Rusty Lake: Roots on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.

Rusty Lake: Roots is a puzzle, point & click and indie game developed and published by Rusty Lake.
Released on October 20th 2016 is available on Windows and MacOS in 14 languages: English, Dutch, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Turkish.

It has received 7,480 reviews of which 7,236 were positive and 244 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 3.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7,8, 10
  • Processor: 1.8 Ghz Processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Direct X 9.0c compatible video card
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 100 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3, or later
  • Processor: Intel Mac 1.8 Ghz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Storage: 120 MB available space

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April 2025
“Roots” is one of the games in the Rusty Lake series, a 2D point&click adventure expanding on the legend about the mysterious lake. This particular game follows the history of the Vanderboom family that is fatefully intertwined with the lake, and the pursuit for the elixir of life that is supposed to grant immortality to its imbiber. Game is split into smaller episodes arranged in a “family tree”, which focus on individual members of the family and important milestones, and your task will be to solve puzzles in each episode to push the story forward. Technically the game looks a lot like its “Rusty Lake Hotel” predecessor, with simple colored drawings and subtle, yet suggestive music. It’s also available at a good price and it’s an integral part of Rusty Lake franchise, so if you have played and liked any of the others, be sure to get this game too.
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Nov. 2024
Great addition to the Rusty Lake series! Same few complaints as with a few of them; the measurements on some of the puzzles don't add up, like the insect puzzle I ended up having to resort to a guide because I wasn't getting the dig marker lined up at all. I also wish there weren't so many instances of having to open up paint to paste a screen capture when it would be much better to have the patterns in a little log book or something you could quickly pull up when you're solving. All in all though, it's a great game.
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Oct. 2024
Very short puzzle solving game, story about a dysfunctional family with weird characters, it's ok if you got some time to kill, probably not fun if you are looking for some serious puzzles.
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Sept. 2024
this game is a breath of fresh air. a great example of games done well. you dont need amazing graphics all you need it a well thought out idea like this
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Sept. 2024
One of the best games from the Rusty Lake series. As always, wonderful graphics and a grim but subtle storytelling that unveil as you progress through some surreal puzzles, drawing you in more as you proceed through the game. Some puzzles are really confusing, perhaps, especially for the end game content, but it is indeed a great game.
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Rusty Lake: Roots
9.4
7,236
244
Online players
29
Developer
Rusty Lake
Publisher
Rusty Lake
Release 20 Oct 2016
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