The Old Tree on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The Old Tree is a short free-to-play cinematic puzzle game about a newborn alien baby. Witness this microscopic entity's first moments of life and help it emerge from its underground lair and ascend towards an unknown destination.

The Old Tree is a free to play, adventure and indie game developed and published by Red Dwarf Games.
Released on January 26th 2015 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 3,305 reviews of which 2,974 were positive and 331 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP Service Pack 3
  • Processor: Dual-core 2 GHz processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 310 or equivalent graphics card
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 21 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3
  • Processor: Dual-core 2 GHz processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 9300M G or equivalent graphics card
  • Storage: 48 MB available space

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Feb. 2017
Short game at less than 20 mins. Would recommend for younger children and someone that has only a few minutes to kill waiting on their other to get ready. Cute. Not much story or difficulty.
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Feb. 2017
This is a nice little point and click game where you have to clear the path for a little alien baby. It really is incredibly short. It took me 15 minutes and I think it would have taken even less time if I'd been able to click on some of the areas more easily. It's also quite dark which is a shame because the graphics are rather nice.
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Feb. 2017
Short, easy, pretty. Good for relaxing. Kids might be able to play, but may need some guidance due to the abstract nature of the game. Without a clear stated goal at the beginning you really don't know what's going on or what to do or even how to progress. For a short, straightforward game like this that's okay. Be curious. Click around. See what happens.
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Jan. 2017
tldr: Not a bad way to pass 10 minutes + It's free, No reason not to play really. Pros: The art. The whole thing is pretty cute. Cons: Pointless white-noise music, the screen is dark most of the time so you can't see the objectives you're frantically clicking on. And you'll be frantically clicking a lot. The puzzles are too easy as well.
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Jan. 2017
Short but beautifully presented tale of a baby alien starting out on its journey of life. Simple puzzles, no terror, very relaxing.
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The Old Tree
8.7
2,974
331
Online players
1
Developer
Red Dwarf Games
Publisher
Red Dwarf Games
Release 26 Jan 2015
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