings initially introduced by the Marauder expansion (sigh), as well as the absence of three vagabonds. 2-There is generally less interaction in the digital version than in the board game. However, playing with voice chat can help compensate for this a little. 3-Occasionally there may be a black screen issue, especially when joining a non-live game or starting with a random faction. In conclusion, the digital version is a great way to inspire new players to enter the world of Root and allows friends to have fun online, even remotely. I hope you come to love Root and introduce it to your friends for a wonderful playtime.
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July 2024
Root is an amazing game that mixes board game and war game elements to make a thoroughly enjoyable experience for both offline and online play. Sadly, without the DLCs, you don't get a lot of unique game states and interactions (as you start with just one map and enough factions to make a full game) but it's got an excellent mix of mechanics that is good with or without the DLC content. Plus, you do get to play the DLC content if you do online games with a host who owns that content! Also, for anyone looking to play the game, I'd recommend checking the Rules over in the settings menu under Gameplay if you get confused, and make sure to do all the tutorial missions as you need to understand how each faction works to be able to properly play them or counter them.
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May 2024
This is an amazing rendition of the board game Root. Personally I enjoy the digital version more, because it is easier to pick up since everything is managed automatically, and the option to play against AI is great when you don't have 3 friends to play with. However, the online multiplayer is not very stable from my experience. It is very buggy, and breaks often. My friend and I have attempted to play a match together multiple times with AI, and we could never make it through a full game without one of us getting frozen or stuck at a random point in someone's turn and having to resign. So the online multiplayer aspect needs some work and tons of bug fixes but if you are like me and are going to play alone against AI a lot, this isn't the end of the world. The online experience really needs a lot of fixes and is far from perfect...
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Root
8.7
3,829
422
Online players
159
Developer
Dire Wolf
Publisher
Dire Wolf
Release 24 Sep 2020
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